2017-29-BZ CEQR #17-BSA-075K APPLICANT – Goldman Harris LLC, for Brooklyn Flatbush Avenue, LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application January 27, 2017 – Special Permit (§73-44) for the reduction in parking from 144 to 72 spaces to facilitate a Use Group 10 furniture store (Raymour & Flanigan) in parking category PRC B1. C8-1 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 2570 Flatbush Avenue, Block 8590, Lot 31, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #18BK ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. HE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda and Commissioner Ottley-Brown..............................................3 Negative: .............................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, the decision of the Department of Buildings (“DOB”), dated December 28, 2016, acting on New Building Application No. 321437487, reads in pertinent part: “ZR 36-21: The proposed … accessory parking spaces for Use Group 10 retail (PRC B1) floor area does not comply with 1 space per 300 square feet requirement”; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR §§ 73-44 and 73-03 to permit, in a C8-1 zoning district, a reduction in the required number of accessory parking spaces for a Use Group 10 furniture store in parking requirement category B1 from 141 spaces to 70 spaces, contrary to ZR § 36-21; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on July 11, 2017, after due notice by publication in The City Record, with a continued hearing on July 18, 2017, and then to decision on the same date; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Chanda and Commissioner Ottley-Brown performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, Community Board 18, Brooklyn, recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the southwest corner of Flatbush Avenue and Avenue V, in a C8-1 zoning district, in Brooklyn; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 260 feet of frontage along Flatbush Avenue, 200 feet of frontage along Avenue V, 293 feet of frontage along Hendrickson Street, 55,300 square feet of lot area and is occupied by two one-story commercial buildings and one two-story commercial building; and WHEREAS, the applicant proposes to demolish the existing buildings and develop a two-story commercial building with a total floor area of 53,484 square feet (0.97 FAR), 42,294 square feet of which will be used for a Use Group 10 furniture store, and 110 parking spaces, 70 of which will be accessory to the 2017-29-BZ CEQR #17-BSA-075K furniture stores in parking requirement category B1 at the subject site from one space per 300 square feet of floor area to one space per 600 square feet of floor area provided that the Board finds that such occupancy is contemplated in good faith; and WHEREAS, the applicant submitted an affidavit stating that the building will be occupied by a Use Group 10 furniture store in parking requirement category B1; and WHEREAS, the applicant further represents that any certificate of occupancy for the building will state that no subsequent certificate of occupancy may be issued if the Use Group 10 furniture store 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 Boards finds the affidavit credible and that the applicant has submitted sufficient evidence of good faith in maintaining the proposed commercial use at the site; and WHEREAS, the Board notes that its determination is also subject to and guided by, among other things, ZR §§ 73-01 through 73-04, inclusive; and WHEREAS, the Board directed the applicant to demonstrate that the application satisfies ZR § 73-03(a), specifically, to provide information as to how the proposed reduction in required accessory off-street parking spaces will affect the surrounding community; and WHEREAS, in response, the applicant submit

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