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Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Date Wed 5/7/2025 2:16 PM
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Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
SUBMIT COMMENTS REGARDING CITY PROJECTS
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Land Use Board Planning Board
Name John Wood
Email Address John@hillndaleabstracters.com
Business Name John Wood
Address 23 Park Place
City Saratoga Springs
State New York
Zip Code 12866
Phone Number 8454942751
Project Name Park Place and Cottage St Site Plan Review
Project Number 2025-0203
Project Address Park Place and Cottage St
Comments Dear Planning Board,
My wife and I own 23 Park Place which is our residence which
is situated immediately to the west of this proposed
condominium project. We are quite amazed that a building of
this size would even be considered in our historic
neighborhood. Out of all of the properties in the neighborhood,
our home is impacted the most because we adjoin this
property. Nevertheless, we would appreciate it if the board
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could address our concerns with the applicant/engineer.
1. Our home is an old victorian home from the1800's. The
house takes up approximately 90% of our building lot. Our
home has a side setback of approx. 3-5' with the common
boundary line with applicants. We find it amusing that the
surveyor/engineer neglected to show how close our home is in
relation to this proposed condominium building. The engineer
did show our garage located at the Northwesterly portion of our
property, but NOT our house. We ask that they show the
location of our home on one of the maps so we, they and the
board can see how close our home will be to the proposed
building. Again, our home is approx. 3-5' from the common
boundary line.
2. As mentioned above, our home is an old victorian. We would
like to see a map showing our home along the side of this
proposed building from a street point of view. We would like to
see how large this building will be next to our home. Our
concern is this building will engulf our home and will block our
sunlight, block our view and will impact our privacy with 3 units
overlooking our living room, kitchen and master bedroom.
3. We are also concerned with what type of exterior lighting will
be illuminating the side of our home and property.
We see that there is a proposed parking lot, and we would
appreciate if the applicants can make sure such exterior
lighting does not illuminate our home/backyard/property, etc.
4. We would like to know what type of landscaping/fencing is
being proposed between our two property lines?
Thank you
John Wood
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