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Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Date Tue 5/27/2025 10:07 AM
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Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
SUBMIT COMMENTS REGARDING CITY PROJECTS
Thank you for submitting your comments. Your feedback will be forwarded to the
City's Planning Department and Land Use Board members. NOTE: Comments
submitted later than 12:00 noon on the day before the Land Use Board meeting
may not be reviewed prior to their meeting. All comments will be added to the
project file in the Planning Department.
Land Use Board Design Review 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 Marlene and John Wood residing at 23 Park Place, Saratoga
Springs NY in response to the site plan currently before the
board on May 28, 2025.
We ask the board to kindly consider the following on our behalf
regarding the site plan for property located at 7 Cottage Street
where the applicants are requesting a 6 Unit condominium
project.
5/27/25, 10:16 AM Mail - Mark Graham - Outlook
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We have lived at 23 Park Place peacefully and enjoyably for 10
years. We previously lived on Worth Street from 2008 to 2015.
We relocated to Park place after the City built the new rec
center and put in a parking lot next to our house for which they
accidently took 10 feet of our property. We wanted a place a
little more quiet, after they starting holding basketball
tournaments. We loved the peacefulness of the neighborhood,
so we didn’t venture very far.
In regards to the building proposed, 18,000 sq feet and located
12 feet from our home. We feel the structure is simply too big
and dense for the property and the neighborhood. The
neighbor to the left of us three years ago proposed two, two
family houses and was denied due to density. We request the
same for the left side. While we are not opposed to
development, this is simply too much in an old mature
neighborhood.
The current owners purchased this property roughly 2 years
ago with a mission to over develop the property and have
already stripped the land of 5 mature oak trees close to 200
years old and other trees. According to a recent interview, the
owner is on the Saratoga Preservation Board, how is cutting all
the trees down a form of preservation? They also say that they
are trying to replicate a hotel on the property from the mid
1800’s. This hotel was 1/3 the size of the proposed building
and fit nicely on the property.
In addition to the density, please consider the following:
Parking, Traffic, Garbage, Lack of sunshine, snow removal and
lighting, all which will directly affect our property.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Marlene and John
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