2017-296-BZ CEQR #18-BSA-056 APPLICANT – Laurent Fromigue – Caudalie Washington St LLC, for 817-33 Washington Street, LLC, owner; Caudalie USA LLC, lessee. SUBJECT – Application November 9, 2017 – Special Permit (§73-36) to operate a physical culture establishment (Caudalie) within an existing building contrary to ZR §42-10. M1-5 zoning district, Gansevoort Market Historic District. PREMISES AFFECTED – 817-33 Washington Street, Block 644, Lot 33, Borough of Manhattan. COMMUNITY BOARD #2M ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. 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 November 1, 2017, acting on Alteration Application No. 123064735, reads in pertinent part: “Proposed Physical Culture Establishment [as defined in section ZR 12-10] is not permitted as of right in M1-5 Zoning Districts and is contrary to section ZR 42- 10”; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR §§ 73-36 and 73-03 to permit, in an M1-5 zoning district and the Gansevoort Market Historic District, the operation of a physical culture establishment, contrary to ZR § 42-10; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on May 22, 2018, 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, Community Board 2, Manhattan, recommends approval of this application, stating that the use is compatible with the commercial nature of the surrounding area and will not create an increase in vehicular or pedestrian traffic or interfere with any approved or pending public improvement projects and that no portion of the PCE is located on the rooftop of the subject building, the entrance is appropriately located on a wide street and the PCE has no potential hazards or disadvantages that will adversely affect the privacy, quiet, light or air within the neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the east side of Washington Street, between Little West 12th Street and Gansevoort Street, in an M1-5 zoning district and the Gansevoort Market Historic District, in Manhattan; and 2017-296-BZ CEQR #18-BSA-056 which the Board shall determine to be satisfactory; and (2) the Board, in any resolution granting a special permit, shall have specified how each of the findings required by this Section are made.; and WHEREAS, the Board notes that in addition to the foregoing, its determination is also subject to and guided by ZR § 73-03; and WHEREAS, the Board notes that, pursuant to ZR § 73-04, it has prescribed certain conditions and safeguards to the subject special permit in order to minimize the adverse effects of the special permit upon other property and community at large; the Board notes further that such conditions and safeguards shall be incorporated in the building permit and certificate of occupancy of the subject building, and that failure to comply with such conditions or restrictions shall constitute a violation of the Zoning Resolution and may constitute the basis for denial or revocation of a building permit or certificate of occupancy and for all other applicable remedies; and WHEREAS, as a threshold matter, the Board notes that the site is within the boundaries of a designated area in which the subject special permit is available; and WHEREAS, the subject PCE will occupy 1,655 square feet of floor space as follows: 1,020 square feet of floor area on the first floor, including a sales area, wine bar, treatment rooms, office and restroom, and 635 square feet of floor space in the cellar, used for storage; and WHEREAS, the PCE will operate as Caudalie with the following hours

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