179-07-BZ APPLICANT – Sheldon Lobel, PC, for 74-21 Queens Boulevard, LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application July 13, 2007 – Dismissal for Lack of Prosecution - Variance (§72-21) to allow a seven-story hotel building contrary to floor area regulations (§33-122). C8-1 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 74-21 Queens Boulevard, located on north of Queens Boulevard, 25’ from the intersection of Queens and 76th Street, Borough of Queens. COMMUNITY BOARD #4Q APPEARANCES – None. ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application dismissed. THE VOTE TO DISMISS – Affirmative: Chair Srinivasan, Vice Chair Collins, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Hinkson and Commissioner Montanez ...........................................5 Negative:............................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, the decision of the Queens Borough Superintendent, dated November 12, 2008, acting on Department of Buildings Application No. 402590790, reads in pertinent part: “Proposed hotel use group 5 in C8-1 exceeds max permitted F.A.R. contrary to section 33- 122.”; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR § 72- 21, to permit, on a site within a C8-1 zoning district, the construction of a hotel building which does not comply with the zoning regulations for floor area ratio, contrary to ZR § 33-122; and WHEREAS, the variance application was filed on July 13, 2007; and WHEREAS, on August 29, 2007, Board staff referred the application to the NYC Department of Environmental Protection for Hazardous Materials, Air Quality and Noise review; and WHEREAS, on September 12, 2007, Board staff issued a Notice of Comments requesting that the applicant submit the following: (1) a revised Statement of Facts and Findings; (3) a revised economic analysis; (4) revised plans; and (5) a revised zoning analysis sheet; and WHEREAS, on August 8, 2008, the applicant responded to the Notice of Comments; however, the zoning text had been amended to require parking lot landscaping and maneuverability; and WHEREAS, on October 9, 2008, a second Notice of Comments was sent to the applicant notifying him to amend the plans to comply with these new zoning regulations; and WHEREAS, on October 17, 2008, the Department A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Standards Printed in Bulletin Nos. 40-41, Vol. 95. Copies Sent To Applicant Fire Com'r. Borough Com'r.