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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20240534 673 Crescent Zoning Amendment SCPB Referral Review (2) December 3, 2025 Susan Barden, Principal Planner City of Saratoga Springs City Hall 474 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Sent via email to: susan.barden@saratoga-springs.org Re: SCPB Referral Review #25-211 - Zoning Amendment Text & Map - City of Saratoga Springs Consideration of changing the current Rural Residential zoning designation for 663 and 673 Crescent Avenue to Interlaken PUD as adopted in 1996. Location: Crescent Ave./CR-22 Tax Map #: 180.69-2-22 &-21.11 Zoning: Rural Residential Received from the City of Saratoga Springs City Council on October 20, 2025. Reviewed by the Saratoga County Planning Board on November 20, 2025. Decision: Approve with Comments Comments: While there is not a significant County-wide or Intercommunity Impact, the Saratoga County Planning Board had comments. The Zone “BB” Section 1 indicates that “A subdivision of detached single family residences with attached or detached garages with associated single bedroom units with frontage on a road dedicated to and accepted by the City of Saratoga Springs.” The only City road in the vicinity is Waterview Drive, which may provide a challenge for the applicant to connect to. The previously added parcel and subsequent subdivision all had frontage on Waterview Drive, as required by the PUD legislation. Inlander Road is part of a network of streets within the Interlaken community and maintained by the HOA, which would be a different zone. The SCPB expressed concern about not having the frontage required to a City dedicated road. The legislation presented had removed the sunset (deadline of construction) portion section. The SCPB suggested to reinstate this portion with a reasonable deadline for construction, as required of the rest of the PUD and Zone “BB”. The Saratoga County Planning Board (SCPB) previously reviewed an amendment to the Interlaken Planned Unit Development in the Zone BB for a 1.15 acre parcel on September 15, 2016. The SCPB recommended approval and the City Council approved that amendment on November 15, 2016. That amendment should be reflected in the current legislation. Page 2 of 2 There seems to be a few other items missing from the presented legislation. The current Zone BB parcels are not listed in the presented version. The City of Saratoga Springs went through an extensive process to update the Comprehensive Plan with approval in 2015. The 1970 Master Plan verbiage should be updated to reflect the 2015 Comprehensive Plan. Other portions of the PUD appear to be missing, which while administrative in nature, do reflect on future amendments within the PUD. Please contact the Saratoga County Planning Board if you have any questions regarding this matter. Sincerely, _____________________________________ Kimberly Lambert, Senior Planner Authorized Agent for Saratoga County DISCLAIMER: Recommendations made by the Saratoga County Planning Board on referrals and subdivisions are based upon the receipt and review of a “full statement of such proposed action” provided directly to SCPB by the municipal referring agency as stated under General Municipal Law section 239. A determination of action is rendered by the SCPB based upon the completeness and accuracy of information presented by its staff. The SCPB cannot be accountable for a decision rendered through incomplete or inaccurate information received as part of the complete statement.