9-15-BZ CEQR #15-BSA-082M APPLICANT – Francis R. Angelino, Esq., for West 62nd Street LLC, owner; Bod Fitness NYC LLC, lessee. SUBJECT – Application January 15, 2015 – Special Permit (§73-36) to allow for a physical culture establishment (Bod Fitness) at the building on a portion of the ground floor and cellar of a new 54-story mixed use residential building. C4-7 Special Lincoln Square District. PREMISES AFFECTED – 55 Amsterdam Avenue, southeast corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 62nd Street, Block 1132, Lot 35, Borough of Manhattan. COMMUNITY BOARD #7M ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter; Vice-Chair Hinkson, Commissioner Ottley-Brown and Commissioner Montanez …………………………………………….4 Negative:...........................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, the decision of the Department of Buildings (“DOB”), dated December 15, 2014, acting on DOB Application No. 122163504, reads, in pertinent part: Proposed ‘Physical Culture Establishment’ not permitted as-of-right as per section ZR 32-10 and a special permit by the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) is required to comply with ZR 73-36; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR §§ 73- 36 and 73-03, to permit, on a site within a C4-7 zoning district, and also within the Special Lincoln Square District, a physical culture establishment (the “PCE”) on the ground floor and cellar of a 54-story mixed-use building, contrary to ZR § 32-10; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on June 23, 2015, after due notice by publication in the City Record, with a continued hearing on July 28, 2015, and then to decision on August 18, 2015; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Hinkson and Commissioner Ottley-Brown performed site and neighborhood inspections of the premises and surrounding area; and WHEREAS, Community Board 7, Manhattan, recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is a corner lot located at the south east intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and 62nd Street, it has approximately 90 feet of frontage West along the east side of Amsterdam Avenue and approximately 110 feet of frontage along the south side of 62nd Street, within a C4-7 zoning district, within the West Special Lincoln Square District, in Manhattan; and WHEREAS, the site contains approximately 9,450 sq. ft. of lot area and occupied by a 54-story mixed-use building; and 9-15-BZ CEQR #15-BSA-082M Environmental Quality Review and Executive Order No. 91 of 1977, as amended, and makes each and every one of the required findings under ZR §§ 73-36 and 73-03, to permit, on a site within a C4-7 zoning district, and also within the Special Lincoln Square District, a physical culture establishment (the “PCE”) on the ground floor and cellar of a 54-story mixed-use building, contrary to ZR § 32-10; on condition that all work shall substantially conform to drawings filed with this application marked “Received July 8, 2015,” - Five (5) sheets; and on further condition: THAT the term of the PCE grant shall expire on August 18, 2025; THAT there shall be no change in ownership or operating control of the PCE without prior application to and approval from the Board; THAT the following sound attenuation measures shall be implemented at the first floor of the building; (1) installation of a concrete floating floor built with 4” concrete supported on springs, supplemented by new shaftwall partitions supported by the floating floor and the installation of a new ceiling installed using sound barrier construction with resilient hangers to create a fully floating room in the PCE’s class studio; (2) applicant to exclude all existing piping from the PCE’s class studio by building the sound barrier ceiling below all the drain pipes, etc.; (3) applicant to install all mechanical below the sound barrier ceiling; THAT the applicant shall, upon consultation with the management of the subject Building, submit to th

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