[Added 5-28-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Ballston
Spa hereby finds that excessive uniformity, dissimilarity, inappropriateness
or poor quality of design in the exterior appearance of buildings
erected in the business districts adversely affects the desirability
of the area and neighboring areas. It is the purpose of this section
to prevent these and other harmful effects of such exterior appearances
of buildings erected in the business districts and thus to promote
the health, safety, comfort and general welfare of the community,
to promote the public convenience and prosperity, to conserve the
value of buildings and to encourage the most appropriate use of land.
A.
Any renovation, alteration, construction or change
to the exterior facade of a structure within the Village of Ballston
Spa's business districts shall require a building permit. Said plans
shall first be reviewed with the Building Inspector to determine if
the proposed facade is compatible with the surrounding buildings.
In making such determination, the Building Inspector shall compare
said plans with the design criteria adopted by the Village Board of
Trustees, as may be amended from time to time. Said criteria may be
obtained at the Village Hall for review.
B.
Prior to the construction, alteration or repainting
of any exterior facade on a structure within the business districts,
the owner must provide plans of the proposed color scheme. Said colors
must be chosen from the Appropriate Period Colors Chart on file with
the Village Clerk. Said chart may, by resolution, be amended by the
Village Board from time to time as it sees reasonable. No work shall
be performed without the Building Inspector's approval.
[Added 10-23-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also redesignated
former Subsection B as Subsection C.
C.
In the event that the applicant and Building Inspector cannot agree on the design of the facade, such application shall be denied and forwarded to the Village of Ballston Spa Planning Board, which is hereby charged with the responsibility of administering and carrying out the intent of this article and shall have all the powers envisioned in § 205-23 of this chapter.
