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Keith Kaplan, Chair
C ITY OF S ARATOGA S PRINGS
Brad Gallagher, Vice Chair
Emily Bergmann
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Terrance Gallogly
Cheryl Grey
C ITY H ALL - 474 B ROADWAY
Matthew Gutch
S ARATOGA S PRINGS, N EW Y ORK 12866
Gage Simpson
518-587-3550
John Daley, alternate
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Shirley Poppel, alternate
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I N THE M ATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
M. E LIZABETH C ORENO
338 C AROLINE S TREET
S ARATOGA S PRINGS, NY 12866
from the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 338 Caroline Street in the City of
Saratoga Springs, New York being tax parcel number 166.14-4-5 on the Assessment Map of said City.
The applicant having applied for an area variance under the Zoning Ordinance of said City to permit the
construction of residential additions to the existing house in an Urban Residential 1 (UR 1) District and public
notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application held on the 15th of November and 6th day of
December 2021.
In consideration of the balance between benefit to the applicant with detriment to the health, safety and welfare
of the community, I move that the following area variances for the following amount of relief:
T YPE OF R EQUIREMENT D ISTRICT D IMENSIONAL P ROPOSED R ELIEF R EQUESTED
R EQUIREMENT
M AXIMUM P RINCIPAL COVERAGE 20% 25.2% 5.2% (OR 26%)
M IN. F RONT Y ARD S ETBACK (P ORCH) 30 FT 6.9 FT 23.1 FT (OR 77%)
M IN. F RONT Y ARD S ETBACK (G ARAGE) 30 FT 15.7 FT 14.3 FT (OR 47.7%)
M IN. S IDE Y ARD S ETBACK 12 FT 7.1 FT 4.9 FT (OR 40.8%)
M IN. T OTAL S IDE Y ARD S ETBACK 30 FT 22.1 FT 7.9 FT (OR 26.3%)
As per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, be approved for the following reasons:
1. The applicant has demonstrated that this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to the
applicant. The applicant desires to build additions to the existing principal structure in order to add living
space on the first floor and add a second floor. In addition, the applicant would like to add an attached garage
and replace the existing covered front entrance with a covered porch, in order to alleviate safety issues
caused by the layout of the existing driveway and front entrance. Per the applicant, the applicant considered
a number of potential designs options for the proposed additions but, due to the undersized proportions of
the applicant’s lot, the benefits sought by the applicant are not able to be accomplished without the
requested variances.
2. The applicant has demonstrated that granting these variances will not create an undesirable change in
neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. Per the applicant, the proposed additions and
reconstructed porch have been designed to be architecturally and aesthetically consistent with neighboring
homes. In addition, the applicant notes that a number of neighboring homes have covered front porches
and attached garages, similar to the applicant’s planned front porch and attached garage. The Board notes
that the applicant’s efforts to reduce the size of the proposed additions (such as limiting the size of the
garage to one car) will mitigate the impact on the neighboring properties.
3. The Board notes that the requested variances are substantial, however, the substantiality of these variances
is mitigated by the lack of adverse impact on the neighborhood as noted above.
4. These variances will not have a significant adverse physical or environmental effect on the neighborhood or
district. Permeability will meet the district requirement.
5. The alleged difficulty is considered self-created insofar as the applicant desires to build the additions to the
existing home. However, this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
Conditions:
1. Accessory structures to be limited to 2.8% of total lot coverage.
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 7 (K. Kaplan, E. Bergmann, B. Gallagher, C. Grey, T. Gallogly, M. Gutch, G. Simpson)
NAYES: 0
Dated: December 6, 2021
This variance shall expire 18 months following the filing date of such decision unless the necessary building
permit has been issued and actual construction begun as per 240-8.5.1.
I hereby certify the above to be a full, true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Zoning Board
of Appeals of the City of Saratoga Springs on the date above mentioned, seven members of the Board being
present.
S IGNATURE: _______________________________ 12/9/2021
C HAIR D ATE R ECEIVED BY A CCOUNTS D EPT.