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CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
Keith Kaplan, Vice Chair
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
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WWW.SARATOGA—SPRINGS.ORG Kathleen O'Connor, alternate
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Ron Sautter
150 Washington Street
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
from the Building Inspector's determination involving a multi family residence at 150 Washington
Street, in the City of Saratoga Springs, New York, being Tax Parcel #165.66-1-22 on the assessment
map of said City.
The applicant having applied for an area variance under the Zoning Ordinance of said City to permit
installation of A/C units and maintain an existing rebuilt front porch to the existing multi-family
residence in a UR-3 District and public notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application
held on May 6 and June 3 and 17, 2019.
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 amount of relief:
DISTRICT
TYPE OF REQUIREMENT DIMENSIONAL PROPOSED RELIEF REQUESTED
REQUIREMENT
MIN.FRONT YARD SETBACK 10,
4.7' 5.3' (53%)
(PRINCIPAL):
MIN. SIDE YARD SETBACK °
4' 3.1 .9 (22.5%)
(PRINCIPAL):
MIN.LOT PERMEABILITY: 25% 21% 4%(16%)
MIN. SIDE YARD SETBACK, 5' 1' 4'
ACCESSORY(A/C):
(80%)
As per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, be APPROVED for the following reasons:
1. The applicant has demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to the
applicant. In order to install A/C units for two of the units, it was determined that the west side of
the property would be accessible to the power source. The applicant states that moving the units to
the rear of the property would have been cost prohibitive and reduce operating efficiency of the
units.
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 condensers are 2x2' and 24"
high for one and the second one is 30" high. The neighbor's bushes hide the units from view.
3. The relief requested is considered substantial at 80%, however this is a pre-existing non-
conforming property with no property available for purchase to offset the side setbacks of the A/C
units. The front porch setbacks are pre-existing to when the house was built and when the porch
was rebuilt, the overhangs extended into the setback by an additional .9'. The lot permeability is
not considered to be substantial at 16%; paving in the rear allows for parking three vehicles.
4. The applicant has demonstrated this variance will not have an adverse physical or environmental
effect on the neighborhood.
5. The alleged difficulty could be considered self-created, but this is not necessarily fatal to the
application.
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 7 (B. Moore, K. O'Connor, C. Grey, K. Kaplan, J. Luhn, B. Gallagher, S. Morris)
NAPES: 0
Dated: June 17, 2019
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, five members of the
Board being present.
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SIGNATURE: 4 t 06/18/2019
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY ACCOUNTS DEPT.