01LU 0603-2020C 190029 ZMQZoning MapApproved
147-40 15th Avenue Commercial Overlay Rezoning
Subcommittee action
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Barry S. GrodenchikCarlina Rivera Francisco P. MoyaStephen T. Levin
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Thursday, January 30, 2020
The one where an $18-billion Zara loading dock and a city block given to a Chinatown nonprofit drew the loudest crowds i
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items
6
laid over
4
approved
2
land-use items
6
affordable
93
avg AMI
43%
CEQR: Other
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Two fights dominated this zoning subcommittee public hearing. Zara sought a special permit to expand a 40,000-sq-ft SoHo store and dodge the two-loading-dock rule (ZR 4452); SoHo residents on Crosby and Greene streets testified the congestion is 'the worst it's ever been' and warned against setting a bad precedent for an $18-billion brand, while the SoHo Broadway Alliance and labor backed it conditionally. The day's other arc: the GO Broome project, where Gotham and the Chinese American Planning Council pitched 488 units (43% permanently affordable) anchored by a rebuilt fire-destroyed synagog
From the room
“the City Planning Commission further modified our delivery practices, requiring that we perform off-hour deliveries only through the store's Broadway entrance”
— Natalia Bartels
“In consultation with the community board, we've assured up front and put in writing that access to those amenities would be at a deep discount”
— Brian Kelly
“BOA bronfield opportunity program. Step one study and step two report for the Harlem Riverfront. And the report was finalized in December 2015”
— Linda McIntyre
“Parks has about $5.6 million in money from the council, thank you, the borough president, and some grant money to do some shoreline restoration work and extend the greenway”
— Linda McIntyre
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The decisions
602LU 0604-2020C 190267 ZMQZoning MapApproved
22-60 46th Street Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0605-2020
Conditions
- Modification to remove the MIH workforce option and add Option 1; Councilmember Constantinides is in support as modified
Subcommittee action
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Barry S. GrodenchikCarlina Rivera Francisco P. MoyaStephen T. LevinBarry S. GrodenchikCarlina Rivera Francisco P. MoyaStephen T. Levin
03LU 0606-2020C 200061(A) ZSMSpecial PermitLaid over
GO Broome Street Development
with 2 related matters · LU 0607-2020 · LU 0608-2020
Heard as part of the Go Broom development proposal in Councilmember Chin's Manhattan district, the applicant sought a zoning special permit and modification of a large-scale residential development to allow bulk changes within the development.
Mandatory inclusionary housing
avg 43% AMI
Option 1
93 affordable
Option 1
Conditions
- In consultation with community board, applicant committed in writing that affordable residents' access to amenities will be at a deep discount based on what one can afford
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
CB Community Board 3 Approve
CB Community Board 3 Approve
04LU 0609-2020C 190265 ZSMSpecial PermitLaid over
503 Broadway
Took up the special permit for 503 Broadway, hearing the application as land use item 609.
The deal
Site
503 Broadway
District
Conditions
- off-hour deliveries only through store's Broadway entrance (truck and bus route)
- asks council to include scalable restrictions on operations that could become models for future policy regulating mixed-use communities including SoHo
- recommends approval subject to the noise/accountability conditions described (10pm-7am delivery framework, sound mitigation, noise monitoring)
- should the council approve, find appropriate balance by requiring the applicant to have a loading dock
Land-use review
Properties503 Broadway
05LU 0610-2020C 190508 MMXLaid over
Bridge Park South Mapping
Heard the Department of Parks and Recreation's city map amendment, which would demap portions of Exterior Street and West 171st Street between the High Bridge and Hamilton Bridge and map that right-of-way plus three city-owned parcels as parkland. The site's history traced back to land acquired in the late 1800s for the George Washington Bridge, mostly demapped during mid-century construction of the Major Deegan Expressway, then partly restored as parkland through a 2011 Trust for Public Land half-acre donation north of the High Bridge and a 2012 DCAS jurisdiction transfer to Parks.
06LU 0614-2020C 190438 ZMKZoning MapLaid over
Avenue O between Bedford Avenue and 26th Street
Taken up as a preconsidered land use item, this zoning map amendment for 2513 covered a Brooklyn site brought before the committee for consideration.
The deal
Site
Avenue O between Bedford Avenue and 26th Street
District
Conditions
- rezoning changed to R3-1 (not R3-2)
- CPC approved at R3-2 zoning district
Also in the record
Records not linked to a specific agenda item
Mandatory inclusionary housing
Conditions
- Proposing a 10-foot setback above the base instead of the 15-foot setback required by zoning, to push the Suffolk building closer to Suffolk Street and maximize the interior courtyard between Suffolk and Norfolk
- Proposed additional height is relatively small — 25 feet, equivalent to ~two residential floors, and two floors above the highest building at Essex Crossing; height required to achieve density and realize the social/economic benefits (affordability, community spaces, ground rents to CPC)
Land-use review
Questions & answers
S5: Asks whether the applicant will work with HPD to set aside at least 30% of senior/affordable units for formerly homeless seniors and families
S5: Asks whether CPC will provide supportive services to the senior building and to families in the affordable mixed-use building
Citations & precedent
Section 74-922 (zoning resolution) · Deirdre Carson
Procedure
- Chair opens subcommittee meeting and gives speaker-slip instructions — Francisco P. Moya
- witnesses sworn before testimony — Sergeant at Arms / Clerk
- no other members of public wished to testify; hearing closed and item laid over — Francisco P. Moya
- Chair starts to take votes then defers them to later in meeting — Francisco P. Moya
+3 more procedural steps
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The people
On the dais · 3
Antonio ReynosoDonovan J. RichardsRory I. Lancman
Public testimony: 30 in favor · 1 opposed
Practitioners & applicants
Wayne Ho · Daniel Huberger · Brian Kelly · Linda McIntyre · Vanessa L. Gibson · Richard Lobel · Deirdre Carson · Natalia Bartels · Pete Davies · Nancy Horch
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Owner portfolios, open OATH/ECB violations, 311 & DOB permits across every parcel discussed, developer track records, and an “ask this meeting” chat. For this meeting: 429 oath/ecb hearings across the 1 site discussed.
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