PRESENTATION
Modifications to Proposal 5 based on community feedback
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Modifications were made to Proposal 5 to address community board concerns.
The proposal was clarified to prohibit the conversion of existing residential space to commercial use. Additional restrictions were added on noisy uses to protect quality of life.
Dan Garodnick
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I want to talk for a minute about a modification or a couple of modifications that we made in response to community board commentary.
0:36:17
First comment was this could compete with housing objectives by allowing conversion of residences to commercial.
0:36:26
That was not our intent.
0:36:28
We did not intend to enable by doing away with stacking rules, the conversion of residential to commercial.
0:36:36
We intended for the reverse.
0:36:39
That is the practical consideration that we are in in New York City today.
0:36:43
So we address that in response to community board concerns, and we barred the conversion of space used for existing residential units, So to convert from residential to commercial, you can't take advantage of that change in the stacking rules.
0:36:57
We also heard quality of life concerns such as potential for excessive noise.
0:37:03
And so we restricted specific uses from using the proposed upper floor allowances unless they meet additional environmental standards like noise and vibration limitations.
0:37:15
So this is a proposal that we think is really important to enable conversion from office to residential, at least in part.
0:37:22
And we also think it is one that, you know, the rules today are representative of an outdated approach that we should be updating.