2018-157-BZ CEQR #19-BSA-041R APPLICANT – NYC Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operation. SUBJECT – Application October 15, 2018 – Special Permit (§64-92) to waive bulk requirements for the reconstruction of homes damaged/destroyed by Hurricane Sandy for a property registered in the NYC Build it Back Program. Waiver of minimum required side yards (ZR §§23-461(a) and 64-A352). R3X ZD PREMISES AFFECTED – 59 Andrews Street, Block 3410, Lot 70, Borough of Staten Island. COMMUNITY BOARD # Application granted on ACTION OF THE BOARD – 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, 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 legalize, on a site within an R3X zoning district, the elevation of a single-family detached home in compliance with flood- resistant construction standards that does not comply with the zoning requirement for side yards contrary to ZR § 64-A352(a); and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on October 23, 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 east side of Andrews Street, between Olympia Boulevard and Quincy Avenue, in an R3X zoning district, on Staten Island; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 20 feet of frontage along Andrews Street, 125 feet of depth, 2,500 2018-157-BZ CEQR #19-BSA-041R WHEREAS, specifically, the subject site has a 1.7 foot side yard and a 2.8 foot side yard, measuring a total of 4.5 feet of side yards, but, at the subject site, two side yards, each with a minimum width of 3 feet and a minimum combined width of 6 feet are required pursuant to ZR § 64-A352(a); and WHEREAS, in accordance with ZR § 64-92(a), the applicant submits that the composition of the existing residence on the lot creates practical difficulties in complying with flood-resistant construction standards without the modification of requirements for side yards and that waivers of the same are the minimum necessary to allow for a building compliant with flood-resistant construction standards; and WHEREAS, the Board finds that the proposal does not include a request to modify the maximum permitted height in the underlying district; thus, the finding pursuant to ZR § 64-92(b) is inapplicable in this case; and WHEREAS, the applicant states that, pursuant to ZR § 64-92(c), the proposal will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood in which the dwelling 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; and WHEREAS, the applicant states that the neighborhood is characterized by single- and two- family detached residences and that the subject si

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