36-95-BZ APPLICANT – Rothkrug Rothkrug & Spector LLP, for 65-75 Owners Corp., owner; World Gym, Inc., lessee. SUBJECT – Application December 5, 2014 – Extension of Term and Waiver (§72-01): to extend the term of a previous grant permitting a physical culture establishment (World Gym) within an existing cellar and one-story commercial building. C1-2/R3-1 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 65-75 Woodhaven 66th Avenue, Block 3139, Lot 1, Boulevard aka 85-01 Borough of Queens. COMMUNITY BOARD #6Q ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda and Commissioner Ottley-Brown........................................3 Negative: .....................................................................0 Abstain: Commissioner Sheta......................................1 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, this is an application for a waiver of the Board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure and an extension of term of a variance, previously granted by the Board, which expired September 16, 2002; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on April 25, 2017, after due notice by publication in The City Record, with a continued hearing on June 20, 2017, and then to decision on December 12, 2017; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown and former Commissioner Montanez performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, Community Board 6, Queens, recommends disapproval of this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the northeast corner of Woodhaven Boulevard and 66th Avenue, in an R3-1 (C1-2) zoning district, in Queens; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 143 feet of frontage along Woodhaven Boulevard, 41 feet of depth, 5,683 square feet of lot area and is occupied by a one-story, with cellar, commercial building originally designed and built as a conforming establishment for the sale of athletic equipment; and WHEREAS, the Board has exercised jurisdiction over the subject site since September 16, 1997, when, under the subject calendar number, the Board granted a variance to permit a physical culture establishment (“PCE”) for a term of five (5) years, expiring September 16, 2002, on condition that there be no change in ownership or operating control of the PCE without prior application to and approval from the Board, that the hours of operation be limited to Monday through Saturday, 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., and Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., that the operator posts a sign, conspicuously displayed in the PCE, instructing patrons 36-95-BZ THAT minimum 3’-0” wide exit pathways shall be provided leading to the required exits and that pathways shall be maintained unobstructed, including from any gymnasium equipment; THAT an approved interior fire alarm system— including area smoke detectors, manual pull stations at each required exit, local audible and visual alarms and connection of the interior fire alarm to an FDNY- approved central station—shall be installed in the entire PCE space, as indicated on the Board-approved plans, within twenty-four (24) months, by December 12, 2019; THAT the PCE shall remain fully sprinklered, as indicated on the Board-approved plans; THAT Local Law 58/87 shall be complied with as approved by DOB; THAT all conditions from prior resolutions not specifically waived by the Board remain in effect; THAT the above conditions shall appear on the certificate of occupancy; THAT a certificate of occupancy shall be obtained within twenty-four (24) months, by December 12, 2019; THAT this approval is limited to the relief granted by the Board in response to objections cited and filed by the Department of Buildings; THAT the approved plans shall be considered approved only for the portions related to the specific relief granted; and THAT the Department of Buildings must ensure compliance with all other applicable provisions of the Zoning Resolution, the Administrative Code and any other rele

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