2016-4276-BZ CEQR #17-BSA-034K APPLICANT – Normandy Development and Construction LLC, for 333 Johnson Property Holdings, LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application October 31, 2016 – Special Permit (§73-44) to permit the reduction of required accessory off-street parking spaces for Use Group 6B office use. M3-1 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 333 Johnson Avenue, Block 3056, Lot(s) 200, 230 & 32, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #1BK ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Sheta and Commissioner Scibetta.........4 Negative: ......................................................................0 Abstain: Commissioner Ottley-Brown.........................1 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, the decision of the Department of Buildings (“DOB”), dated September 30, 2016, acting on Alteration Application No. 321192160, reads in pertinent part: “The proposed NUMBER of parking spaces is less than the amount of parking required; contrary to 44-21”; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR §§ 73-44 and 73-03 to permit, in an M3-1 zoning district, a reduction in the number of accessory off- street parking spaces required for office use in parking requirement category B1 (Use Group 6), contrary to ZR § 44-21; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on September 26, 2017, after due notice by publication in The City Record, with continued hearings on May 22, 2018, and June 5, 2018, and then to decision on June 19, 2018; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Chanda and Commissioner Ottley-Brown performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, Community Board 1, Brooklyn, recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the northwest corner of Johnson Avenue and Bogart Street, in an M3-1 zoning district, in Brooklyn; and WHEREAS, the subject site has approximately 525 feet of frontage along Johnson Avenue, 202 feet of frontage along Bogart Street, 130,592 square feet of lot area and is occupied by a three-story, with cellar, commercial building; and WHEREAS, ZR § 73-44 provides, in pertinent part, that: In the districts indicated, the Board of Standards and Appeals may permit a reduction in the number of accessory off- street parking spaces required by the provisions of Section 36-21 or 44-21 (General Provisions) for ambulatory 2016-4276-BZ CEQR #17-BSA-034K contemplated in good faith; and WHEREAS, the applicant submitted an affidavit stating that the building will be occupied by office use in parking requirement category B1 (Use Group 6); and WHEREAS, the applicant further states that any certificate of occupancy for the building will state that no subsequent certificate of occupancy may be issued if office use in parking requirement category B1 (Use Group 6) is changed to a use listed in parking category B unless additional accessory off-street parking spaces sufficient to meet such requirements are provided on the site or within the permitted off-site radius; and WHEREAS, the Board finds the affidavit credible and that the applicant has submitted sufficient evidence of good faith in maintaining the proposed ambulatory diagnostic or treatment facility use at the site; and WHEREAS, the applicant states that the 279 accessory off-street parking spaces proposed comply with all applicable zoning regulations with 216 parking spaces provided in stackers and 63 parking spaces provided at floor level; and WHEREAS, the applicant represents that, at peak times between 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, the 279 accessory off- street parking spaces proposed will be sufficient to accommodate peak demand, with 138 spaces to remain empty at peak parking accumulation; and WHEREAS, the applicant states that most visitors and employees will walk or take the subway to the proposed building; and WHEREAS, the applicant states that, for retail use, parking accumulation

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