182-06-BZ thru 211-06-A APPLICANT – Law Office of Lyra J. Altman, for JDS Seagirt LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application July 23, 2015 – Extension of time to complete construction and obtain a Certificate of Occupancy for a previously granted Common Law Vesting which expires on November 15, 2015. R4A zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 146, 148, 150 Beach 5th Street, Block 15608, Lot(s) 1, 40, 42. Borough of Queens. COMMUNITY BOARD #14Q ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Hinkson, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Montanez and Commissioner Chanda...............................................5 Negative:...........................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, this is an application for a reopening and an amendment to a previous grant to permit a four- year extension of time to complete construction and obtain Certificates of Occupancy for a prior Board determination that the owner of the premises obtained the right to complete construction of thirty (30) three-story two-family attached residences at the subject site under the common law doctrine of vested rights; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on December 15, 2015, after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on January 22, 2016; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Hinkson, Commissioner Montanez, and Commissioner Chanda performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the applicant represents that the subject premises consist of two zoning lots, split into thirty (30) tax lots, on two separate blocks, in an R4A zoning district, in Queens; and WHEREAS, 14 of the tax lots are located on the western half of Block 15608, bound by Seagirt Avenue to the north, Beach 4th Street to the east, Beach 5th Street to the west and Reynolds Channel to the south; and WHEREAS, 16 of the tax lots are located on the northern half of Block 15609, bound by Seagirt Avenue to the north, Beach 5th Street to the east, Beach 6th Street to the west, and Reynolds Channel to the south; and WHEREAS, for purposes of this application, the applicant refers to Block 15608, Lots 1, 61, 63, 65, 67 and 69 as “Cluster 1”; Block 15608, Lots 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52 as “Cluster 2”; Block 15609, Lots 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 as “Cluster 3”; and Block 15609, Lots 1, 3, 58, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68 as “Cluster 4”; and WHEREAS, the applicant proposes to develop one (1) three-story two-family attached residence on each of the thirty (30) subject tax lots, for a total of thirty (30) attached residences; and WHEREAS, the applicant represents that at the time of the proposed development’s approval by the Department of Buildings (“DOB”) on March 19, 2004 and 182-06-BZ thru 211-06-A WHEREAS, additionally, framing and roofing had been completed on six buildings in Cluster 2 subsequent to the Board’s 2007 extension grant, but were removed in order to comply with driveway requirements and new flood regulations; and WHEREAS, the applicant represents that the configuration of the proposed residences has been further amended so as to ensure that the residences comply with the updated floor regulations, including Appendix G which governs construction in a flood zone, specifically, the first occupied floors of all of the residences have been raised to the new FEMA base elevation and wet flood proofing measures, including flood vents, will be installed; and WHEREAS, the applicant asserts that all piles and foundations included in the original 2007 vesting application have been maintained and will be utilized; and WHEREAS, with regards to expenditures, prior to the Board’s original grant of an extension of time in 2007, the owner of the site expended approximately $3,800,000 on the development; and WHEREAS, the applicant states that no expenditures were made between the 2007 and 2011 grants by the Board and that since the Board’s 2011 gran

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