294-06-BZ APPLICANT – Goldman Harris LLC, for John & Steven, Inc., owner; Club Fitness NY, lessee. SUBJECT – Application May 10, 2017 – Extension of Term of a previously approved Special Permit (§73-36) permitted the operation of a Physical Culture Establishment (Club Fitness) in the cellar, second and third floors of a three-story building which expired on April 10, 2017. C4-2A & C4-3 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 31-11 Broadway, Block 613, Lot(s) 1 & 3, Borough of Queens. COMMUNITY BOARD #1Q ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda and Commissioner Ottley-Brown............................................3 Negative: ..........................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, this is an application for an extension of term of a special permit, previously granted by the Board, allowing the operation of a physical culture establishment (“PCE”), which expired April 10, 2017; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on September 26, 2017, after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on the same date; and WHEREAS, Community Board 1, Queens, recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the northeast corner of Broadway and 32nd Street, partially in a C4-2A zoning district and partially in a C4-3 zoning district, in Queens; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 100 feet of frontage along Broadway, 228 feet of frontage along 32nd Street, 22,822 square feet of lot area and is occupied by a three-story, with cellar, commercial building on Lot 1 and by a two-story, with cellar, commercial building on Lot 4; and WHEREAS, the Board has exercised jurisdiction over the subject site since December 6, 1921, when, under BSA Calendar Number 628-21-BZ, the Board granted a variance to permit the maintenance of a motion picture theater on condition that there be no entrance to or exit from the theater in the residence area, that no display signs, bill posters or bill boards be hung or maintained in the residence district and that the front elevation be finished in face brick with stone trimmings; the theater has since been demolished; and WHEREAS, on October 17, 1967, under BSA Calendar Number 97-67-BZ, the Board granted a variance to permit the addition to the use of the cellar club room to include cabaret on condition that there be a maximum of five musical instruments and one vocalist; the cabaret use has since been discontinued; and WHEREAS, the Board notes that both variances have been abandoned and are no longer in effect; and 294-06-BZ WHEREAS, based upon its review of the record, the Board finds that a ten (10) year extension is appropriate with certain conditions as set forth below. Therefore it is Resolved, that the Board of Standards and Appeals does hereby reopen and amend the resolution, dated April 10, 2007, as amended August 14, 2012, so that as amended this portion of the resolution shall read: “to grant an extension of term of the special permit for ten (10) years, expiring April 10, 2027; on condition that the use and operation of the site shall substantially conform to the Board-approved plans associated with the prior grant; and on further condition: THAT the term of this grant shall be for ten (10) years, expiring April 10, 2027; THAT the fire inspection report dated January 2, 2014, indicating that Fire Department Inspector J. Asbaghi inspected the site, is accurate, and that inspections and the fire alarm system are up-to-date; THAT signage on the site shall comply with C4 district regulations; 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 hours of operation be limited to Monday through Sunday, 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.; THAT the above conditions shall appear on the certificate of occupancy; THAT certificates of occup

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