HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220854 4 north Circular NOD Gage Simpson,Chair
4 00� CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS Brad Gallagher, Vice Chair
2 Emily Bergmann
a ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Cheryl Grey
Matthew Gutch
CITY HALL- 474 BROADWAY Brendan Dailey
iNe�RA �91� SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK 1 Z 866 John Daley,Alternate
ORATVD 518-587-3550
Alice Smith,Alternate
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Jacquelyn Neuringer
4 North Circular Street
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
From the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 4 North Circular Street in the
City of Saratoga Springs, New York being tax parcel number 165.44-1-8 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
renovation of a front porch in the Urban Residential-2(UR-2)District and public notice having been duly given
of a hearing on said application held on October 17t'through to the 24th, 2022.
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 variances for the following amount of relief:
TYPE OF REQUIREMENT DISTRICT REQUIREMENT PROPOSED RELIEF REQUESTED
Setback Front(to porch) 10, 0' 107 (100%)
Side (South) 5' 3.6' 1.4 (28%)
Total Side 20 4.4 15.6 (78%)
as per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, be APPROVED for the following reasons:
I. The applicants have demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to the
applicants. The applicants want to build a front porch addition to. The applicants note they have
considered other alternatives.
2. The applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an undesirable change in
neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. The replacement and extension is
consistent with other homes in the neighborhood and does not alter the current character of the
street. The proposed front porch will be at the same setback as the existing porch, however the new
porch will be extended widthwise.
3. The Board notes the requested variances are substantial but not necessarily detrimental to the
applicant. Substantiality is mitigated by the points noted above
4. This variance will not have a significant adverse physical or environmental effect on the
neighborhood or district. Permeability will meet district requirements.
5. The alleged difficulty is considered self-created insofar as the applicant desires to construct the
addition; however, this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
Note: The applicant is required to remedy the encroaching stairs in the front ROW
It is so moved, dated: October 24 h, 2022
Adopted by the following votes:
AYES: 5 (G. Simpson, B. Gallagher, B. Dailey C. Grey, A. Smith)
NAYES: 0
Dated: October 24, 2022
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.
SIGNATU 10/28/2022
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