HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230786 YMCA Senior Center Signage NOD pTOGA CITY OF SARATOGA Gage Simpson,Chair
Brad Gallagher,Vice Chair
Cheryl Grey
SPRINGS Emily Bergmann
— ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Shafer Gaston
Brendan Dailey
Jonah Cohen
CITY HALL-474 BRoADwAY John Daley,Alternate
�RPQRATE 4 1� SARATOGA SPRINGS,NEwYORK12866
518-587-3550 Alice Smith,Alternate
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Saratoga Senior Center
590 West Avenue Suite 1.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
From the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 290 West Avenue in the City of Saratoga
Springs, NY, being tax parcel number 178.4-24-1 on the Assessment Map of said City. The Applicant having
applied for an Area variance to permit the fabrication and installation of a sign above the first floor at 290 West
Avenue and public notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application on October 2"d, 2023.
In consideration of the balance between the benefit to the Applicants with detriment to the health,safety and welfare
of the community, I move that the following variance for the following amount of relief:
Type of Requirement District Dimensional
Requirement Proposed Relief Requested
Wall sign above the 1 sT Not permitted
Permitted 1 sign(100%)
Floor
As per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, be denied for the following reasons:
1. The applicant has not demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to the applicant.
The applicant proposed a sign on the architectural detail of a second story location with signage already existing
on the architectural detail on the first story location. The signage proposed for the second story did not reflect a
business and did not conform to the style of type on the existing building. The applicant presented other options
for the signage that would be allowable and the Board finds that these options would not require a variance.
2. The applicant has not demonstrated that granting this variance will not produce an undesirable change in
neighborhood character or detriment to the nearby properties. Although the applicant stated that there were no
other signs requested in the immediate vicinity, allowing second story signage sets a precedent in all nearby
districts. The applicant also presented examples of other signs allowable on second story locations,however,the
Board felt that the signage was at the bottom portion of the second story,not at the top of the second story. The
Board also stated that the second story location was for the names of businesses located at the second story with
no other location available for the signage.
3. The Board does find the variance to be substantial at 100%.
4. The Applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not have an adverse physical or environmental
effect on the neighborhood.
5. The request for relief may be considered a self-created hardship. However, self-creation is not necessarily fatal
to the application.
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Note: Design Review Commission unfavorable opinion,November 15,2023
It is so moved,November 20, 2023
Adopted by the following votes:
AYES: 5 (G. Simpson, S. Gaston, A. Smith, C, Grey, B. Gallagher,)
NAYES: 0
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, five
members of the Board being present.
SIGNATURE: 11/28/2023
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY
ACCOUNTS
DEPT.
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