2018-49-BZ APPLICANT – Law Office of Lyra J. Altman, for Solomon S. Salem, owner. SUBJECT – Application April 2, 2018 – Special Permit (§73-622) to permit the enlargement of an existing single-family home, contrary to floor area, lot coverage and open space (ZR §23-142) and wall height (ZR §23- 631-(b)) R2X (Special Ocean Parkway) zoning district. 5th Street, Block PREMISES AFFECTED – 1919 East 6681, Lot 492, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #15BK Granted on condition. ACTION OF THE BOARD – 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 March 2, 2018, acting on Department of Buildings (“DOB”) Application No. 321636057 reads in pertinent part: The proposed enlargement of the existing one family residence in an R2X zoning district: 1. Creates non-compliance with respect to floor area by exceeding the allowable floor area ratio and is contrary to Section 23-142 of the Zoning Resolution; 2. [ . . . ] 3. [ . . . ] 4. Creates non-compliance with respect to perimeter wall height of building and is contrary to Section 23-631(b) of the Zoning Resolution; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR § 73- 622 to permit, in an R2X zoning district and the Special Ocean Parkway District, the enlargement of a detached one-family dwelling that does not comply with the zoning requirements for floor area ratio and perimeter wall height contrary to ZR §§ 23-142 and 23-631(b); and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on September 27, 2018 after due notice by publication in The City Record, with a continued hearing on October 11, 2018, and then to decision on that same date; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Chanda and Commissioner Ottley-Brown performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, Community Board 15, Brooklyn, recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, the Board was in receipt of one form letter in support of this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the west side of East 5th Street, between Avenue R and Avenue S, in an R2X zoning district and the Special Ocean Parkway District, in Brooklyn; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 40 feet of frontage along East 5th Street, a depth of 100 feet, 4,000 2018-49-BZ (2) any enlargement that is located in a rear yard is not located within 20 feet of the rear lot line; and (3) any enlargement resulting in a non- 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 s

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