168-98-BZ APPLICANT – Robert J. Stahl for Herbert D. Freeman, 238 Street Holding, LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application April 10, 2015 – Extension of Term (§11-411) of a previously approved variance which permitted a parking lot for more than five motor vehicles (Use Group 8) which expired on March 23, 2009; Waiver of the Rules. R6/R4A zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 3050 Bailey Avenue, Block 3261, Lot 12, Borough of Bronx. COMMUNITY BOARD #8BX ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Sheta and Commissioner Scibetta..................................................5 Negative: ......................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, this is an application for a waiver of the Board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure and an extension of term of a variance, previously granted by the Board; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on September 13, 2016, after due notice by publication in The City Record, with continued hearings on January 31, 2017, March 28, 2017, and January 30, 2018, and then to decision on May 1, 2018; and WHEREAS, Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, former Vice- Chair Hinkson and former Commissioner Montanez performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, Community Board 8, Bronx, recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the east side of Bailey Avenue, between Albany Crescent, Heath Avenue and Summit Place, partially in an R4A zoning district and partially in an R6 zoning district, in the Bronx; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 75 feet of frontage along Bailey Avenue, 65 feet of frontage along Heath Avenue, 10,544 square feet of lot area and is occupied by a parking lot; and WHEREAS, the Board has exercised jurisdiction over the subject site since March 26, 1962, when, under BSA Calendar Number 1966-61-BZ, the Board granted a variance to permit the extension of an existing multiple dwelling accessory parking lot for more than five motor vehicles for a term of ten (10) years, expiring March 26, 1973, on condition that a hedge 3 feet wide be planted along the Heath Avenue front just inside the fence, that the lot be paved with clean cinders or gravel treated with a binder and rolled for proper drainage, that proper bumpers be provided around the perimeter where cars are to be parked, that no signs be used except as called for by the Department of Licenses, that if any lighting is provided it be directed to the interior of the lot away from adjacent streets and 168-98-BZ WHEREAS, the applicant provided evidence that parking spaces had been repainted with parking curbs installed and that the sidewalk had been repaired; and WHEREAS, based upon its review of the record, the Board has determined that the requested waiver of the Board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure and extension of term are appropriate with certain conditions as set forth below. Therefore it is Resolved, that the Board of Standards and Appeals does hereby waive the Rules of Practice and Procedure and reopen and amend the resolution, dated March 23, 1999, so that as amended this portion of the resolution shall read: “to permit an extension of term of ten (10) years, expiring May 1, 2028; on condition that all work and site conditions shall conform to drawings filed with this application marked “Received April 25,2018”- Five (5) sheets; and on further condition: THAT there shall be monthly parking only with no transient parking permitted; THAT the subject site shall be maintained clean and free of debris and graffiti, including the area along Heath Avenue; THAT landscaping, planting, surface paving and striping shall be maintained and replaced as necessary in accordance with the Board-approved plans; THAT fencing and screening shall be provided and maintained in ac

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