HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220690 Crescent & Jefferson Petition for Zoning Amendment Map Amendment PacketCity of Saratoga Springs
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF ACCOUNTS DILLON C. MORAN
474 Broadway - City Hall, Suite 14 COMMUSSIONER
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866 STACY CONNORS
DEPU"I Y COMMISSIONER
Telephone 518-587-3550
November 3, 2022
Mr. Mark Torpey, Chair
Saratoga Springs Planning Board
474 Broadway - City Hall
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
RE: Comprehensive Plan Amendment — Liberty Affordable Housing, Inc. (Crescent
Avenue)
Dear Mark:
Pursuant to the City Council meeting of Tuesday, November 1, 2022, enclosed please, find
a proposed map amendment to the City's Comprehensive Plan by Liberty Work Force
Housing.
The City Council respectfully requests the Planning Board review this material and issue an
advisory opinion.
If you have any questions, please contact Susan Barden at 587-3550 ext. 2493.
Sincerely,
Lis I is
Secretary to the City Council
Enclosure
LIBERTY SARATOGA WORK FORCE HOUSING
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, during the Saratoga Springs City Council meeting held on September 6, 2022, the City Council
reviewed the Application of Liberty Saratoga for a work force housing project on the 30-acre parcel located
on the corner of Crescent Avenue and Jefferson Street; and
WHEREAS, the applicant has requested a zone change from RR-1 to the adjacent zoning of UR-4 in order
to facilitate their proposal for development of the site for the purposes of work force housing; and
WHEREAS, following the presentation and dialogue with the City Council, the Council accepted the
Application and deemed that it had merit for review and referred the matter to the Saratoga Springs
Planning Board and the Saratoga County Planning Board; and
WHEREAS, the Saratoga County Planning Board met on September 15, 2022 and unanimously issued an
approval and determination that the zoning map amendment had no county wide impact; and
WHEREAS, at the October 13, 2022 meeting and the October 20, 2022 workshop, members of the
Saratoga Springs Planning Board inquired about the density requirements for the site under the proposed
zoning amendment and the density set forth in the Comprehensive Plan for the site, which is bisected by
two different land use categories; and
WHEREAS, the applicant articulated responses and analysis based upon the two different land use
categories that bisect the site, and provided analysis of the provisions of the Plan which relate to the future
use map; and
WHEREAS, the city recognizes that the adjacent parcel is designed as UR-4 zoning district and that the
UR4 zone is present in four other areas nearby, and that all of the areas that are designated UR-4 have
the land use category of Core Neighborhood-2 (CRN-2) on the Comprehensive Plan Map; and
WHEREAS, the applicant was directed to prepare a draft map depicting the site with a land use category
consistent with the UR-4 zoning and the proposed plan for development of the site, which draft map is
included with this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Saratoga Springs City Council has the authority, under state law set forth in the General
City Law §28-a, to amend the Comprehensive Plan Map.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saratoga Springs City Council hereby initiates the review
of the amendment to the present Comprehensive Plan Map to designate the subject parcel as CRN-2 and
will consider that amendment in conjunction with the proposed request for rezoning, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that as required by General City Law §28-a(6)(b), the City Council will refer
this matter to the Saratoga County Planning Board for review and recommendation under section 239-m of
the General City Law.
The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as
follows:
On the motion of City Council member , seconded by Council membe r L�a+(
the foregoing resolution was adopted.
DATED: Saratoga Springs, New York
November 1, 2022
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