01LU 0253-2023C 230117 ZMKZoning MapFiled
1233 57th Street Rezoning
with 1 related matter · LU 0254-2023
Subcommittee action
Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises · Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The one where Staten Island's conservative minority leader cheers a city zoning rewrite he says is 'night and day' from
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A friction-free zoning subcommittee hearing under Chair Kevin Riley moved through one withdrawal and five proposals without a single voice of public opposition. The marquee item: DCP's decade-in-the-making rewrite of the 1975 Special South Richmond District, where homeowners had needed 13 votes just to replant a tree and where staff found 44% of reviews are 'simple.' Minority Leader Joseph Borelli, whose district covers the entire area, yielded to questions and praised the process. The Bronx drew a developer marquee too: Simone, owner of two sites since 1978, pitched a seven-story-to-tower R7-
From the room
“This proposal by the administration to streamline the regulations applicable in the special South Richmond District”
— Kevin C. Riley
“most of my constituents who moved to this area of the South Shore of Staten Island did so because of the tree canopy”
— Joseph C. Borelli
“mapping mandatory inclusionary housing over the rezoned area, which will require applicant to include an affordable housing”
— Kevin C. Riley
“we're not changing the overall structure or regulatory structure of DOS, but we're doing some administrative cleanups.”
— George Todorovich
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The decisions
602LU 0259-2023C 200101 ZMKZoning MapLaid over
Shell Bank
The Commission heard applicant Zaleev LLC's request to rezone a site along Shell Bank from C3 to R3-2/C2-3, making a long-standing TGI Fridays eating-and-drinking use conforming as-of-right. The change ends the cycle of returning to the BSA for a special permit every five years, with no new development intended.
The deal
Site
Shell Bank
District
Land-use review
CB Brooklyn Community Board 15 Approve
PropertiesShell Bank
Where it standsCB Brooklyn Community Board 15 ✓→Committee→Full Council
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31st Avenue at 42nd and Newtown Road
with 1 related matter · LU 0261-2023
The Commission took up a contextual rezoning that maps the corridor from R5/C1-2 up to R6A/C1-3 while downzoning the mid-block properties from R5/C1-2 to R5, paired with an Appendix F amendment to apply Mandatory Inclusionary Housing.
The deal
Site
31st Avenue at 42nd and Newtown Road
Affordable
9
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Mandatory inclusionary housing
9 affordable
Conditions
- Chair directs applicant to reach out to the council member's office again to confirm the member is okay with the project.
Land-use review
Properties31st Avenue at 42nd and Newtown Road
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125 GREAVES LANE
The Commission heard an application to extend a C2-1 commercial overlay across an existing R3-2 district, broadening an existing building's permitted uses from community facility to both community facility and commercial. No new construction is proposed.
The deal
Site
125 GREAVES LANE
District
Land-use review
CB Staten Island Community Board 3
Properties125 GREAVES LANE
Where it standsCB Staten Island Community Board 3 ✓→Committee→Full Council
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South Richmond Zoning Relief
The Commission heard the administration's text amendment to overhaul the Special South Richmond District on Staten Island's South Shore, the product of a working group that began in spring 2015 and met more than a dozen times across eight years before pausing through the pandemic. The proposal strips out-of-date and low-applicability rules, drops the certification process for school seats and subdivisions, lets homeowners replant trees without a 13-vote Commission approval to remove one, and confines community board and Commission review to sites over an acre.
Land-use review
CB Staten Island Community Board 3 Approve
Where it standsCB Staten Island Community Board 3 ✓→Committee→Full Council
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1460 SHERIDAN EXPRESSWAY
with 1 related matter · LU 0265-2023
The Commission took up a rezoning of a site along the Bronx River just south of Starlight Park, shifting it from manufacturing M1-1 to residential R7-3 with a C2-4 commercial overlay. The change is meant to enable a city-partnered project of more than 900 apartments mixing low- and middle-income affordable housing.
The deal
Site
1460 SHERIDAN EXPRESSWAY
District
Mandatory inclusionary housing
Land-use review
CEQR: Other
CB CB9 Bronx Other
Properties1460 SHERIDAN EXPRESSWAY
Where it standsCB CB9 Bronx ✓→Committee→Full Council
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The people
On the dais · 1
Public testimony: 2 in favor
Practitioners & applicants
George Todorovich · Katie Ferrara Ionito · Kevin C. Riley · Joseph C. Borelli · Ross Moskowitz · Lisa Soren
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The intelligence
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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: 393 oath/ecb hearings across the 4 sites discussed.
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