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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
Amanda Demma
Jonah Cohen
Otis Maxwell
Chris LaPointe
Steve Harrigan
Lynn Blasso (Alternate)
#20260273
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Katherine and Timothy Helms
632 Lake Ave.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
from the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 632 Lake Avenue in the City of
Saratoga Springs, New York being tax parcel number 167.-2-53 on the Assessment Map of said City.
The applicant having applied for an area variance under the UDO of said City to permit the construction of an
addition in the Rural Residential (RR) district and public notice having been duly given of a hearing on said
application on June 22, 2026.
In consideration of the balance between benefit to the applicant with detriment to the health, safety and welfare
of the community, I move that the following area variance for the following amounts of relief:
TYPE OF REQUIREMENT DISTRICT
DIMENSIONAL
REQUIREMENT
PROPOSED RELIEF REQUESTED
SETBACK-FRONT 60’ 32.1’ 27.9’ (46.5%)
As per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, be approved for the following reasons:
1. Achievability by Other Means: The applicants have demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by
other means feasible to the applicants. The applicants would like to build an addition in the rear of the
house. The Board notes the entire house is pre-existing, non-conforming within the front yard setback of
60 feet, therefore any additions proposed would trigger a variance. Per the applicants, there is no
additional land for purchase.
2. Undesirable Change: The applicants have demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an
undesirable change in neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. Per the applicants, the
house has been in place for many years and the addition is entirely in the rear of the property that is not
visible to the road.
3. Substantiality: The Board finds that the variance is significant, however this is mitigated by the factors
mentioned above.
4. Adverse Effect or Impact: The Board finds that the variance will not have significant adverse physical
or environmental effects on the neighborhood or district. Per the applicants, the addition will add less
than 1% of coverage. The property will meet district permeability.
5. Self-Created Difficulty: The alleged difficulty is self-created insofar as the applicants’ desire to build
the addition, but this is not necessarily fatal to the application.
It is so moved.
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Dated: June 22, 2026
Passes by the following vote:
AYES: 6 (G. Simpson, B. Dailey, C. LaPointe, O. Maxwell, A. Demma, S. Harrigan)
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 ad opted by the Zoning
Board of Appeals of the City of Saratoga Springs on the date above mentioned, six members of the Board
being present.
SIGNATURE:
CHAIR