HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220267 688 N Broadway Area Variance NOD OG,4 s CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS Gage Simpson, Chair
Brad Gallagher, Vice Chair
0 �� ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Bergmann
7 .;. Justin Farrington
CITY HALL-474 BROADWAY Cheryl Grey
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK 1 2866
Matthew Gutch
cORPORATFO 19, 518-587-3550 John Daley, Alternate
WWW.SARATOGA-SPRI NGS.0 RG Alice Smith, Alternate
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
George and Tamie Ehinger
688 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
In the matter of the appeal from the Building Inspector's determination involving a parcel at 688 North
Broadway,in the City of Saratoga Springs,New York,being Tax Parcel 165.36-2-61.2 on the assessment
map of said City. The applicant having applied for an area variance under the Zoning Ordinance of said
City to permit an accessory structure in the UR-1 District, and public notice having been duly given of
a hearing on said application held on the 6th day of June 2022.
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 variance for the following amount of relief:
TYPE OF REQUIREMENT DISTRICT PROPOSED RELIEF
DIMENSIONAL REQUESTED
REQUIREMENT
Accessory to Front 30ft 8ft 22ft or 73.3%
relief
As per the submitted plans,be approved as per this Board's consideration of the following factors:
1. The applicant has demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to the
applicant.The applicant wants to construct a two-car detached garage for vehicles and a place for storage.
The applicant noted the proposed placement of the garage would be least impactful to yard greenspace
to the south and would make the garage less visible from North Broadway.
2. The applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an undesirable change in
the neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. The accessory structure will be constructed
to conform to the architecture on the property and will be in line with other neighboring properties that
were provided by the applicant for context. The proposed garage is setback further than the existing
home and the current detached structure.
3. The Board finds that the variance of 73.3% is substantial, however substantiality of the variance is
mitigated by the points noted above.
4. The applicant has demonstrated this variance will not have an adverse physical or environmental effect
on the neighborhood. Permeability will meet the district requirement.
5. The alleged difficulty may be considered self-created insofar as the applicant's desires to build
detached garage,but this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
Note: The application requires DRC review and approval.
It is so moved. Dated: June 06, 2022
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 6 (G. Simpson, C. Grey, E. Bergmann, J. Farrington, J. Daley, A. Smith)
NAYES: 0
Dated: June 06, 2022
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, six members of the Board
being present.
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SIGNATURE: 06/07/2022
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY ACCOUNTS DEPT.