60-15-BZ CEQR #15-BSA-177M APPLICANT – Eric Palatnik, P.C., for Jacob Klein, owner; Bree and Oliver NYC II. Inc., lessee. SUBJECT – Application March 17, 2015 – Special Permit (§73-36) to allow for a physical culture establishment (Cross Fit) within the cellar of a ten story mixed use building. C6-4/LM zoning district. PREMISES AFFECTED – 111 Fulton Street, between William Street and Nassau Street, Block 091, Lot 7502, Borough of Manhattan. COMMUNITY BOARD #1M ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition. THE VOTE TO GRANT – Affirmative: Chair Perlmutter, Vice-Chair Hinkson, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Montanez and Commissioner Chanda...............................................5 Negative:...........................................................................0 THE RESOLUTION – WHEREAS, the decision of the Manhattan Borough Commissioner, dated March 2, 2015 and as revised October 5, 2015, acting on Department of Buildings Application No. 122233421, reads in pertinent part: “ZR 32-31, ZR 73-36: Proposed use as a physical culture establishment, as defined by ZR 12-10 in zoning district C6-4/LM is contrary to ZR 32-10 and must be referred to the Board of Standards and Appeals for approval pursuant to ZR 73-36”; and WHEREAS, this is an application under ZR §§ 73-36 and 73-03, to permit, on a site located within a C6-4 zoning district and the Special Lower Manhattan District, the operation of a physical culture establishment (PCE) in a ten (10) story plus cellar mixed-used building, contrary to ZR § 32-10; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on November 17, 2015 after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on that same date; and WHEREAS, Community Board 1, Manhattan, recommends approval of this application; and WHEREAS, Vice-Chair Hinkson, Commissioner Ottley-Brown, Commissioner Montanez, and Commissioner Chanda performed inspections of the site and surrounding neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the subject site is a corner through-lot located on the west side of William Street, between Fulton Street and Nassau Street; and WHEREAS, the site has approximately 196 feet of frontage along Fulton Street, 119 feet of frontage along William Street, 197 feet of frontage along Ann Street, and 23,298 sq. ft. of lot area, and is occupied by a ten (10) story plus cellar mixed-use building with commercial use on the ground floor and residential units on floors two (2) through nine (9); and WHEREAS, the proposed PCE will occupy 60-15-BZ CEQR #15-BSA-177M WHEREAS, the project is classified as an Type II action pursuant to 6 NYCRR Part 617.5; and WHEREAS, the Board has conducted a review of the proposed Checklist action discussed in the CEQR Checklist No. 15-BSA-177M, dated March 17, 2015; and Therefore it is Resolved, that the Board of Standards and Appeals issues a Type II determination prepared in accordance with Article 8 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law and 6 NYCRR Part 617 and § 6-07(b) of the Rules of Procedure for City 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 located in a C6-4 zoning district the Special Lower Manhattan District, the operation of a PCE in the cellar and ground floor levels of a ten (10) story plus cellar mixed-use building, contrary to ZR § 32-10; on condition that all work shall substantially conform to drawings filed with this application marked “Received October 22, 2015”- Eight (8) sheets; and on further condition: THAT the term of the PCE grant will expire on November 17, 2025; THAT there will be no change in ownership or operating control of the PCE without prior application to and approval from the Board; THAT accessibility compliance under Local Law 58/87 will be as reviewed and approved by DOB; THAT fire safety measures will be installed and/or maintained as shown on the Board-approved pla
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