HomeMy WebLinkAbout20190520 Maloney Residence NOD Bill Moore, Chair
CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
Keith Kaplan, Vice Chair
Brad Gallagher, Secretary
A r ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
�� Cheryl Grey
, ,`�' ' *^ CITY HALL-474 BROADWAY Jerry Luhn
c, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK 12866 Chris Hemstead
\1'3PH) 518-587-3550 FX) 518-580-9480 Suzanne Morris
WWW.SARATOGA-SPRINGS.ORG Kathleen O'Connor, alternate
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Timothy Maloney
30 Ludlow Street
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
from the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 30 Ludlow Street in the City of
Saratoga Springs,New York being tax parcel number 166.69-2-14 on the Assessment Map of said City.
The appellant having applied for an area variance under the Zoning Ordinance of said City to permit the
construction of a covered porch addition to an existing single-family residence in a UR-3 District and public
notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application held on the 17th day of June and the 8th day of
July 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 following amount of relief:
TYPE OF REQUIREMENT DISTRICT DIMENSIONAL PROPOSED RELIEF REQUESTED
REQUIREMENT
MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL
BUILDING COVERAGE 30% 34.3% 4.3%OR 12.5%
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.
An alternative design was contemplated and brought before this Board,who then suggested a smaller
porch to eliminate additional relief from minimum setback from an accessory structure. The applicant
willingly made the porch smaller to eliminate the additional relief as originally proposed.
2. The applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an undesirable change in
neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. The proposed addition conforms to the
characteristic of the existing house and does not crowd neighboring properties.
3. The relief requested is not considered substantial at 12.5%.
4. The applicant has demonstrated that the variance request will not have significant adverse physical or
environmental effect on the neighborhood or district, as the expanded footprint is well within the
setbacks of the property and will contribute minimally to any runoff.
5. The alleged difficulty is self-created insofar as the applicant desires to construct the proposed porch
addition,but this is not deemed fatal to the application in the circumstances of this case.
Conditions:
• No further accessory structures.
• Approval is based on removal of brick driveway along Mitchell St. as stated by the applicant.
• Removal of existing wood deck along Mitchell St.
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 5 (B. Moore, C. Hemstead,K. Kaplan, C. Grey, S. Morris)
NAYE S: 0
Dated: July 8, 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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