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    Grocery store zoning incentives debated

    Text Amendment  •  Citywide

    FRESH program would create incentives to encourage developing full-line grocery stores in underserved neighborhoods. On October 26, 2009, the City Council’s Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee heard testimony on the City’s proposed Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH) program. The program would provide zoning and financial incentives to encourage grocerystores in neighborhoods identified in a 2008 study as being underserved by stores offering a full range of fresh food. These neighborhoods are located primarily in northern Manhattan, southern Bronx, central Brooklyn, and areas of Queens.

    The program would apply to manufacturing and commercial districts within the underserved communities. Stores qualifying for benefits would be required to provide at least 6,000 sq.ft. of space for food and non-food products, and at least 2,000 sq.ft. or 30 percent of space, whichever is greater, for perishable goods. Currently, grocery stores up to 10,000 sq.ft. are permitted in M1 districts, but under the proposal stores up to 30,000 sq.ft. would be permitted as-of-right. (read more…)

    Tags : and Children, City Planning Commission, Food Retail Expansion to Support Health, FRESH, Infants, New York City Coalition Against Hunger, SNAP/WIC, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Women, tax exemptions, Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee, zoning incentives
    Date:11/15/2009
    Category : City Council
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