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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230008 Duplainville Site Plan Public Comment Fenton4/26/23, 12:00 PM Zimbra https://m.saratoga-springs.org/h/printmessage?id=12682&tz=America/New_York 1/3 From :Susan Barden <susan.barden@saratoga-springs.org> Subject :Fwd: Duplainville Site Plan and Land Disturbance - Planning Board To :Julia Destino <julia.destino@saratoga-springs.org> Zimbra julia.destino@saratoga-springs.org Fwd: Duplainville Site Plan and Land Disturbance - Planning Board Wed, Apr 26, 2023 11:54 AM Please upload following email to Duplainville Rd. SPR. Thanks Susan B. Barden, AICP Principal Planner City of Saratoga Springs 474 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 518-587-3550 ext. 2493 From: "Rick Fenton" <fenton@nycap.rr.com> To: "Susan Barden" <susan.barden@saratoga-springs.org>, "Mark Russell Torpey" <torpey.mr@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 11:11:19 AM Subject: Duplainville Site Plan and Land Disturbance - Planning Board CAUTION: This email originated outside of the City network. Please contact IT Support if you need assistance determining if it's a threat before opening attachments or clicking any links. 4/26/23, 12:00 PM Zimbra https://m.saratoga-springs.org/h/printmessage?id=12682&tz=America/New_York 2/3 To the Saratoga Springs Planning Board: I would like to comment on the proposed project by Munter Land Holdings, LLC involving the clearing of land north of Adams Road for a new industrial site. As you know, Article 11 of the UDO requires that, before any tree cutting takes place, the project applicant conduct a complete inventory of all significant trees. A significant tree is a deciduous tree over 12” DBH and a conifer over 24 inches DBH. The applicant must provide a landscape plan reflecting the need to preserve as many existing significant trees as possible in site design, and to mitigate the removal of significant trees through the planting of new trees. An amendment to the section of the UDO dealing with land disturbance activity permits, recently approved by the City Council, ties the issuance of a permit to the landscape requirements of Article 11. Because it is unlikely that the full number of significant trees to be removed during clearing for the proposed use can be replaced by new planting, the planning board should consider working with the applicant to apply the landscape credit, and thereby preserve as many existing trees as possible. UDO section 11.9.D. provides that “Every significant tree that is preserved within a required landscape area is credited as two required trees.” A number of considerations would support increased protection of the undeveloped forested character of the Adams Road corridor. The Comprehensive Plan includes north side of Adams Road in the country overlay area, or Greenbelt. The city’s current Open Space Plan designates Adams Road as a scenic rural road and recommends that the undeveloped character of the road corridor be maintained. Adams Road is also named in the city’s Natural Resource Inventory as an important part of the city’s network of rural roads. Also, Adams Road is the boundary between the project’s industrial zone and the existing and future homes within the RR zone. It appears that the obligation of the applicant to mitigate the removal of significant trees during site development could at least partially be met by an extension of the no-cut buffer along Adams Road, crediting 2 trees for every significant tree preserved – the farther, the better. Thank you for your help in protecting our urban forest and the important scenic and open space resources of our city. Rick Fenton 23 Lefferts Street 4/26/23, 12:00 PM Zimbra https://m.saratoga-springs.org/h/printmessage?id=12682&tz=America/New_York 3/3 Confidentiality/Privilege Notice: This e-mail communication and any files transmitted with it contain privileged and confidential information from the City of Saratoga Springs and are intended solely for the use of the individual(s) or entity to which it has been addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or taking any other action with respect to the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify the sender by return e-mail. Thank you for your cooperation.