Note.—This resolution in the Bulletin. Please formal errors so that BOARD MEETING OF: CALENDAR NO.: PREMISES: ACTION OF BOARD THE VOTE — Affirmative: Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Scibetta Negative: THE RESOLUTION The decision 12, 2020, acting on in pertinent part: “Proposed is inconsistent BZ. File for This is an application an M1-2 zoning district, 00. This application School (the “School”), A public hearing after due notice by hearing on June 16, Chair Chanda and of the Premises and the Bronx, recommends received one form The Premises Avenue and East Bronx. With approximately 100 feet of frontage lot area, the Premises cellar, school (Use feet of floor area (2.85 The Board has 16, 2013, when, under special permit, pursuant an existing building, substantially conform with the application; the Board in response jurisdiction objection(s) of floor area (2.85 of the school requires plans be considered specific relief granted; accordance with Z.R. until the applicant Protection (“DEP”) Department of Buildings provisions of the Zoning other relevant laws configuration(s) not The applicant the Premises. As a are within the boundaries special permit is school for purposes meets the Z.R. § 12-10 time day instruction of Sections 3204, 3205 Further, the applicant the School’s academic a minimum of 190 p.m. by competent language arts, math, education, and health. With respect inability to obtain neighborhood to programmatic needs permitted as of right. School’s programmatic square feet are required students. In particular, timeframe, to open constraints on the out as school space Community School existing middle school authorized to operate that its stated requirements justified by the School’s that the School expansion sites and of the sites were viable or necessary improvements. site search establishes a site of adequate be permitted as requirements of Z.R. Z.R. § 73-19(b) proposed school is a district in which states that the School district boundary R7-1 zoning district uses are permitted submitted a radius adjacent to an R7-1 the requirements Z.R. § 73-19(c) achieve adequate effects of the surrounding The applicant the existing building not result in any noise, the applicant location and concluded building includes building is similar approved under BSA and the proposed modification noise impact. With EAS concluded vehicular traffic on perceptible increase the school would noise. The 2013 EAS ambient noise in the Thus, the Board finds Z.R. § 73-19(d) movement of traffic located can be controlled the school. The applicant or pedestrian systems Specifically, a traffic arrival) would generate (school dismissal) assignment of trips per detailed assignment number of incremental to be 36 vehicles CEQR Technical intersection. A detailed proposed project is traffic impacts. By letter dated (“DOT”) states that, the block of the school, Street, Concord Avenue and East 144th Street, Enhanced Crosswalk to construct a full Avenue and East relocation of the school, determine if traffic are necessary. Therefore, § 73-19(d) are met. The Board finds imposed, any hazard the proposed special derived by the community quiet, light and air The proposed pending public improvement The project is 617.2 of 6 NYCRR. of the proposed action the project in the Final CEQR No. 20BSA075X, that the project as on Land Use, Zoning, Community Facilities Resources; Urban Character; Natural Infrastructure; Hazardous Services; Energy; Quality; Noise; and environment that are foreseeable. The will not have a significant By letter dated review of the EAS and 2 Screening determination that addition, based on analysis, they determined any significant committed to continue agency practices to control devices and crossings on the 144th Street, the east Street, and the Mary's/East 143rd associated with this devices and safety Once the project is plan at these locations. applicant will submit review and approval, with the monitoring requiring capital extensions. The ap
… (truncated, full text in PDF)