HomeMy WebLinkAbout20250048 195 Lake Ave. Area Variance NOD
Gage Simpson, Chair
C ITY OF S ARATOGA
Brendan Dailey, Vice Chair
Shafer Gaston
S PRINGS
Amanda Demma
Jonah Cohen
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Otis Maxwell
Chris LaPointe
C ITY H ALL - 474 B ROADWAY
Chris Maslak (Alternate)
S ARATOGA S PRINGS, N EW Y ORK 12866
Robert West (Alternate)
518-587-3550
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Erin Murphy & Anthony Naccarato
195 Lake Avenue
Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
From the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 195 Lake Avenue in the City
of Saratoga Springs, New York being tax parcel number 166.46-3-22 on the Assessment Map of said City.
The applicant having applied for an area variance to permit a secondary dwelling in the Urban Residential-
3 (UR-3) District and public notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application held between
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February 10 and March 3, 2025.
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:
T YPE OF R EQUIREMENT D ISTRICT REQUIREMENT P ROPOSED R ELIEF REQUESTED
M INIMUM L OT S IZE 8000 SF 5325 SF 2675 SF (33.4%)
M INIMUM A VERAGE W IDTH
R EAR Y ARD S ETBACK
O FF-STREET P ARKING S PACES 3 2 1 (33.3%)
as per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, be APPROVED for the following reasons:
1. The applicant has demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to the
applicant. The applicant wants to construct a secondary dwelling in a preexisting, undersized lot in
the UR-3 district. No additional land is available for purchase.
2. The applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an undesirable change in
neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. Per the applicant, a secondary dwelling
with similar dimensions is in keeping with other properties in the neighborhood. Additionally, many
nearby residences rely on on-street parking in this district.
3. The board notes that the requested variances are substantial, but is mitigated by neighborhood
context as discussed above, and additionally:
a. Providing an additional off-street parking space would reduce the permeable area of the
lot
b. UR-3 is intended to encourage the development of moderately dense single-family and
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two-family neighborhoods.
4. This variance will not have a significant adverse physical or environmental effect on the
neighborhood or district. Standard district permeability requirements will be met.
5. The alleged difficulty is considered self-created insofar as the applicant desires to construct the
second dwelling in an undersized UR-3 lot; however, this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
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It is so moved, dated March 32025.
Passes by the following votes:
AYES: 6 (G. Simpson, B. Dailey, J. Cohen, C. LaPointe, S. Gaston, A. Demma)
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, seven
members of the Board being present.
SIGNATURE: 03/18/2025
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY
ACCOUNTS DEPT.
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