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Regeneron seeks permission for industrial security fencing with barbed wire at 56 Duplainville Road
Summary
Regeneron’s representative requested a variance to allow barbed‑wire–topped security fencing around the former QuadGraphics site in the Grama Industrial Park, saying industry security standards and licensing favor that design. The Zoning Board kept the public hearing open because a county referral is required and no vote could be taken tonight.
Regeneron representatives asked the Saratoga Springs Zoning Board of Appeals on March 3 for a variance to permit barbed wire on a six‑foot perimeter fence around the company’s newly acquired property at 56 Duplainville Road in the Grama Industrial Park.
The request, described at the meeting by Mike Ingersoll of The LA Group and Kyle Cherry, Regeneron’s director of facilities, seeks an exception from the city’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), which now prohibits pointed posts and barbed or razor wire in most zones.
Board members heard a presentation that the site — the former QuadGraphics property of roughly 60 acres — is largely open and that…
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