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Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Land Use Board Zoning Board of Appeals
Name Brian & Susan Rodems
Email Address brodems@pobox.com
Business Name Field not completed.
Address 84 White Street
City Saratoga Springs
State NY
Zip Code 12866
Phone Number 5185840608
Project Name 151 & 153 Nelson Subdivision
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Project Address 151 & 153 Nelson
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Comments Please see the attached file for comments. Brian & Susan
Rodems, 84 White Street, Saratoga Springs, NY
Attach Photo (optional)151 and 153 Nelson Ave Variance.pdf
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To all zoning boards members,
We are writing today with regards to the area variance application for the property on
151-153 Nelson Ave. As part of the applicant’s request for an area variance to
subdivide the property they also want to transform an existing historic barn (described
as a “shop”) into a residence. We have had a similar experience in this neighborhood of
a realtor / developer saying they will take a 100+ year old barn and renovate it only to
tear it down, e.g. 39 Murphy Lane. In that instance, the Zoning Board granted
numerous variances which not only resulted in a loss of an historic barn, but also placed
a building on a postage stamp lot with basically no off street parking. As a result, the
board allowed the developer to force the new owners of this property to use public
street parking. We, the tax paying property owners in this area, were / are forced to
subsidize the lack of off street parking on this property in perpetuity - for the enrichment
of the developer.
In the area variance submitted by the developer for the subdivision of 151 and 153 (and
the third lot on White Street) we, the property owners on White Street, are being asked
yet again to subsidize the the lack of off street parking because the applicant wants to
eliminate 8 parking spots on the property (which will force a portion of the tenants of the
subdivided properties to park on the street). We are asking the ZBA to contemplate the
impact that this variance request would have on the other property owners on White
Street in particular (due to the fact that there is NO public parking allowed on Nelson
Ave in the vicinity of 151 & 153 Nelson Ave). What about the parking impact to the
current and future tenants of these three lots during track season, i.e. where will a
portion of the tenants park on the street when all of the street parking is unavailable?
Has anyone bothered to ask the applicant to address that issue?
As a result of the negative impact that this proposed variance / subdivision would have
on the destruction of an historic barn as well as the negative impact of the tenant
parking on White Str., we are asking the ZBA to deny this request.
Thank you for your consideration,
Brian and Susan Rodems
84 White Street,
Saratoga Springs, NY
5185840608