2017-260-BZ CEQR #18-BSA-028K APPLICANT – Law Office of Lyra J. Altman, for BIF Realty LLC by Jak Farhi, owner. SUBJECT – Application September 1, 2017 – Special Permit (§73-622) for the enlargement of an existing single family home contrary to floor area, open space and lot coverage (ZR §23-142); less than the required rear yard (ZR §23-47); and less than the required side yards (ZR §23-461). R4 zoning district. 12th Street, Block PREMISES AFFECTED – 2672 East 7455, Lot 87, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #15BK Granted on condition. ACTION OF THE BOARD – THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Sheta and Commissioner Scibetta..................................................5 Negative: ......................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, the decision of the Department of Buildings (“DOB”), dated August 1, 2017, acting on Alteration Application No. 321509480, reads in pertinent part: 1. Proposed plans are contrary to Zoning Resolution Section 23-142 in that the proposed floor area ratio exceeds the maximum permitted. 2. Proposed plans are contrary to Zoning Resolution Section 23-142 in that the proposed open space is less than the minimum required. 3. Proposed plans are contrary to Zoning Resolution Section 23-142 in that the proposed lot coverage exceeds the maximum permitted, 4. Proposed plans are contrary to Zoning Resolution Section 23-461 in that the proposed side yards are less than the minimum required. 5. Proposed plans are contrary to Zoning Resolution Section 23-47 in that the proposed rear yard is less than the minimum required.; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR §§ 73-622 and 73-03 to permit, in an R4 zoning district, the enlargement of an existing single-family detached residence that does not comply with zoning regulations for floor area, open space, lot coverage, side yards and rear yards, contrary to ZR §§ 23-142, 23-461 and 23-47; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on August 7, 2018, after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on October 11, 2018; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Chanda and Commissioner Ottley-Brown performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and 2017-260-BZ CEQR #18-BSA-028K (1) any enlargement within a side yard shall be limited to an enlargement within an existing non-complying side yard and such enlargement shall not result in a decrease in the existing minimum width of open area between the building that is being enlarged and the side lot line; (2) any enlargement that is located in a rear yard is not located within 20 feet of the rear lot line; and (3) any enlargement resulting in a non- complying perimeter wall height shall only be permitted in R2X, R3, R4, R4A and R4-1 Districts, and only where the enlarged building is adjacent to a single- or two-family detached or semi- detached residence with an existing non-complying perimeter wall facing the street. The increased height of the perimeter wall of the enlarged building shall be equal to or less than the height of the adjacent building’s non- complying perimeter wall facing the street, measured at the lowest point before a setback or pitched roof begins. Above such height, the setback regulations of Section 23-631, paragraph (b), shall continue to apply. The Board shall find that the enlarged building will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood or district in which the building is located, nor impair the future use or development of the surrounding area. The Board may prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards to minimize adverse effects on the character of the surrounding area; and WHEREAS, the Board notes that in addition to the foregoing, its determination herein is also subject to and guided by, inter alia, ZR §§ 73-01 through 73-04; and WHEREAS, as a threshold matter, the Board notes that the site is within the boundari

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