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Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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Date Mon 6/16/2025 3:32 PM
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Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment
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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 NY
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 June 16th, 2025
Re: Proposed Condominium Project, Park Place and Cottage
Street
Dear Planning Board Members:
We are writing to express our disappointment with the recent
Design Review Board decision regarding the above project.
The vote, 6 members to 2 on the approval of the design of this
building, was, to say the least, disappointing and, quite frankly,
shocking.
6/17/25, 11:41 AM Mail - Mark Graham - Outlook
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The number of folks that showed up to both meetings was
impressive, all to express their concerns regarding density,
traffic, noise, to name a few. It all fell on deaf ears. The letters
received in favor of the project belong to people who are
obviously friends of the developer as they live nowhere near
this neighborhood. One as far away as Massachusetts!
Again, we expressed our concerns about having an 18,000+ sq
ft building with a12 foot setback from our property line (we
provided photos of our side yard set-back, 3 feet!) with respect
to sunlight and snow. While we are not opposed to the
development of that property, an 18,000+ square foot building
simply does not fit the landscape of the neighborhood. Cottage
Street, which is a very short, narrow street, would not be
appropriate to accommodate the traffic and comings and
goings of DPW workers or garbage removal.
We were surprised that the DRB at this meeting spent an hour
and half scrutinizing a detached garage on Georges Street
(which they did not approve) and 15 minutes discussing the
condo project (after they listened to 10 residents of our
neighborhood expressing their discontent) which they
approved! After we addressed the board (with photos in hand)
we asked them all if they would be ok living next door to this
project and not one of them answered us. It seems to us that
this was an awfully quick decision on their part.
We respectfully ask the Planning Board to consider all of us
that must live in this neighborhood and perhaps modify the
plans to be more accommodating to all.
John and Marlene Wood
23 Park Place
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