2018-21-BZ CEQR #19-BSA-098K APPLICANT – Law Office of Lyra J. Altman, for Saeed Azarfar, owner. SUBJECT – Application February 13, 2018 – Special Permit (§73-622) to permit the enlargement of an existing single-family home contrary to ZR §23-141 (floor area, open space and lot coverage) and ZR §23- 461(a) (required side yard). R3-2 zoning district. 22nd Street, Block PREMISES AFFECTED – 1773 East 6805, Lot 78, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #15BK 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, the decision of the Brooklyn Borough Commissioner, dated June 22, 2018, acting on Department of Buildings (“DOB”) Application No. 321504886, reads in pertinent part: 1. Proposed enlargement [. . .] non- complian[t] [. . .] with respect to floor area ratio, which is contrary to ZR Section 23-142; 2. Proposed enlargement [. . .] non- complian[t] [. . .] with respect to open space and lot coverage, which is contrary to ZR Section 23-142; 3. Proposed enlargement results in one side yard less than 5’-0”, which is contrary to ZR Section 23-461(a); and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR § 73- 622 to permit, in an R3-2 zoning district, the enlargement of a single-family detached dwelling that does not comply with the zoning requirements for floor area ratio (“FAR”), lot coverage, open space and side yards, contrary to ZR §§ 23-142 and 23-461(a); and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on January 15, 2019, after due notice by publication in The City Record, with continued hearings on March 19, 2019, and April 30, 2019, and then to decision on that date; and WHEREAS, Community Board 15, Brooklyn, recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the east side of East 22nd Street, between Quentin Road and Avenue R, in an R3-2 zoning district, in Brooklyn; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 40 feet of frontage along East 22nd Street, 100 feet of depth, 4,000 square feet of lot area and is occupied by an existing two- (2) story plus cellar single-family detached dwelling containing 1,653 square feet of floor area (0.41 FAR), 76 percent of open space (3,028 square feet), 24 percent of lot coverage (972 square feet), a rear yard with a depth of 2018-21-BZ CEQR #19-BSA-098K complying perimeter wall height shall only be permitted in R2X, R3, R4, R4A and R4-1 Districts, and only where the enlarged building is adjacent to a single- or two-family detached or semi-detached residence with an existing non- complying perimeter wall facing the street. The increased height of the perimeter wall of the enlarged building shall be equal to or less than the height of the adjacent building’s non- complying perimeter wall facing the street, measured at the lowest point before a setback or pitched roof begins. Above such height, the setback regulations of Section 23-631, paragraph (b), shall continue to apply. The Board shall find that the enlarged building will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood or district in which the building is located, nor impair the future use or development of the surrounding area. The Board may prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards to minimize adverse effects on the character of the surrounding area; and WHEREAS, the Board notes that in addition to the foregoing, its determination herein is also subject to and guided by, inter alia, ZR §§ 73-01 through 73-04; and WHEREAS, as a threshold matter, the Board notes that this application located within an area in which the special permit is available; and WHEREAS, the Board notes further that the subject application seeks to enlarge a detached single- family residence, as contemplated by ZR § 73-622; and WHEREAS, the applicant proposes to both vertically and horizontally enl

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