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CITY OF SARATOGA
SPRINGS
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
CITY HALL - 474 BROADWAY
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK 12866
518-587-3550
WWW.SARATOGA-SPRINGS.ORG
Gage Simpson, Chair
Brendan Dailey, Vice Chair
Shafer Gaston
Amanda Demma
Jonah Cohen
Otis Maxwell
Chris LaPointe
Chris Maslak (Alternate)
# 20250734
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Pavla Berry
17 Walnut Street
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
From the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 17 Walnut Street in the City of
Saratoga Springs, NY, being tax parcel number 165.73-2-85 on the Assessment Map of said City. The Applicant
having applied for an area variance to construct an addition to an existing single-family residence
in the Urban Residential - 2 (UR-2) District. Public notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application
on September 15th -September 29th 2025.
In consideration of the balance between the benefit to the Applicant with detriment to the health, safety and welfare
of the community, I move that the following variance for the following amount of relief:
Type of Requirement
District Dimensional
Requirement
Proposed
Relief Requested
Total Side 20’ 11.5’ 8.5’ (42.5%)
As per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, BE APPROVED for the following reasons:
1. Achievability by Other Means: The applicant has demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by
other means feasible to the applicant. The applicant wishes to demolish and reconstruct the one car
garage, connecting it to the main structure and adding an addition to the rear side (south) of the
property. The applicant has considered other alternatives but they were deemed unfeasible to the
applicant. The board notes that the applicant purchased additional lands that were once Cedar Alley, a
former paper street to help mitigate the required side variance.
2. Undesirable Change: The applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an
undesirable change in neighborhood character and does not negatively alter the streetscape. The
addition will not be visible from the street. The side setback to the addition is compliant.
3. Substantiality: The requested variances are considered substantial but are mitigated by the factors
above.
4. Adverse Effect or Impact: The applicants have demonstrated that granting this variance will not have
an adverse physical or environmental effect on the neighborhood. District permeability will be met.
5. Self-Created Difficulty: The request for relief is a self-created hardship as the applicant wishes to
demolish, reconstruct and connect the addition to the main home but self-creation is not necessarily fatal
to the application.
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Dated: September 29th, 2025.
Passes by the following vote:
AYES: 7 (G. Simpson, B. Dailey, S. Gaston, O. Maxwell, J. Cohen, A. Demma, C.
LaPointe)
NAYS: 0
This variance shall expire 18 months following the filing date of such decision unless the necessary
building permit has been issued and actual construction begun as per the Unified Development
Ordinance.
I hereby certify the above to be a full, true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Zoning
Board of Appeals of the City of Saratoga Springs on the date above mentioned, seven members of the Board
being present.
SIGNATURE:
CHAIR