Note.—This resolution the Bulletin. Please notify errors so that corrections BOARD MEETING OF: CALENDAR NO.: PREMISES: ACTION OF BOARD THE VOTE — Affirmative: Chair Ottley-Brown, Negative: THE RESOLUTION This is an application variance, pursuant previously approved requirements for FAR 521). A public hearing due notice by publication July 10, 2023, and Yoon performed an neighborhood. Community application. The Premises are west, 78th Avenue to 2 zoning district, in Parsons Boulevard, frontage along 78th are occupied by an as a school, and a two-story, of worship. The Board has February 15, 2005, granted a variance, district, the vertical not comply with applicable height of front walls, contrary to Z.R. §§ 24-11, all work substantially above noted, filed with be limited as follows: 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. play area not be used not be used outside located on the site system be located certificate of occupancy; meet all legal requirements, limited to the relief and filed DOB/other considered approved granted; and the Department other applicable provisions Code and any other plan(s). The applicant programmatic needs grant to permit a two-story and connection to while maintaining the height, resulting in of floor area (1.79 FAR) and 78th Avenue to The applicant 37,211.30 square feet feet of floor area for increase from the previously of floor area (1.37 FAR) make it consistent with Avenue. The applicant be facilitated by the worship use located to 2,259.90 square feet a reduction in congregation the house of worship the existing building serviced conducted worship space by the events. Additionally, the expansion is designed two-story, community subject lot, with new existing, four-story, Moreover, the applicant following: A new • entrance construction new enlarged a new public The existing • Boulevard, The basement • include gathering core (entrance preparation The first • and a new center elevator The second • up of new restrooms classrooms on the The proposed • provide classrooms increase The existing • full roof bulkhead elevator. The applicant enlarged and renovated ensure continued rooftop to add acoustic fencing of the rooftop area. In the subject Zoning Resolution permits a maximum front wall the applicant seeks The Zoning Resolution or modify [its] provision[s] public safety secured First, the applicant educational use is legally in zoning matters because The applicant represents institutions are presumed in which they are located. occupy a special status Planning Board of Town church enters the presumption may be would have a net negative morals. Cornell University In the instant create unique conditions unnecessary hardship school’s location for the time of the prior 290 students to 340 the northern building that, currently, enrollment students for the 2022-2023 to effectively meet increase in enrollment current facility, which insufficient to meet school, with overcrowded temporary classroom food service, laboratories, First, the applicant issue currently facing Construction Authority using the NYC 2014 Kindergarten classrooms kindergarten and kindergarten grades 1 to 8. At the range from 416 square classrooms that are square feet/35 square at NYCSCA standards, would be suitable for The applicant describes There are 2 • classrooms classrooms, library/study The school • activities that restricting staff. The applicant concludes five additional classrooms, elimination of the areas). Accordingly, combined with the practical difficulties applicable zoning circumstances in the Next, the applicant because this application no showing need be The applicant the variance would impair the appropriate detrimental to the proposed school use the underlying R3-2 proposed design of neighborhood and consistent has been the location applicant describes the existing floor structures and add in a consistent four-story the school over the Moreover, the applicant building would be consistent no proposed reduction applicant maintains the histori

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