PRESENTATION
Addressing misinformation and concerns about the proposals
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3 min
"... we heard in community boards, neighborhood meetings, a lot of misinformation, I'm sure you have as well."
The Department of City Planning addressed several common misconceptions about the zoning proposals that arose during public outreach.
- Myth: This is a housing proposal. Fact: The proposals do not rezone any areas or change housing rules. Housing will be addressed separately in the City of Yes housing proposal.
- Myth: Small-scale clean production will allow dangerous, polluting industries into quiet residential neighborhoods. Fact: The proposal allows clean production in commercial (not residential) zones, subject to strict environmental standards.
- Myth: This proposal will allow strip clubs across the city. Fact: the proposal does not change the strict regulation on adult uses. Live entertainment like music, comedy, and dancing are governed different that "adult uses".
- Myth: the proposal will allow loud nightclubs in quiet residential neighborhoods. Fact: the proposal will not change regulations on venue size or volume. It would allow people to stand up and dance at venues where live music is already allowed, but dancing is not.
- Myth: the corner store proposal will allow rampant commercial activity on every residential corner without oversight. Fact: small retail applications would have to be approved on a case-by-case basis by the City Planning Commission,
- Myth: the proposal will allow businesses to take over apartment buildings, causing quality of life concerns and displacing housing. Fact: the proposal will modernize NYC's home occupation rules -- which today ban occupations including barber shops, advertising, and interior decorating -- while maintaining restrictions on nuisances like noise and odor.
Dan Garodnick
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I just wanted to note, that we saw in a variety of That wasn't supposed to be an applause line, but it's okay.
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In in the in the midst and facts category here, we heard in community boards, neighborhood meetings, a lot of misinformation, I'm sure you have as well.
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And so we did want to just there were just a few of them that we wanted to highlight because we thought it was important.
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The first is that there's a housing proposal.
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Next slide, it is not.
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This is not our housing proposal.
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This would not affect our housing related zoning rules.
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It only affects commercial and manufacturing uses It would not change where manufacturing commercial or mixed use zones are located and does not rezone a single building.
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And it is distinct from our CDBS for housing proposal, which would adjust what types of housing are allowed, where, public review of that.
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Will take place later this spring.
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Next, industrial activity.
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Concerned at small scale clean production would allow dangerous polluting industries into quiet residential neighborhoods.
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Now what we the fact here is that we would allow clean production in commercial zones, subject to strict environmental standards.
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Okay?
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Clean production in commercial zones, subject to strict environmental standards.
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They include DEP's ABC requirement for emissions, right to no filings for hazard substances, building performance standards that match existing regulations for mixed manufacturing and residential developments, and venting that avoids any nearby residences.
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We have been doing this for decades.
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We have existing environmental standards in our MX districts, and that is what this draw from, draws from.
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Next slide.
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Next myth, that this proposal would allow strip clubs around the city.
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In fact, we would not change the strict regulation on adult uses, live entertainment, like music comedy and dancing, is governed differently from adult uses.
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Okay.
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Next slide.
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Neighborhood noise.
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Smith here at the proposal would allow loud nightclubs in quiet residential neighborhoods.
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Their proposal here does not change the regulations on venue size or volume.
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Size or volume.
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Same.
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We're not changing it.
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What it does do is it would allow people to stand up in dance and venues where live music is already allowed, but dancing is not.
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It would allow certain venues to sell tickets or advertise show times to support musicians.
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Okay.
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Next.
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Corner stores.
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Corner store proposal would allow rampant commercial activity on every residential corner without oversight.
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The fact here is that small local retail applications would have to be approved on a case by case basis by the city planning commission, which requires environmental review community board, bureau president review and recommendations, and ultimately of of you a at a vote by the city planning commission.
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So this is not an as of right opportunity.
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It is a pathway.
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Okay?
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Last.
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Next and last.
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Home Occupations, myth that the proposal would allow businesses to take over apartment buildings, causing quality of life concerns and displacing housing.
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In reality, we would modernize our home occupation rules, which today ban our occupations like barbershops advertising and interior decorating while maintaining restrictions on nuisances like noise and odor, sets a square footage cap on home occupations and it forbids home businesses from using common spaces and residential buildings just another reminder that zoning does not supersede any existing building rules.