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Saratoga zoning board questions whether carriage house at 190 Fifth Lake Ave should be treated as second dwelling
Summary
An applicant representative told the Saratoga Springs Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 10 that friends who bought 190 Fifth Lake Ave in July intend to replace an existing carriage house with a new, code‑compliant two‑story structure to provide an office upstairs, living space downstairs and “ideally … a shower in it.”
An applicant representative told the Saratoga Springs Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 10 that friends who bought 190 Fifth Lake Ave in July intend to replace an existing carriage house with a new, code‑compliant two‑story structure to provide an office upstairs, living space downstairs and “ideally … a shower in it.” The representative said the owners do not intend to add a kitchen or rent the unit.
The dispute before the board centered on classification: zoning staff recently concluded the finished two‑story space with bathing facilities was closer to a principal (second) dwelling than an accessory structure, which would change what relief is required. “When we looked at this with the zoning and building inspector recently … it was closer to a principal structure than an accessory…
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