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Votes at a glance: Saratoga Springs Design Review Board, June 26, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken by the Design Review Board at its June 26 meeting, including consent approvals and the board's determinations on historical significance and advisory opinions to the ZBA.
The Design Review Board took the following formal actions at its June 26, 2025 meeting (votes recorded on the meeting record; individual roll‑call tallies were not read into the audio for every motion):
- Consent agenda (approved): - 48 Wright Street — Verizon utility pole (addition of wireless small cell antenna and equipment to replacement utility pole in public right of way). - 20 Vanderbilt Avenue — Verizon utility pole (small cell antenna on replacement utility pole in ROW). - 110 Lincoln Avenue — Verizon utility pole (small cell antenna on replacement utility pole in ROW). - 110 Excelsior Avenue — wall‑mounted signage within the NC District.
- Historic significance determinations and project approvals: - 624 North Broadway (Unitarian Universalist building): DRB determined the structure does not have architectural or historic significance (non‑contributing). This determination does not itself authorize demolition or redevelopment. - 19 George Street: DRB approved the revised one‑and‑a‑half‑car garage and new driveway as submitted; approval included findings that the revised siting better protects a rear tree and is compatible with the neighborhood. - 65 Fila Street: DRB gave a favorable advisory opinion to the Zoning Board of Appeals on the proposed area variance for a second‑floor bedroom addition and detached garage; the opinion focuses on mass, scale, height and neighborhood compatibility and is advisory — the ZBA will decide variances. - 151 Van Damme Street: DRB determined the existing accessory garage is not architecturally or historically significant and approved demolition of that structure; the applicant proposes a new two‑car garage with a second‑floor home gym and a small powder room and will need ZBA variances for lot coverage and the accessory plumbing fixture.
Notes: Where the minutes or audio did not include a full roll‑call vote with names for each motion, the board’s record indicates motions passed or failed; where the DRB’s action was an advisory opinion, the final legal decision resides with the Zoning Board of Appeals. Several items under discussion referenced State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) correspondence or neighborhood letters; the DRB noted some referenced letters were not uploaded to the project portal at the time of the meeting.
Ending: Items that require zoning variances (65 Fila Street, 151 Van Damme Street) will return to the DRB for further review if and when the Zoning Board of Appeals grants the requested relief.
