25-15-BZ APPLICANT – Slater & Beckerman, P.C., for The Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist, owner; 71-85 Lewis Avenue LLC, lessee. SUBJECT – Application February 17, 2015 – Special Permit (73-46) to allow a waiver of all required accessory off-street parking spaces required for dwelling units created by a conversion a five-story community facility, located within an R6B zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 71 Lewis Avenue, Block 1592, Lot 1, Borough of Brooklyn. COMMUNITY BOARD #3BK ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application Dismissed. THE VOTE TO DISMISS – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Sheta and Commissioner Scibetta.................................................5 Negative: .....................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, the decision of the Department of Buildings (“DOB”), dated January 20, 2015, acting on Application No. 320597939 reads in pertinent part: 1. ZR25-23: Provide accessory parking spaces per this ZR section equal to at least 50% of the number of dwelling units or obtain a waiver from the BSA under ZR73-46; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR § 73-46 to permit, on a site located within an R6B zoning district, the waiver of accessory off-street parking spaces required for additional dwelling units created by conversions, contrary to ZR § 25-23; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on February 28, 2017, after due notice by publication in The City Record, with the continued hearings scheduled for May 16, 2017, and August 8, 2017, adjourned at the applicant’s request and the administrative adjournment of a continued hearing scheduled for February 27, 2018, due to the applicant’s failure to make any submission; and WHEREAS, at the Executive Session held on February 26, 2018, Executive Session, the Board remarked that the administrative adjournment of the next day’s hearing on this application marked the third consecutive adjournment of this application, that it would be the last adjournment granted by the Board and failure to submit materials in advance of the next scheduled hearing could result in the dismissal of the application for failure to prosecute; and WHEREAS, the applicant’s representative was observed to be in attendance at that Executive Session and to have heard the Board’s remarks regarding A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Standards Printed in Bulletin Nos. 18-19, Vol. 103. Copies Sent To Applicant Fire Com'r. Borough Com'r.
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Special Permit (73-46) to allow a waiver of all required accessory off-street parking spaces for dwelling units created by a conversion a five-story community facility, located within an R6B zoning di
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