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Design Review Board reaffirms driveway approval after court remand in Trimarchi–Appell dispute
Summary
The Saratoga Springs Design Review Board read a court-directed decision into the record and approved its earlier driveway replacement decision after reviewing additional materials and addressing the court's concerns; one member abstained.
The Saratoga Springs City Design Review Board on July 16 read its decision on the Trimarchi driveway replacement, which had been remanded by Judge James E. Walsh of the Supreme Court, Saratoga County, and approved the board's prior decision with no change to the substantive outcome.
The action matters because the court vacated the board's 2021 approval and remanded the application after concluding the board had not complied with its own application requirements, particularly for color photographs showing the shared nature of the driveway, and raised concerns about site permeability relative to local code.
At the meeting the board summarized the…
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