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Planning board OKs 18-month extension for 30 Caroline Street site plan
Summary
The Saratoga Springs City Planning Board approved an 18-month extension of site-plan approval for a mixed-use project at 30 Caroline Street, moving the approval expiration from March 1, 2025 to September 1, 2026.
The Saratoga Springs City Planning Board voted to approve an 18-month extension of site-plan approval for a mixed-use project at 30 Caroline Street, allowing work on the project to begin before a new expiration date of Sept. 1, 2026.
The item was handled on the board’s consent agenda. Planning staff summarized that the original site-plan approval covered commercial space at the first floor and 11 residential apartments in a T6 urban core district, and that the prior approval would have expired on March 1, 2025 if no construction had started. The applicant asked to extend the approval by 18 months; the board had earlier received the planning board’s recommendation to grant the extension.
Board member Bill moved to approve the extension; a second was recorded and the board agreed to the motion without further public comment. Planning staff noted that the final map had been signed by the chair previously and reiterated the new expiration date if extended would be Sept. 1, 2026. No conditions or dissent were recorded on the extension vote.
The planning board’s action preserves the applicant’s site-plan approval while allowing time for construction to begin under the same site-plan conditions. If the applicant does not start construction within the extended period, the approval will again lapse and any further extension or reapplication will be required.
