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    City Planning Commission Holds Hearing on East Houston Street Rezoning

    ULURP  •  Lower East Side, Manhattan
    City Planning Commission hearing testimony at the June 8th hearing. Image credit: CityLand

    City Planning Commission hearing testimony at the June 8th hearing. Image credit: CityLand

    The proposed rezoning would facilitate the development of a mixed-use building where an unoccupied, deteriorating building currently stands. On June 8th, 2016, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application to amend the City’s zoning map to facilitate the construction of a 13-story mixed-use building at 255 Houston Street, located on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.

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    Tags : East Houston Rezoning, East Village/Lower East Side, East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Manhattan Community Board 3, ULURP
    Date:06/10/2016
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Extensive rezoning of E.Village/LES approved

    Rezoning/Text Amendment  •  E.Village/Lower East Side, Manhattan

    Proposed East Village/Lower East Side rezoning. Image: NYC Department of City Planning.

    Council approved plan after City agreed to work with interest groups on related zoning and development issues. On November 19, 2008, the City Council approved the City’s plan to rezone 111 blocks in the East Village and Lower East Side of Manhattan. The plan calls for seven new zoning districts, including a 59-block residential area which would be rezoned to R8B, a category that limits building heights to 75ft. The area is, in general, bounded by East 13th Street, Avenue D, Delancey Street, and Third Avenue. 5 CityLand 123 (Sept. 15, 2008).

    Prior to Council review, the City Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve the rezoning after a contentious public hearing. The Commission found that the height, setback, and bulk controls of the new contextual districts would help preserve the low- to mid-rise tenement and rowhouse character of the area. The Commission, contrary to the views of many who spoke in opposition, favored higher density districts along Chrystie Street, Delancey Street, and Avenue D, noting that the districts were located along wide streets well-served by public transit. The Commission dismissed the idea of including Chinatown and the east side of the Bowery in the rezoning, stating that each area had a distinctive character and, as such, each required its own planning analysis. The Commission also rejected the community’s call for anti-harassment provisions to be included in the proposed zoning text, noting that Local Law 7 of 2008 already affords tenants the protection the community had sought. (read more…)

    Tags : City Planning Commission, Department of City Planning, East Village/Lower East Side Rezoning, Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee
    Date:12/15/2008
    Category : City Council
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