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March 23, 2022
Susan Barden, Principal Planner
City of Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs City Hall
474 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
RE: SCPB Referral Review #22-32 - Site Plan Review-30 Caroline Street
A proposed 6-story mixed-use building with 1,82 5 s.f. of commercial space on the first
floor and 15 apartments on the top five stories.
Location: Caroline St. (south side), east of Broadway (US Rt 9)
165.60-1-81
T-6 Zoning District
Received from the City of Saratoga Springs Planning Board on March 08, 2022.
Reviewed by the Saratoga County Planning Board on March 17, 2022
Decision: No Significant Countywide or Intercommunity Impact
Comment: located in the city's T-6 District for which no off-street parking is required.
The site and future building will be serviced by public infrastructure of sidewalks,
water, sanitary, stormwater and street. The proposed use fits into the neighborhood
and District character. While not of a direct county or countywide impact, the
building height may be a concern voiced by some locally. Approval of a structure of
this height may be seen as giving a green light to the possibility of other such in-fill
proj ects spreading through the District; this, however, would only be prevalent with
the demolition of existing downtown/core structures or fires of a similar critical nature
-which is not encouraged or commonplace. Additionally, six stories in the low
elevations of this area of Caroline/Putnam are mitigated by and have less visual
impact to the surrounding users than such a building located within a level
streetscape of no grade variant.
This planning board and staff have, however, over years made reference to the
unaddressed cumulative impact of continued development within the T-6 District
(both comm/retail and residential) wherein no requirement exists for the provision of
off-street parking. We recognize this proposed structure as being only one application
before the land use boards but note that the availability of on-street parking within
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the city's most densely developed District is relatively fixed and cannot "compete" with
the need to provide for the aggregate of new development and users.
We again bring up the suggestion that the City might consider investigating whether
there is a current deficiency in parking spaces and if the present and proj ected needs
(based on a current inventory of available on-street or garage parking spaces) indicates
the need for addressing such by District regulations or providing city-owned garage
spaces.
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Michael Valentine, Senior Planner
Authorized Agent for Saratoga County
DISCLAIMER: Recommendations made by the Saratoga County Planning Board on referrals and subdivisions are
based upon the receipt and review of a"full statement of such proposed action"provided directly to SCPB by the
municipal referring agency as stated under General Municipal Law section 239. A determination of action is rendered
by the SCPB based upon the completeness and accuracy of information presented by its staff. The SCPB cannot be
accountable for a decision rendered through incomplete or inaccurate information received as part of the complete
statement.
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