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Home My WebLink About20190069 Artisanal Brew Works Correspondance (2) From the Desk of Chuck Marshall 140 West Circular St . Saratoga Springs , New York 12866 LZ L.-. g foi vii F 1 toy 20 e.,-1eog j May 16, 2019 Ely Mr. Bill Moore, Chairman City of Saratoga Springs Zoning Board of Appeals City Hall — 474 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12865 Chairman Moore and Members of the ZBA, I am unable to attend the meeting because of a conflict and ask my letter to be read aloud and inserted in the official record. I write today as a concerned resident of Saratoga Springs with reasonable professional knowledge in the field of land use and permitting regarding #20190069 (Artisanal Brew Works). The emphasis of my concern is what appears to be the retroactive taking of vested property rights by an operator of a business. In my review of the documentation associated with the application, it seems that Artisanal Brew Works went through the appropriate means of securing the necessary permits from the City of Saratoga Springs including a Building Permit and upon construction to means acceptable to the Building Department and established codes both the City's established zoning code the and International Building Codes; a Certificate of Occupancy. Now, it seems that the Building Department is reversing an internal determination without an application being sent to the any of the City's land use board . As a resident, I am concerned with this type of property taking when individual land owners (and their tenants) invest money and then have their rights affected by arbitrary decisions of governmental entities. I am further concerned that this type of activity opens theCity to litigation by aggrieved owners and could both potentially impact the economic engine that is our hospitality and tourism industry butalso the costs of defending litigation along with the potential damages associated with it. I have full faith that the ZBA will evaluate the case on its merits and return Artisanars established rights, Respectfully submitted, Ck Chuck Marshall