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Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
SUBMIT COMMENTS REGARDING CITY PROJECTS
Thank you for submitting your comments. Your feedback will be forwarded
to the City's Planning Department and Land Use Board members. NOTE:
Comments submitted later than 12:00 noon on the day before the Land Use
Board meeting may not be reviewed prior to their meeting. All comments will
be added to the project file in the Planning Department.
Land Use Board Planning Board
Name C. Murray Penney
Email Address cmurpen@gmail.com
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Address 11 Sundance
City Saratoga Springs
State NY
Zip Code 12866
Phone Number 518-428-5399
Project Name 400 Louden SUP Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Project Number 20230861
Project Address 400 Louden
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Comments Public Comment regarding Petition 20230861 400 Louden SUP
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs
The members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of
Saratoga Springs (UUCSS) appreciate this opportunity to
respond to concerns raised by some of our potential neighbors
in the Public Comment 13 regarding SUP 20230861. We will
attempt to be very responsive to those concerns. Our comment
is organized in order of the criteria for granting a SUP, as is
Comment 13, in order to make it easier to compare the two
documents.
With regard to:
Criteria 1 The extent to which the use is in harmony with and
promotes the general purpose and intent of the Comprehensive
Plan and this Chapter – Under this heading, in Public Comment
13 it is implied that inclusion of a church in RR zoning is
contrary to the objective of the Comprehensive Plan to
preserve traditional community character. However, according
to https://saratoga-
springs.org/DocumentCenter/View/243/20-Base-
Zoning-Districts-PDF, religious institutions are one of the
allowed uses in RR zoning in Saratoga Springs. Therefore, it
appears that the proposed use is within the contemplation of
those who established the RR zoning rules for Saratoga
Springs. Moreover, Paragraph 1.4 of the Saratoga Springs
Zoning Ordinance states that the zoning rules in that ordinance
are completely compliant with the Comprehensive Plan.
Therefore we believe that the proposed church is in harmony
with and promotes the general purpose and intent of the
Comprehensive Plan
Criteria 2 – The density and compatibility of the use within the
neighborhood and community character - If paved parking lots
and driveways of the proposed plan are included with the
building footprint as impermeable area, then the permeable
fraction based on the buildable portion of the land would be
74%, not the ”very unfavorable” 54.3% value as stated in Public
Comment 13. Thus, according to the site plan, the footprint of
the proposed church occupies 4500 squ
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