HomeMy WebLinkAbout20240859 160 Fifth 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
WWW.SARATOGA-SPRINGS.ORG
#20240859
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Dawn & Daniel Sauer
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160 5 Ave.
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
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from the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises 160 5 Ave. in the City of
Saratoga Springs, New York being tax parcel number 166.14-5-19.2 on the Assessment Map of said City.
The applicants having applied for an area variance under the UDO of said City to permit the construction
of a deck and public notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application held between
December 2, 2024 and March 3, 2025.
In consideration of the balance between benefit to the applicants with detriment to the health, safety and
welfare of the community, I move that the following area variances for the following amounts of relief:
T YPE OF R EQUIREMENT D ISTRICT P ROPOSED R ELIEF REQUESTED
DIMENSIONAL
REQUIREMENT
R EAR TO DECK 30 FT 19 FT 11 FT. (36.7%)
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 would like to replace an existing deck that is in disrepair. There is no
adjoining land 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. The Board finds that the applicant
has demonstrated that the requested variance aligns with other properties in the neighborhood.
3. The Board finds the requested variances are substantial, but notes the character of the
neighborhood mitigates this concern as the proposal is similar to other neighboring properties.
4. The Board finds that these variances will not have significant adverse physical or environmental
effect on the neighborhood or district. The property will adhere to the standard district
permeability requirements.
5. The alleged difficulty is self-replace a deck in disrepair,
but this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
It is so moved.
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Dated: March 3, 2025
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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