334-78-BZ APPLICANT – Eric Palatnik, P.C., for 9123 LLC, owner. SUBJECT – Application March 18, 2016 – Extension of Term of a previously approved Variance (§72-21) which permitted the operation of an Automotive Repair Facility (UG 16B) which expired on October 4, 2008; Amendment to permit changes to interior partitions and signage; Waiver of the Rules. R1-2 zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 233-20 Northern Boulevard, Block 8166, Lot 25, Borough of Queens. COMMUNITY BOARD #11Q Application granted on ACTION OF THE BOARD – condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Chanda, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Sheta and Commissioner Scibetta..................................................5 Negative: ......................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, this is an application for a waiver of the Board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, an extension of the term of a variance, previously granted by the Board, which expired on October 4, 2008, and an amendment of the same; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on March 20, 2018, after due notice by publication in The City Record, with continued hearings on May 22, 2018, and July 24, 2018, and then to decision on July 24, 2018; and WHEREAS, Community Board 11, Queens, recommends approval of this application with conditions, citing concerns that the operators of the property continue to park vehicles on the sidewalk; and WHEREAS, the Board was also in receipt of one letter and oral testimony in opposition to this application, citing concerns that remediation of a documented oil spill on an adjacent site was properly completed and the parking of unplated vehicles on the public sidewalk and blocking access to the a nearby entrance Alley Pond Park; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Chanda and Commissioner Ottley-Brown performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the subject site is located on the southwestern corner of Northern Boulevard and 234th Street, in an R1-2 zoning district, in Queens; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 248 feet of frontage long Northern Boulevard and 234th Street, 16,606 square feet of lot area and is occupied by an automobile showroom and repair shop; and WHEREAS, the Board has exercised jurisdiction over the subject site since September 28, 1948, when, under BSA Calendar No. 447-48-BZ, the Board granted a variance permitting its use for the sale and display of more than 5 used cars for a term of five (5) years, expiring September 28, 1953, on condition that during the term of the variance, the premises would be 334-78-BZ amended resolution, expiring September 30, 1973; and WHEREAS, on February 10, 1959, under BSA Cal. No. 447-48-BZ, the Board amended the resolution, only so far as it included reference to motor vehicle repair, so that it would read, “and specifically for minor motor vehicle repairing to including also the installation of mufflers and tailpipes and the use of an oxy- acetylene torch subject to a proper permit issued by the Fire Commissioner”; and WHEREAS, on October 4, 1978, under the subject calendar number, the Board permitted, pursuant to ZR § 11-413, the enlargement of the lot area of a plot previously before the Board to include former tax lot 33 and the change in use of an existing automobile seat cover and incidental repair establishment into a tire sales establishment with installation services on condition that all repairs be done within the building, that the surface area of the signs be limited to 481 square feet maximum, that the special permit be limited to a term of ten (10) years, expiring October 4, 1988, and that substantial construction be completed within one (1) year; and WHEREAS, on June 26, 1979, under the subject calendar number and subsequent to the receipt of a condition approval from Community Board 11, Queens, on June 19, 1979, the Board amended the resolution to permit “tire sales, installat

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