2018-125-A APPLICANT – Cesare Giaquinto, for 495 Wild Ave, LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application July 30, 2018 – Proposed construction of a two-story commercial building for vehicle storage on the ground floor and accessory offices on the second floor not fronting a legally mapped street contrary to General City Law 36. M3-1 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 495 Wild Avenue, Block 2705, Lot(s) 49, 50, Borough of Staten Island. COMMUNITY BOARD #2SI Application granted on ACTION OF THE BOARD – condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley Brown, Commissioner Scibetta………………………………………………....4 Absent: Commissioner Sheta…………….………..……1 Negative:…………………………………..………….0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, the decisions of the Deputy Borough Commissioner, dated July 2, 2018, acting on Department of Buildings (“DOB”) New Building Application No. 520291693, reads in pertinent part: GCL 36, BC 502.1: The street giving access to proposed building is not duly placed on the official map of the City of New York therefore: A) No Certificate of Occupancy can be issued pursuant to Article 3, Section 36 of General City Law; B) Proposed construction does not have at least 8% of the total perimeter of building(s) fronting directly upon a legally mapped street or frontage space contrary to Section 501.3.1 of the 2014 NYC Building Code; and WHEREAS, this is an application to permit the construction of a two- (2) story commercial building with frontage on Wild Avenue, an existing and improved road not duly placed on the official New York City map, contrary to General City Law (“GCL”) § 36; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on August 6, 2019, after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on that same date; and WHEREAS, on September 10, 2019, the Board reopened the record to accept a letter of no objection, issued by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and closed the record; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Ottley-Brown and Commissioner Scibetta performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, Community Board 2, Staten Island, recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the north 2018-125-A as a one- (1) story commercial building, as compared to the plans, proposing the subject two- (2) story building; clarification to the floor to ceiling height of the entry driveway and at the rear yard access point; the distance to the nearest fire hydrant be shown; the location of the proposed sprinkler Fire Department connection be shown; and, the distance to the fence line opposite the subject site be shown, given that the subject site proposes head-in parking, which may reduce the width of Wild Avenue; and WHEREAS, in response, the applicant submitted a revised site plans containing further detail and clarification; and WHEREAS, at hearing, the Fire Department stated that the floor plans sufficiently show the detail required, the clearance height is shown at 17 feet, the building will be fully sprinklered with the closest fire hydrant in front of the proposed building, the fencing across the street is 60 feet to the property line and there is not a concern of Fire Department obstruction to the access, given that parking will be at 90 degrees to the street line and, therefore, stated no further objection to the subject application; and WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the applicant has submitted adequate evidence to warrant approval of the application subject to certain conditions set forth herein. Therefore, it is Resolved, that the decision of the Department of Buildings dated July 2, 2018, acting on Department of Buildings Application No. 520291693, is modified by the power vested in the Board by Section 36 of the General City Law, and that this appeal is granted, limited to the decision noted above; on condition that construction shall substantially conform to the drawings filed wi

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