A report by the City Planning Commission on the amendment of the Zoning Resolution (Sections 84-131 and 84-132) to change the floor area regulations and mandatory front building wall regulations of the Special Battery Park City District, as requested by the Battery Park City Authority on June 20, 2003. The amendment would facilitate new residential development all of which are now required to utilize environmental building technology and to provide greater flexibility in the layout of residential floor plates throughout Battery Park City. The request was ultimately approved by the City Planning Commission.
A report by the City Planning Commission on the designation of spaces on East 119th Street as an Urban Development Action Area, and an Urban Development Action Area Project for such area, as requested by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). The project, known as the East 119th Street Cornerstone Program, would facilitate construction of two buildings for middle-income and market-rate residents to live in. The request was ultimately approved by the City Planning Commission.
A report by the City Planning Commission (CPC) on the designation of the Gansevoort Market Historic District by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in relation to the Zoning Resolution and the economic growth and development of the area. It was concluded by CPC that the designation would encourage the physical and economic revitalization underway in the Gansevoort Market area and is consistent with plans for the area's future development and improvement.
A report by the City Planning Commission on the proposed zoning text amendment (Section 74-712) that would facilitate the development of a residential building with ground floor commercial uses at the northwest corner of Broadway and Grand Street, in an M1-5B zoning district, located within SoHo - Cast Iron Historic District, as requested by WXIV/Broadway Grand Realty, LLC on May 28, 2003. The request was ultimately approved by the City Planning Commission.
A report by the City Planning Commission on the special permit request by WXIV/Broadway Grand Realty, LLC to modify the use regulations for a proposed development on a zoning lot where not more than twenty percent of the area is occupied by existing buildings to allow retail/residential use (see case N030489 ZRM). The permit was ultimately granted by the City Planning Commission subject to various terms and conditions.
Amendment to the City Map which include areas in Metropolitan Avenue and in Fresh Pond Road.
Streets will be improved and open to two-way traffic, and the are of the bridge will be modified in the map as well.
The lead agency is the Department of Transportation. Application involves adjustment of grades; delineation of easments,
and acquisition or dispostition of real property.
Metropolitan Avenue Bridge (acquisition of property). Also there is the proposal of the
reconstruction of the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge in the Ridgewood section of Queens, Community District 5.