37-93-BZ APPLICANT – Sheldon Lobel, P.C., for Vornado Forest Plaza, LLC, owner; 2040 Forest Avenue Group LLC, lessee. SUBJECT – Application February 14, 2012 Extension of Term of a previously granted Permit (§73-36) for the operation of a Physical Establishment (Planet Fitness) which expired November 9, 2003; Waiver of the Rules. C8-1 district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 2040 Forest Avenue, side of Forest Avenue between Heaney Avenue Van Name Avenue, Block 1696, Lot 8, Borough Staten Island. COMMUNITY BOARD #1SI APPEARANCES – For Applicant: Elizabeth Bennett. ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Srinivasan, Vice Chair Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Hinkson Commissioner Montanez ..................................................5 Negative:.............................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, this is an application for a waiver the Rules of Practice and Procedure, a reopening, extension of term of a previously granted special for a physical culture establishment (PCE), which on November 9, 2013, and an amendment to change in the ownership and operation of the PCE; WHEREAS, a public hearing was held application on June 5, 2012, after due notice publication in The City Record, with a continued hearings on July 10, 2012, and then to decision August 7, 2012; and WHEREAS, the premises and surrounding had a site and neighborhood examination by Srinivasan, Commissioner Montanez, Commissioner Ottley-Brown; and WHEREAS, Community Board 1, Staten recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, the PCE is located on an irregularly shaped lot on the south side of Forest Avenue, Heaney Avenue and Van Name Avenue, within zoning district; and WHEREAS, the site is occupied by two one-story shopping center buildings; and WHEREAS, the PCE occupies approximately 24,649 sq. ft. of floor area located in the southeast of the shopping center; and WHEREAS, the Board has exercised jurisdiction over the subject site since November 9, 1993 when, the subject calendar number, the Board granted a permit for a PCE in the subject building for a term years, to expire on November 9, 2003; and WHEREAS, on October 25, 2005, the A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board Printed in Bulletin Nos. 32-33, Vol. 97. Copies Sent To Applicant Fire Com'r. Borough Com'r.