HomeMy WebLinkAbout20190204 Airosmith Development (Smith Cassier Real Estate Holdings) NOD rOGAL fOFBill Moore, Chair
CITY SARATOGA
Keith Kaplan, Vice Chair
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Brad Gallagher, Secretary
Cheryl Grey
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SARATOGA SPRINGS NEW YORK 12866 Chris Hemstead
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Airosmith Development (Smith Cassier Real Estate Holdings, LLC)
32 Clinton Street
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
In the matter of the appeal from the Building Inspector's determination involving proposed construction of a
mixed office and residential use building at 318 West Avenue, in the City of Saratoga Springs, New York, being
Tax Parcel#178.48-1-16 and 41 and 178.-4-24 on the assessment map of said City.
The applicant having applied for an area variance under the Zoning Ordinance of said City to permit the
construction of a two-story mixed office and residential use building in a T-4 District and public notice having
been duly given of a hearing on said application held on March 18 and April 8, 2019.
In consideration of the balance between benefit to the applicant with detriment to the health, safety and
welfare of the community, I move the following area variance for the following amount of relief:
Total relief
Required Existing Proposed requested
Area of Relief
Frontage build-to: 12'-18' 6' 6' 6' (50%)
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.
The applicant had submitted plans based upon the placement of the county water line on the east portion of
the property. However, after getting approval on the placement of the building, a more current map was
provided that located the water line closer to the west requiring the building to be moved away from the
easement.The building was redesigned to reduce the footprint but couldn't be reduced enough to be located
within the required frontage setback of 12'
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 current single family home is located
approximately 6' from the frontage and this building will not encroach any further than 6'. Further the
overhang on the building will be 1', placing the building at 7'.
3. The relief requested is considered substantial at 50%; however, the applicant has reduced the footprint of
the building and made all possible design changes to allow for the water line easement.
4. The applicant has demonstrated this variance will not have an adverse physical or environmental effect on
the neighborhood.The building will conform to many of the new buildings on West Avenue and although they
are not adjacent to the property, they can be considered in comparison. The property to the south is owned
by the State of New York and property adjacent on the east is owned by the city of Saratoga Springs.
5. The difficulty may be considered self-created.; however, this is not necessarily fatal to the applicant.
Note: Saratoga County Planning Board opinion dated March 12, 2019
Saratoga Springs Planning Board advisory opinion issued March 21, 2019
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 5 (B. Moore, K. Kaplan, C. Grey,J. Luhn, C. Hemstead)
NAYES: 0
Dated: April 8, 2019
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: 04/09/2019
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY ACCOUNTS DEPT.