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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
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
1. Achievability by Other Means: The applicants have demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by
other means feasible to the applicants. The applicants would like to renovate and enlarge their
primary residence by adding an addition to the second floor of the house. The applicants considered
several other design options, but because the house sits at an unusual angle relative to the property
line, those alternatives would have required similar encroachments into the side yard setback. The
applicants also considered the possibility of placing the addition on the other side of the house, but
this option was deemed unsatisfactory to the applicants as it would have necessitated the removal of
an existing wooden deck. No additional land is available for purchase.
2. Undesirable Change: The applicants have demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an
undesirable change in neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. Relative to the
existing structure, the applicants’ proposed addition would encroach less than 2 feet farther into the
side yard setback. The applicants provided numerous examples of comparable nearby properties
with similar encroachments into side yard setbacks, none of which pose a detriment to other nearby
properties. The Board notes that the applicants plan to install gutters or other mechanisms to
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2025 7, April Dated: gutters. e.g. ,area that in installed be shall practi management stormwater ,property neighboring to addition of ximity close ot Note:
mitigate stormwater runoff from the roof of the residence.
3. Substantiality: The Board notes that the requested variance may be considered substantial, but this is
mitigated by the factors described above.
4. Adverse Effects: This variance will not have a significant adverse physical or environmental effect on
the neighborhood or district. Permeability will meet the district requirement.
5. Self-Created Difficulty: The alleged difficulty is self-created insofar as it is motivated by the applicants’
desire to construct an addition to the second floor of the primary residence, but this is not necessarily
fatal to the application.
Passes by the following votes:
AYES: 6 (G. Simpson, B. Dailey, J. Cohen, C. LaPointe, S. Gaston, O. Maxwell)
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: 04/16/2025
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY
ACCOUNTS DEPT.
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