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Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Land Use Board Zoning Board of Appeals
Name Mina Dunnam
Email Address minadunnam@gmail.com
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Address 93 Nelson Avenue
city Saratoga Springs
State NY
Zip Code 12866
Phone Number 5183215734
Project Name 85 Nelson Use Variance
Project Number 20210696
Project Address 85 Nelson Avenue
Comments My husband and I have lived on this street for 30 years. I re-
main opposed to the use variance requested for 85 Nelson
Avenue. Here are my specific concerns:
1. Short-term nine-month leases are offered for the 3 units at
85 Nelson Avenue. Those tenants are then required to move
out in favor of more lucrative but very brief stays by racecourse
attendees. At the end of the racing season, short-term nine-
month lessees once again move in. This results in a very high
rate of turnover and significant instability. It fundamentally
changes the nature of the quiet, safe, and stable neighborhood
that we have invested in for 30 years.
2. The owner has said that he intends to continue to reside at
85 Nelson Avenue and to maintain the property as "owner-oc-
cupied". At the same time, he recently was in discussions re-
garding the potential sale of the property to more than one indi-
vidual. Recently, he has been residing elsewhere. If the use
variance were approved — if the property were then sold — it is
not possible to ensure that further changes to the
oversight/management of the property would not unfold, again
changing our quiet neighborhood and potentially adversely af-
fecting our longtime investment in our home.
3. The owner purchased 85 Nelson Avenue in a private sale.
Despite his background in the banking/lending industry, he did
not pursue this zoning issue at the time of this transaction. Due
diligence was lacking. This request for a use variance has been
submitted at a very late date —and only because the owner
was forced as a consequence of necessary repairs to the prop-
e rty.
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