2018-163-BZ CEQR #19-BSA-047Q 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). R3A/Special Coastal Risk District ZD. 6th Road, Block PREMISES AFFECTED – 123 East 15400, Lot 5, Borough of Queens. 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 R3A zoning district and the Special Coastal Risk District, the elevation a single-family detached home in compliance with flood-resistant construction standards that does not comply with the zoning requirements for front yards contrary to ZR §§ 23-45 and 64-A351(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 north side of East 6th Road, between West Street and Walton Road, in an R3A zoning district and the Special Coastal Risk District, in Queens; and 2018-163-BZ CEQR #19-BSA-047Q DDC; if the curb-to-curb width of the street is less than 34 feet or the building is setback more than 40 feet from the curb line: (1) the building have a fire sprinkler system in accordance with Chapter 9 and Appendix Q of the New York City Building Code, unless the Fire Department has notified DOB that the building is exempt; (2) the building be provided with interconnected smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, designed and installed in accordance with Section 907.2.11 of the New York City Building Code; (3) the underside of the building, where the foundation is not completely closed, have an exterior assembly that provides a 2-hour fire resistance rating; and (4) the height from grade plane to the highest window-sill leading to a habitable space not exceed 32’-0”; the approval be limited to the Build it Back program; the approval be limited to proposals for the elevation or reconstruction of previously existing structures and insofar as the applicant proposes, instead, to repair the building or other structure on the subject lot, the waiver be void as unnecessary; the applicant provide the Board with a full set of approved plans upon DOB’s issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the subject building or other structure; DOB will review and approve plans associated with the Board’s approval for compliance with the underlying zoning regulations as if the unbuilt portion of the street were not mapped; and

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