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Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Date Sun 5/18/2025 3:17 PM
To Mark Graham <Mark.Graham@saratoga-springs.org>; Susan Barden <Susan.Barden@saratoga-springs.org>
Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
SUBMIT COMMENTS REGARDING CITY PROJECTS
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Land Use Board Planning Board
Name Barbara Lombardo
Email Address barbaralombardo54@gmail.com
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Address 35 Park Place
City Saratoga Springs
State New York
Zip Code 12866
Phone Number 5188131310
Project Name Park Place - Cottage Street condo site plan review
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Project Address Park Place at Cottage Street
Comments I own and have lived at 35 Park Place for more than 40 years,
and I agree with my neighbors: the condo building proposed for
Park Place at Cottage Street is too big, tall and dense, and is
out of character for the location.
It was not unexpected that the new owners, who bought the
property in 2022, would seek to subdivide the .9-acre lot and
build something facing Park Place. However, the outsize
structure they have proposed on .41-acre does not fit in on this
street. Contrary to their presentation, It would not restore a
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long-gone hotel that anyone misses (or even remembers), but
rather would develop the site to the brim within permitted
zoning.
I appreciate that the Planning Board looks beyond zoning
compliance and drawings to review the project and site plan as
a potential part of the Park Place neighborhood.
The promise of trees lining Park Place as shown in their design
is impossible, given the National Grid and other above-ground
wires on our street. The massive project lacks the side and rear
green space typical of the residential property on the street.
At the other end of the same block, on Park Place at Regent
Street, vociferous neighborhood objections several years ago
contributed to the scaling back of development on that parcel.
Similarly, the footprint, mass and design of this proposed Park
Place and Cottage Street project needs to be rethought.
A letter informing us about the May 8 meeting was not mailed
until the end of April. We were on vacation and didn’t see the
letter until out return, after the meeting. I welcome this
opportunity to weigh in now.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Barbara Lombardo
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