262-99-BZ APPLICANT – Sheldon Lobel, P.C., for A.R.E. Group Inc., owner. SUBJECT – Application October 12, 2005 – Application for a waiver of Rules of Procedure for an extension of time to complete construction and to obtain a certificate of occupancy which expired September 12, 2004. 124th Street, PREMISES AFFECTED – 230-234 East 124th Street between Second Avenue and south side of Third Avenue, Block 1788, Lots 35 & 37, Borough of Manhattan. COMMUNITY BOARD #11M APPEARANCES – For Applicant: Jordan Most. ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Srinivasan, Vice-Chair Babbar, Commissioner Chin and Commissioner Collins............4 Negative:.......................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION– WHEREAS, this application is a request for a re- opening and an extension of time to complete construction and obtain a certificate of occupancy; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on February 7, 2006, after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on February 28, 2006; and WHEREAS, the subject 5,954 sq. ft. site is located 124th on the south side of East Street between Second and Third Avenues, and is within an R7-2 zoning district; and WHEREAS, on September 12, 2000, the Board granted an application under the subject calendar number pursuant to ZR § 72-21, to permit the proposed legalization and enlargement of a contractor’s establishment and factory located within a three-story building at the site; and WHEREAS, on May 14, 2002, the Board granted an amendment to the variance, to allow full lot coverage on a portion of the lot for use as an accessory parking lot, as well as an increase in the height of the building; and WHEREAS, the applicant represents that no construction was commenced after the 2000 grant due to delays related to an inability to find an anchor tenant for a portion of the building; and WHEREAS, the applicant states that negotiations related to the proposed construction of the Second Avenue subway caused some of the delay, but that the owner now has the means to begin construction; and A true copy of resolution adopted by the Board of Standards Printed in Bulletin Nos. 10-11, Vol. 91. Copies Sent To Applicant Fire Com'r. Borough Com'r.