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CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
P LANNING B OARD
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City Hall - 474 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
Tel: 518-587-3550
www.saratoga-springs.org
MARK PINGEL, Chair
JOSEPH FERRANTE, Vice Chair
KERRY MAYO
BILL MCTYGUE
MICHAEL KING
TONY STELLATO
ALEX WHITE
NOTICE OF DECISION – Revised 7/2026
In the matter of the application - #20251108
Liberty Affordable Housing, Inc.
117 West Liberty Street, Suite 3
Rome, NY 13440
Involving the premises with tax parcel no. 179.-5-8 in the City of Saratoga Springs, on an application for site plan
modification for a multi-family residential project in the Urban Residential – 4 (UR-4) District.
In accordance with 6 NYCRR Part 617, the Planning Board determined that the proposed site plan changes did
not meet a threshold warranting reconsideration of prior SEQRA determination (Negative Declaration as
previously issued by the City Council) – motion passed 6-0 in favor: Pingel, Ferrante, McTygue, King, Stellato,
White;
And, in accordance with Site Plan Review approval standards in the Unified Development Ordinance, Article
13.5, the Planning Board issued the following decision on February 5, 2026 passed 6-0 in favor: Pingel,
Ferrante, McTygue, King, Stellato, White:
Approve site plan set dated 12/4/2025 with the following revisions and conditions:
1. Total residential unit count increased to a maximum of 216 residential units.
2. Applicant shall commit 10 residential units at or below 30% annual median income (AMI) for a period of
no less than 30-years.
3. Bicycle parking shall include 43 covered parking spaces, a building floor plan shall be provided that
confirms compliance.
4. Confirmation by “final will serve letter” from County Sewer District Authority shall be provided stating
pump station has available capacity for the development and meets NYSDEC permit requirements.
5. Relocate parking island on the south, one or two spaces, waiving the 10-space parking break maximum in
the UDO.
6. Speed humps/tables near the main entrance to remain.
7. Compare site lighting between proposed Philips pedestrian-scale 15’ tall fixtures with City’s UDO
compliant Sternberg lighting fixtures and consider use of Sternberg fixtures.
8. The letter of credit (LOC) shall be submitted prior to issuance of building permit. No site work shall
commence until LOC and pre-construction meeting is held.
9. On-Demand Flex Bus service will be provided per letter from CDTA with stop provided per the plan.
10. Relocate proposed playground area south of Boulevard road area, unless there is a legitimate engineering
reason not to relocate the playground in this location.
11. Final plans subject to DPW approval.
The following conditions from the original site plan application (20230032) approved December 14, 2023 shall
remain in effect:
12. The applicant shall provide a current validation of wetland delineation from DEC and ACOE (most recent
wetland delineations from 2018).
13. The Board shall accept fee in lieu payment for installation of sidewalk along the Crescent Ave. frontage
of 1,355 linear feet (LF) (approx. $101,625). The Board recommends that the fee be dedicated to design
and construction of the Jefferson St. sidewalk and catch basin.
14. The Board shall accept fee in lieu payment for installation of sidewalk along Jefferson St. frontage of
approx. 650 LF (approx. $60,000 includes catch basin required per DPW). The Board recommends that
the fee be dedicated to future design and/or construction of the Crescent Ave. Connector of the
Saratoga Greenbelt Trail to be located on the south side of Crescent Ave.
15. The Board shall accept the offer of approx. 16.4-acres of Class B recreational land to be held in a
conservation easement enforceable by the City.
16. The Board recommends that the City Council accept applicants offering of a deed for approx. 3.5-acres
of Class A recreational land. The deed shall include a sanitary sewer easement to the applicant.
17. The Board finds that the total 19.9-acres of combined Class A and Class B recreational lands satisfies the
recreation land requirement in 15.8 of the UDO; therefore, no fee in lieu of land is required.
18. The conservation easement language for the 16.4-acres of Class B recreational land shall be to the
satisfaction of City legal counsel and the City Council.
19. The applicant shall provide the sidewalk in-lieu payment prior to issuance of a building permit (instead
of prior to signing of final plans by the Chair) to provide additional time for the applicant to submit for
funding of the project to NYS HCR.
The applicant is required to:
1. Provide documentation of conformance with all required conditions of approval.
2. Deliver a letter of credit or cash escrow in the amount approved by the City Engineer to the City.
This must occur prior to issuance of building permit.
3. Submit two (2) paper copies and one (1) electronic copy of the final approved site plan set for
signature by the Planning Board Chair within eighteen (18) months of approval as per Article
13.5 of the Unified Development Ordinance.
This approval shall expire within eighteen (18) months of the signature of final plans if the applicant has not started
actual construction as per Article 13.5 of the UDO.
Note: This revised resolution combines conditions from the original approval and the modified approval and does
not constitute a new decision. The effective date of site plan approval remains February 19, 2026.
July 6, 2026
Date filed with Accounts Dept. Chair