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Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Date Sun 4/27/2025 9:33 PM
To Mark Graham <Mark.Graham@saratoga-springs.org>; Aneisha Samuels <Aneisha.Samuels@saratoga-
springs.org>
Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
SUBMIT COMMENTS REGARDING CITY PROJECTS
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Land Use Board Zoning Board of Appeals
Name EMILY BERGMANN
Email Address emilybergmann@gmail.com
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Address 35 Hyde St
City Saratoga Springs
State NY
Zip Code 12866
Phone Number 202-427-2877
Project Name Crenshaw Carriage House
Project Number 2025039
Project Address 36 Hyde Street
Comments I am writing to express my hope that you will oppose of the
current project as it stands, at 36 Hyde Street. There are many
concerns that I have. First, the positives. The Crenshaws are
great people and we are lucky to have them for neighbors.
They are thoughtful, quiet and the kind of people that bring you
vegetables from their garden, give your kids gifts when the
graduate 8th grade and snow plow the walkway when you are
out of town. Anyone would be lucky to have them in their
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neighborhood. The project before the board as it stands, does
not have my support. I have absolutely no problem with there
being an office in the second story of the garage. My issue is
with the plumbing for a bathroom/cooking and the guest room
for over night stays. That is not allowed in UR-2 and is a 100%
variance. I believe the Crenshaws to be good, honest people
and I believe if this variance is granted, that they will use the
space for occasional visitors and an office. However, variances
stay with the property, not the owner. And if the Crenshaws
decide to sell their property at any given time, our
neighborhood will be faced with the possibility of an Air B&B
each time the property is sold. That is not a precedent we want
to set in our neighborhood. Secondly, these variances are all
substantial and two of them are retroactive, meaning, the
builder did not have the right to build the carriage house where
it was built and circumvented zoning laws. It really butters my
toast that it was handled in that way and now it appears the
Crenshaws have to “clean up” the builders mess through no
fault of their own. Thirdly, there are no other properties in our
neighborhood that have a variance for two principle structures
on a 6700 sq foot lot. To approve this project would set a
dangerous precedent. Lastly, how did this property receive a
C/O without the proper variances? Why wasn’t a stop work
order issued? A one story, one car garage could have worked
legally.
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