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Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Date Wed 2/26/2025 4:05 PM
To Mark Graham <Mark.Graham@saratoga-springs.org>; Aneisha Samuels <Aneisha.Samuels@saratoga-
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Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Land Use Board Zoning Board of Appeals
Name Richard A Villiere
Email Address rvilliere@gmail.com
Business Name Field not completed.
Address 196 Grand Avenue
City SARATOGA SPRINGS
State NY
Zip Code 12866-3928
Phone Number 5186337760
Project Name 182 Grand Ave Use Variance
Project Number Field not completed.
Project Address 182 Grand Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Comments I am vehemently opposed to the granting of a use variance for
this property. My home was a former multifamily home near this
house that I converted back to single family use years ago. The
building at 194 Grand Avenue is in the process of changing
from a multifamily structure to a conforming structure. The
ZBA's efforts towards turning this neighborhood away from
carved up multifamily dwellings back to single family structures
has dramatically imroved the condition of the neighborhood
2/27/25, 4:18 PM Mail - Mark Graham - Outlook
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since I moved here in 1999. Allowing an owner a use variance
would be a step backwards for this neighborhood and should
not be done. This home has been unoccupied for years. It is
great that it recently sold and a new owner is going to do
something with the property. It needs to be as a single family
home. The property has lost its exemption to exist as a
multifamily home in this neighborhood. It should not be
reinstated. There are enough old nonconforming former multi
family homes in this neighborhood. We need fewer not more.
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