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    Brooklyn Community District 10 Seeks Removal from Zoning Resolution Special Permit

    City Planning Commission  •  Special Permit  •  Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton, and Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
    An example of a residence enlarged pursuant to a BSA-approved application in Brooklyn Community District 10 (original residence shown on the left). Image credit: Brooklyn Community Board 10

    Example of an enlargement pursuant to a BSA-approved special permit in Brooklyn Community District 10 (original residence shown on the left). Click Photo to enlarge. Image credit: Brooklyn Community Board 10

    Special Permit was meant to allow growing families to expand their familial residences, but Brooklyn Community Board 10 argues that its usage has been abused. On June 20, 2016, a proposal was presented to the City Planning Commission to amend the New York City zoning text relating to the Board of Standards and Appeals Special Permit provisions under Section 73-622, which provides for the enlargement of one- and two-family detached and semi-detached residences. Currently, Section 73-622 only applies to four Community Districts, and it permits additions to the perimeter wall height, and extensions into the requisite rear yards and side yards of the residences located within those Community Districts.

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    Tags : Anna Hayes Levin, Board of Standards and Appeals, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Community Board 10, Brooklyn Community District 10, City Planning Commission, Council Member Vincent Gentile, Department of City Planning, Kenneth J. Knuckles, special permit, special permit application, special permits, zoning resolution, zoning text amendment
    Date: 07/18/2016
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    Zoning Subcommittee Modifies Special Permit for Broome Street Conversion

    City Council  •  Special Permit  •  SoHo, Manhattan
    498 Broome Street. Image credit: Umberto Squarcia Designs, Inc.

    498 Broome Street. Image credit: Umberto Squarcia Designs, Inc.

    Permit will allow Use Group 2 residential on the third through sixth floors only.  On March 9, 2015 the City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises voted to approve a modified special permit for the conversion of 498 Broome Street in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District of Manhattan to Use Group 2 residential.  The approved permit restricts conversion of the building to Use Group 2 residential for only the third through sixth floors, and leaves the cellar, first, and second floors subject to the standing zoning regulation which permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for Artists.  The permit as originally requested would have allowed Use Group 2 on portions of the first floor and all of the second through sixth floors.

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    Tags : 498 Broome Street, Council Member Margaret Chin, SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, Zoning and Franchises Subcommittee
    Date: 03/11/2015
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    City Planning Proposes Homeowner-Friendly Zoning Rules for Staten Island Neighborhoods

    Department Of City Planning  •  Proposed Rule Changes  •  Staten Island

    Some areas of Staten Island that would be affected by rule changes. Image Credit: NYC DCP

    The changes allow homeowners to bypass the lengthy review process for certain types of projects. On July 2, 2020, the Department of City Planning announced new proposed zoning rules for some Staten Island neighborhoods that make zoning rules more efficient and homeowner-friendly, and that reflect recent advances in environmental science. (more…)

    Tags : Department of City Planning, proposed rule, Staten Island, zoning rules
    Date: 07/30/2020
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    Court Orders DOB to Revoke Permit and Compel Owner to Remove Floors in Upper West Side Condominium Development

    Court Decisions  •  Article 78  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan

    200 Amsterdam Avenue Rendering Image Credit: SJP Properties

    Advocates applaud decision while developers find decision deeply flawed. On February 15, 2020, the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development and the Municipal Art Society of New York,  won an Article 78 case regarding the construction of a 668 foot, 52-story condominium building located at 200 Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. New York County Supreme Court Justice W. Franc Perry’s ruling requires the Department of Buildings to revoke the building permit and compel the developers, SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan America, to remove the floors that exceed what is permitted under the Zoning Resolution.

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    Tags : 200 Amsterdam Avenue, Board of Standards and Appeals, Council Member Ben Kallos, department of buildings, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, Herrick Feinstein, Kramer Levin, Mitsui Fudosan America, Municipal Art Society, SJP Properties
    Date: 02/24/2020
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    Community Wants More Zoning Protections in Union Square South SD Expansion

    Department Of City Planning  •  Special District Expansion  •  Union Square, Manhattan

    Proposed Zoning Map Amendment Image Credit: City Planning

    Hotel special permitting fails to address other types of development in the Union Square South area. On January 22, 2020, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application by the Department of City Planning for an expansion of the Special Union Square District, and the establishment of a special permit requirement for new hotel development in the expansion area.

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    Tags : Council Member Carlina Rivera, Department of City Planning, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Union Square, Union Square Special District, Village Preservation
    Date: 02/12/2020
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