2018-134-BZ CEQR #19-BSA-023K APPLICANT – NYC Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operation. SUBJECT – Application August 10, 2018 – Special Permit (§64-92) to waive bulk regulations for the replacement of homes damaged/destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, on properties which are registered in the NYC Build It Back Program.R4-1 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 24A Mesereau Court, Block 8797, Lot 101, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #15BK Application granted on ACTION OF THE BOARD – condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda and Commissioner Ottley-Brown………………………….3 Negative........................................................................0 Absent: Commissioner Sheta and Commissioner Scibetta……………………………………………….2 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, this is an application for a waiver of the Board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure and a special permit, pursuant to ZR § 64-92 to permit, on a site within an R4-1 zoning district, the reconstruction of a single-family residence in compliance with flood- resistant construction standards that does not comply with the zoning requirements for front yards, side yards rear yards, open space and lot coverage, contrary to ZR §§ 23-45, 23-461(a), 23-47, 23-142, 64-A351, 64- A352, 64-A353 and 64-A311; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on August 21, 2018, and then to decision on the same date; and WHEREAS, this application is brought on behalf of the property owner by the Build It Back Program, which was created to assist New York City residents affected by Superstorm Sandy; and WHEREAS, in furtherance of the City’s effort to rebuilt homes impacted by Superstorm Sandy expeditiously and effectively, the Board, pursuant to 2 RCNY § 1-14.2, waives the following of its Rules of Practice and Procedure: (1) 2 RCNY § 1-05.1 (Objection Issued by the Department of Buildings); (2) 2 RCNY § 1-05.3 (Filing Period); (3) 2 RCNY § 1-05.4 (Application Referral); (4) 2 RCNY § 1-05.6 (Hearing Notice); (5) 2 RCNY § 1-05.7 (List of Affected Property Owners); (6) 2 RCNY § 1-09.4 (Owner’s Authorization); and (7) 2 RCNY § 1-10.7 (Proof of Service for Application Referral and Hearing Notice); and WHEREAS, the Board notes that the subject application is exempt from fees pursuant to 2 RCNY § 1-09.2 and NYC Admin. Code § 25-202(6); and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the west side of Mesereau Court, north of Dunne Place, in an R4-1 zoning district, in Brooklyn; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 47 feet of frontage along Mesereau Court, 2,345 square feet of lot area and is occupied by a one-story single-family detached residence, which is set back 16.4 feet from the northern lot line, 10.6 feet from the eastern lot line, 2.7 feet from the southern lot line, 1.6 feet from the western lot line and is non-compliant with the applicable yard regulations; and 2018-134-BZ CEQR #19-BSA-023K (b) that any modifications of bulk regulations related to height is limited to no more than 10 feet in height or 10 percent of permitted height as measured from flood-resistant construction elevation, whichever is less; and (c) the proposed modifications will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood in which the building is located, nor impair the future use or development of the surrounding area in consideration of the neighborhood’s potential development in accordance with flood-resistant construction standards. The Board may prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards to minimize adverse effects on the character of the surrounding area; and WHEREAS, in accordance with ZR § 64-92(a), the need to reconstruct the existing residence, which, as it exists, is non-compliant with yard regulations, creates practical difficulties in complying with flood-resistant construction standards without the modification of the yard requirements and that waivers of the same is the minimum necessary to allow for a building compliant with flood-resistant construction standar

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