HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220285 18 Alger Area Variance NOD 0 G,4 Gage Simpson, Chair
CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
Brad Gallagher, Vice Chair
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Bergmann
Justin Farrington
CITY HALL-474 BROADWAY Cheryl Grey
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK 12866 Matthew Gutch
PORAIA 91� 518-587-3550 Brendan Dailey
WWW.SARATOGA-SPRINGS.ORG John Daley, Alternate
Alice Smith. Alternate
#20220285
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
David D. Chew
18 Alger Street
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
In the matter of the appeal from the Building Inspector's determination involving a parcel at 18 Alger
Street, in the City of Saratoga Springs,New York,being Tax Parcel 165.43-1-39 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-3 District, and public notice having been duly given of a
hearing on said application held on the 6 h through the 27 h 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 Rear 5ft 0.2ft 4.8 ft. or 96%relief
Accessory to Side 5 0 5ft. or 100%relief
Accessory to Principal Structure 5ft 0.5ft 4.5ft. or 90%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. Per the applicant, the structure requested is to allow for the replacement of a previously
existing storage shed at the rear of the property. Per the applicant the shed will be at the same distance
or similar rear and side setbacks as other homes on the street. The applicant also notes that the shed has
replaced an existing shed and was placed in the same position as the previous shed.
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 shed location appears to be consistent
with similar shed in the neighborhood.
3. The Board finds that the variances are substantial, however substantiality of the variance is mitigated
by the points provided above.
4. The applicant has demonstrated this variance will not have an adverse physical or environmental effect
on the neighborhood.
5. The alleged difficulty may be considered self-created insofar as the applicant's desires to build an
accessory, but this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
It so moved, June 27, 2022
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 6 (G. Simpson, C. Grey, E. Bergmann, M. Gutch, A. Smith, B. Dailey)
NAYES: 0
Dated: June 27, 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.
SIGNATURE: 06/28/2022
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY ACCOUNTS DEPT.