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    Queens Rezoning of Shopping Center Site Would Expand Types of Commercial Uses of Site [Council Land Use Committee Approves Plan]

    Zoning Map Amendment  •  Queens Village, Queens
    Map of the Braddock-Hillside Rezoning. Image Credit: CPC.

    Map of the Braddock-Hillside Rezoning. Image Credit: CPC.

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    City Planning Commission approved a zoning map amendment to facilitate broader commercial uses of the property.On March 5, 2014, the City Planning Commission unanimously approved an application submitted by DERP Associates, LLC, for a zoning map amendment to rezone to a C4-1 district a portion of an R3-2 district and an R3-2/C2-2 district, located at 220-05 Hillside Avenue in Queens. Currently at the site is a shopping center occupied by a Sears Appliance & Hardware Store, an HSBC Bank, and an AutoZone retail store. The rezoning would facilitate a wider range of commercial. The rezoning would also extend the district boundary line 25 feet to the west. This extension would remove reliance on a Board of Standards and Appeals special permit issued in 1991 which allowed nonconforming commercial uses at this location. (read more…)

    Tags : Braddock-Hillside Rezoning, DERP Associates LLC, Sheldon Lobel PC
    Date:04/03/2014
    Category : City Council, City Planning Commission
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