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    Community Boards Share Many Concerns Over Permanent Open Restaurant Program

    Open Restaurants  •  Citywide

    Roadway cafe in Brooklyn. Image Credit: NYC DOT.

    Community boards in support and against the application had concerns about quality of life issues and community board involvement in future reviews. Last year’s Open Restaurants program was established to allow restaurants to operate sidewalk or roadway cafes without the extensive approval process to provide safe outdoor dining options during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the program was enabled through an emergency executive order that temporarily suspended the sidewalk café application process, a permanent program would require changes to laws and agency rules. The first step is a proposed zoning text amendment to get rid of the geographical restrictions of where sidewalk and roadway cafes can be located. While zoning text amendments do not need to go through the full ULURP process, it is customary for the Department of City Planning to seek the feedback of community boards for these applications. (read more…)

    Tags : Community Boards, Department of City Planning, Department of Transportation, Open Restaurants, Open Restaurants Plan
    Date:10/22/2021
    Category : Community Boards
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    City Planning Proposes Homeowner-Friendly Zoning Rules for Staten Island Neighborhoods

    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. (read more…)

    Tags : Department of City Planning, proposed rule, Staten Island, zoning rules
    Date:07/30/2020
    Category : Department Of City Planning
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    ULURP Remains Suspended, What Next?

    ULURP  •  Citywide

    Why did ULURP remain suspended when so many City agencies and public bodies took to virtual operations? On March 16, 2020, the Department of City Planning announced that, pursuant to an executive order from Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure and all relevant public hearings and votes were suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the suspension, Community Boards, Borough Presidents, and the City Council have virtually convened to tend to other matters but have not addressed any new or pending ULURP applications. Meanwhile, City Planning has accepted filings, but has yet to certify any new applications until the suspension is lifted. To read CityLand’s initial coverage of the ULURP suspension, click here.

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    Tags : Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, City Planning Commission, Council Member James S. Oddo, COVID-19, Department of City Planning, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, ULURP
    Date:07/14/2020
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Community Gardens to Be Classified as “Open Space” on City Planning Database

    Community Gardens  •  Citywide

    Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel/Image Credit: John McCarten/NYC Council

    The bill will help protect community gardens and allow them to remain in the City. On March 29, 2020, Introduction 1652-A was enacted into Local Law 46 of 2020. Local Law 46 requires the Department of City Planning to reclassify tax lots currently used as GreenThumb community gardens on the Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output (“PLUTO”) database. The PLUTO database has information on the City’s tax lots. Currently, tax lots with GreenThumb community gardens are classified on PLUTO as “vacant lots.” Under Local Law 46, these tax lots will be reclassified under a new category that indicates that the lot is being used as a community garden. The law, sponsored by Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel, was proposed to protect community garden tax lots from being used for development.

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    Tags : City Council, community gardens, Council Member Alicka Ampry Samuel, Department of City Planning, Department of Parks and Recreation, GreenThumb Program
    Date:04/29/2020
    Category : City Council
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    Community Wants More Zoning Protections in Union Square South SD Expansion

    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
    Category : Department Of City Planning
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    City Planning Hears Application for Major Development Across the Street from Essex Crossing

    ULURP  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan

    Rending of the development along Broome Street Image Credit: City Planning

    New development on Lower East Side set to transform the entire Broome Street corridor. On December 4, 2019, the City Planning Commission heard an application by Go Broome LLC and the Chinatown Planning Council HDFC to rezone and develop a large-scale, mixed-use development on the Lower East Side. The proposed development includes mixed-income housing, affordable senior housing, program and office space for the Chinese American Planning Council, congregation space for the landmarked Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, and commercial retail space.

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    Tags : Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Synagogue, Chinese American Planning Council, City Planning Commission, Commissioner Anna Hayes Levin, Department of City Planning, Essex Crossing, Go Broome Street, Kenneth J. Knuckles, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer
    Date:01/02/2020
    Category : City Planning Commission
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