HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220262 29 Madison Avenue Area Variance NOD gP cA s Gage Simpson, Chair
CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
Brad Gallagher, Vice Chair
o dui ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Bergmann
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t� C CITY HALL-474 BROADWAY Cheryl Grey
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK 12866 Matthew Gutch
cORPORATED `91 518-587-3550 Brendan Dailey
WWW.SARATOGA-SPRINGS.ORG John Daley, Alternate
Alice Smith, Alternate
#20220262
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Timothy Molly and Kerry Carlson
29 Madison Avenue
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
From the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 29 Madison Avenue in the
City of Saratoga Springs, New York being tax parcel number 166.61-2-24 on the Assessment Map of
said City.
The applicant having applied for an area variance under the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) of
said City to permit an addition to the existing garage and an alteration to the rear of the principal building
within the Urban Residential 1 (UR-1) District and public notice having been duly given of a hearing on
said application held on May 16th through to September 261h, 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 variances for the following amount of relief:
TYPE OF REQUIREMENT DISTRICT REQUIREMENT PROPOSED RELIEF REQUESTED
Maximum Principal Coverage 20% 31% l l%(55.0%)
MAX ACCESSORY COVERAGE 8% 9.4% 1.4%(17.5%)
SIDE 1-SIDE PORCH 12' 6.1' 5.0' (49.2%)
SIDE 2 12' 11' 1' (8.3%)
TOTAL SIDE 30' 16' 14' (46.7%)
FINISHED SPACE ACCESSORY Not permitted 100% (100%)
PATIO TO SIDE 10, 6 4' (40%)
as per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, be APPROVED for the following reasons:
1. The applicants have demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to the
applicants. The applicants wants to build a rear addition to the principal home and renovate the
existing detached garage to include finished space. To achieve this the applicant have proposed to
remove the existing in-ground pool. The applicants note they have considered other alternatives
and has worked with the Design Review Board(DRB) to resolve on the current plans. The Board
notes DRB issued a favorable advisory on August 24, 2022.
2. The applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an undesirable change
in neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. The Board notes that any additions
to this property would trigger the need for relief and appreciates the overall reduction in total
coverage percent due to the removal of the existing in-ground pool.
3. The Board notes the requested variances are substantial but not necessarily detrimental to the
applicant. Substantiality of the finished space relief is mitigated by the fact that under current
zoning finished space is permitted in accessory structures. The other substantial areas of relief are
mitigated by the points noted in I and 2 above.
4. This variance will not have a significant adverse physical or environmental effect on the
neighborhood or district. The addition is proposed in the rear of the property and will not be visible
from the public street. The Board notes that district permeability requirements will be met.
5. The alleged difficulty is considered self-created insofar as the applicant desires to construct the
addition; however, this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
Notes:
Favorable DRC Advisory August 14, 2022
Condition
1) The Applicant have exceeded district requirements for coverage, no additional coverage is
permitted on this property.
2) No Bathing, cooping or overnight stay is permitted in the finished space.
It is so moved, dated: September 26t, 2022
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 6 (G. Simpson, C. Grey, J. Daley, B. Gallagher, B. Dailey, A. Smith)
NAYES: 0
Dated: September 26, 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 Unified Development Ordinance
(UDO)-Article 13.10.3.
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 mentioned above, six members of the Board
being present.
SIGNATURE: 09/28/2022
CHAIR Jr DATE RECEIVED BY ACCOUNTS
DEPT.