HomeMy WebLinkAbout20250114 56 Duplainville Rd. Regeneron Sign 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
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
1 Global View
Troy NY, 12180
From the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 56 Duplainville Road in the
City of Saratoga Springs, New York being tax parcel number 177-1-66 on the Assessment Map of said
City.
The applicant having applied for an area variance to permit construction fences with barbed wire and
spiked posts in the General Industrial District in the City of Saratoga Springs and public notice having
been duly given of a hearing on said application held on March 3 and 24, 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 P ROPOSED R ELIEF REQUESTED
REQUIREMENT
C ONSTRUCTION OF A F ENCE OR W ALL P ROHIBITED N OT A LLOWANCE OF
WITH M ATERIALS I NCLUDING S PIKED P ROHIBITED MATERIALS (100%)
P OSTS, R AZOR W IRE, OR B ARBED W IRE
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 desires to add barbed wire and spiked posts to their fencing to meet certain
security requirements by various federal agencies as part of the nature of their business.
2. The applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an undesirable change in
neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. Nearby properties have similar security
measures in this district.
3. The board notes that the requested variance at one hundred percent is substantial, but this is
mitigated by the following considerations:
a. There are other similar security features already existent in the General Industrial
District.
b. The property is not readily accessible by pedestrians. Accidental interaction with the
fencing is unlikely.
4. This variance will not have a significant adverse physical effect on the neighborhood or district.
Permeability and water management are unaffected.
5. The alleged difficulty is considered self-created insofar as the applicant desires to construct fencing
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with prohibited features that does not already exist, but this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
It is so moved, dated March 24, 2025.
Passes by the following votes:
AYES: 7 (G. Simpson, B. Dailey, J. Cohen, C. LaPointe, S. Gaston, O.
Maxwell, A. Demma)
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: 03/28/2025
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY
ACCOUNTS DEPT.
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