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    Coronavirus Puts Halt to Land Use Review Process

    COVID-19  •  Citywide

    Director of DCP Marisa Lago holds review session as the sole Commissioner in physical attendance on March 16, 2020.  Other Commissioners attended the meeting remotely, in an attempt to keep the ULURP process moving before Mayor de Blasio’s Executive Order was signed. Image Credit: NYC CPC

    The executive order freezes land use applications so public meetings do not need to occur. On March 16, 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Emergency Executive Order #100, which laid out several steps of the City’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. In the interest of limiting public gatherings to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, Emergency Executive Order #100 freezes land use applications that have a timed review or vote requirement. This includes applications within the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) as well as applications before the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The Emergency Executive Order also waived the City Charter’s requirement to hold at least two City Council stated meetings per month. As a result, Landmarks, community boards, Borough Presidents, the City Planning Commission and the City Council do not have to meet to take action on active land use applications.  (read more…)

    Tags : Board of Standards and Appeals, Borough Presidents, City Council, City Planning Commission, Community Boards, coronavirus, Landmarks Preservation Commission, public review, ULURP
    Date:03/18/2020
    Category : Public Review Process
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    HPD and Non-Profit Seek Disposition of City-Owned Land to Develop Supportive and Affordable Housing in Bedford-Stuyvesant

    ULURP  •  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    Image Credit: NYC HPD

    The sustainable-design building would offer on-site supportive services and comes with several amenities for tenants. On July 31, 2019, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on an application to convert City-owned property at 776-780 Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn to a nine-story affordable and supportive housing development. The applicant team is comprised of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, IMPACCT Brooklyn, and Urban Architectural Initiatives. To facilitate the development, the applicants are seeking disposition of the City-owned property and Urban Development Action Area Project (UDAAP) designation and project approval. (read more…)

    Tags : 776-780 Myrtle Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant, City Planning Commission, Disposition of City-owned property, HPD, IMPACCT Brooklyn, public review, UDAAP, ULURP, Urban Architectural Initiatives
    Date:08/12/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    City Planning Commission Proposes Zoning Changes to Limit Overuse of Excessive Mechanical Voids

    Zoning  •  Citywide

    Building on left demonstrates the current issue with excessive mechanical voids. Image Credit: NYC CPC

    The proposal discourages clustering mechanical voids in a way that inflates building heights. On January 28, 2019, the CPC announced the beginning of public review of the proposed rezoning plan to limit the use of excessive voids that artificially inflate tower heights in residential buildings. Currently, these voids, or multiple floors of empty space, are not counted as zoning floor area in the Zoning Resolution. (read more…)

    Tags : City Planning Commission, mechanical voids, public review
    Date:02/22/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Car-share parking proposal begins public review

    Text Amendment  •  Citywide

    Proposal would establish off-street parking regulations for car-share vehicles, such as those offered through Zipcar. On April 26, 2010, the City Planning Commission announced that the Department of City Planning’s proposed car-share parking zoning text amendment would begin a public review process. Car-sharing companies like Zipcar and Connect by Hertz provide vehicles to registered members on an as-needed basis for a fee. The vehicles are typically available 24 hours a day. Members can reserve cars by phone or the internet and can pick up and drop off cars at the same location. Members are charged by the hour or by miles driven. According to Planning, New York City accounts for approximately one-third of national car-sharing memberships, and car-share members are less likely to purchase their own vehicle.

    The City did not contemplate the concept of car sharing when parking regulations were created in 1961. As a result, the zoning resolution does not contain clear rules on where car share vehicles are permitted to park. Car-sharing companies are now looking to expand, and the amendment would establish regulations permitting car-share vehicles to park in certain off-street public and accessory parking facilities. The proposal would build on the City’s commitment to promote sustainable modes of transportation and to reduce air pollution and traffic congestion. (read more…)

    Tags : Car Share Text Amendment, Car sharing, car sharing companies, Car-sharing parking zoning, City Planning Commission, Connect by Hertz, Department of City Planning, public review, Zipcar
    Date:06/15/2010
    Category : City Planning Commission
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