169-09-BZ APPLICANT – Akerman, LLP, for St. George Gardens LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application August 9, 2017 – Extension of Time to Complete Construction of a previously approved Variance (§72-21) permitting the development of a multi-family residential building, contrary to floor area (§23-145), rear yard (§23-47), height and setback (§23-633), rear setback (§23-663), minimum distance between windows and lot lines (§23- 861), and maximum number of dwelling units (§23-22) regulations which expired on August 23, 2015; Waiver of the Rules. R8 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 186 Saint George’s Crescent, Block 3313, Lot 12, Borough of Bronx. COMMUNITY BOARD #1BX ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown and Commissioner Sheta…………………………………………………4 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 time to complete construction, which expired August 23, 2015; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on December 12, 2017, after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on the same date; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Ottley-Brown performed an inspection of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the east side of Saint Georges Crescent, between East 206th Street and Van Cortland Avenue East, in an R8 zoning district, in the Bronx; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 71 feet of frontage along Saint Georges Crescent, depths varying from 39’-11” to 117’-6”, 7,016 square feet of lot area and is vacant; and WHEREAS, the Board has exercised jurisdiction over the subject site since August 23, 2011, when, under the subject calendar number, the Board granted a variance to permit a ten-story residential building with 56 dwelling units, which does not comply with the underlying zoning regulations regarding the maximum permitted floor area ratio (“FAR”), minimum rear yard depth, minimum street wall setback, minimum rear yard line setback and minimum distance between legally required windows and side lot lines on condition that the following shall be the bulk parameters of the building: a maximum floor area of 46,750 sq. ft. (6.66 FAR), a base height of 77’-0”, a total height of 96’-10”, no rear yard along a portion of the northern rear lot line, a minimum front setback of 10’-0” above the base 169-09-BZ THAT prior to the issuance by DOB of a temporary or permanent Certificate of Occupancy, the applicant or successor shall obtain from LPC a Notice of Satisfaction; THAT all conditions from prior resolutions not specifically waived by the Board remain in effect; THAT the above conditions shall appear on the certificate of occupancy; THAT a certificate of occupancy shall be obtained within four (4) years, by December 12, 2021; THAT this approval is limited to the relief granted by the Board in response to objections cited and filed by the Department of Buildings; THAT the approved plans shall be considered approved only for the portions related to the specific relief granted; and THAT the Department of Buildings must ensure compliance with all other applicable provisions of the Zoning Resolution, the Administrative Code and any other relevant laws under its jurisdiction irrespective of plans or configurations not related to the relief granted.” Adopted by the Board of Standards and Appeals, December 12, 2017. A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Standards Printed in Bulletin No. 51, Vol. 102. Copies Sent To Applicant Fire Com'r. Borough Com'r.
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Extension of Time to Complete Construction of a previously approved Variance (§72-21) permitting the development of a multi-family residential building, contrary to floor area (§23-145), rear yard (§
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