HomeMy WebLinkAbout20221030 6 Seward Street Area Variance NOD OG,4 Gage Simpson, Chair
CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS Brad Gallagher, Vice Chair
Emily Bergmann
CIOZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Cheryl Grey
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Matthew Gutch
CITY HALL- 474 BROADWAY
Brendan Dailey
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518-587-3550 Alice Smith,Alternate
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Isaiah Vail
6 Seward Street
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
from the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 6 Seward Street in the City of
Saratoga Springs,New York being tax parcel number 165.50-1-12 on the Assessment Map of said City.
The applicants having applied for an area variance under the UDO of said City to permit an addition to
the front of an existing home and two car garage in the UR-2 District and public notice having been duly
given of a hearing on said application held on January 23, 2023 through February 06, 2023
In consideration of the balance between benefit to the applicants with detriment to the health, safety and
welfare of the community, I move that the following area variances for the following amounts of relief:
Type of Requirement District dimensional requirement Proposed Relief requested
Interior Side (North) 87 27 67 (75%)
Minimum Total Side 207 127 87 (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 desire to add a front addition and an attached two car garage to the front
of the house. The lot is long and narrow and the house currently sits almost all the way back to the
property line. The only way to add to the footprint of this house is to come toward the street at the
front of the property. There is no adjacent land available for purchase to alleviate any variances.
2. The applicants have demonstrated that granting this variance will not produce an undesirable change
in neighborhood character or detriment to the nearby properties. Per the applicants,the original
house was built prior to current zoning laws making it pre-existing,non-conforming. The applicant
is meeting the permeability requirements for the district and will maintain substantial green
space. The addition and the attached two car garage are not out of character for the neighborhood.
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3. The variances at 75% and 50% are substantial and they are created by the applicant's desire to add an
addition and a two car attached garage to the front of the house. The building is pre-existing, non-
conforming and any modifications to the structure would necessitate several variances.
4. The Board finds this variance will not have an adverse physical or environmental effect on the
neighborhood.
5. The alleged difficulty is self-created insofar as the applicants' desire to subdivide the multi-family
building, but this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
It is so moved, dated: February 6th, 2023
Adopted by the following votes:
AYES: 5 (B. Gallagher, C. Grey, B. Dailey, E. Bergmann, A. Smith)
RECUSED: 1 (G. Simpson)
NAYES:
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 the Unified
Development Ordinance.
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,six members
of the Board being present.
SIGNATURE: 02/15/2023
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY
ACCOUNTS
DEPT.
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