223-07-BZ APPLICANT – Bryan Cave LLP, for Bliss World LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application February 17, 2017 – Extension of Term of a previously approved Special Permit (§73-36) which permitted the operation of a physical culture establishment (Bliss World) on the third floor in an existing commercial building which expires on June 15, 2017. C5-3 Special Midtown District. 57th PREMISES AFFECTED – 12 West Street, Block 1272, Lot 47, Borough of Manhattan. COMMUNITY BOARD #5M ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown and Commissioner Sheta…………………………………………………4 Negative: ......................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, this is an application for an extension of a term of a previously granted special permit for a physical culture establishment (“PCE”), which expired on June 15, 2017; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on December 12, 2017, after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on the same date; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Ottley-Brown performed an inspection of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, Community Board 5, Manhattan, waived its recommendation for this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the south side of West 57th Street, between Avenue of the Americas and Fifth Avenue, in a C5-3 zoning district and the Special Midtown District, in Manhattan; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 72 feet of frontage along West 57th Street, a depth of 100 feet, 7,230 square feet of floor area and is occupied by a ten- story commercial building; and WHEREAS, the Board has exercised jurisdiction over the subject site since January 8, 2008, when, under the subject calendar number, the Board granted a special permit, pursuant to ZR §§ 73-36 and 73-03, legalizing a physical culture establishment on the third floor of the subject building on condition that the term of the special permit expires on June 15, 2017, that there be no change in ownership or operating control of the physical culture establishment without prior application to and approval from the Board, all massages be performed by New York State licensed massage therapists, the aforementioned conditions appear on the certificate of occupancy and fire safety measures are installed and/or maintained as shown on A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Standards Printed in Bulletin No. 51, Vol. 102. Copies Sent To Applicant Fire Com'r. Borough Com'r.
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Extension of Term of a previously approved Special Permit (§73-36) which permitted the operation of a physical culture establishment (Bliss World) on the third floor in an existing commercial buildin
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