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QUESTION
What are the ways the City of Yes amendments would encourage property owners to rent vacant commercial spaces?
1:25:44
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The Deputy Commissioner explains that under the City of Yes amendments, the grandfather law will be removed if a commercial space is vacant for over two years, allowing non-conforming uses to occupy those spaces.
- Maker spaces like bakeries and pottery studios will now be permitted in commercial districts where they were previously restricted.
- Entertainment venues like arcades and comedy clubs, not envisioned under current zoning, will also be allowed in commercial areas.
- The zoning amendments aim to provide additional opportunities for landlords to activate vacant commercial spaces with these new permitted uses.
Oswald Feliz
1:25:44
are ways that the city of yes would encourage property owners to rent.
1:25:48
So you mentioned something about use this.
1:25:49
Could you elaborate on that?
Calvin Brown
1:25:51
So as part of the city of Yesterre amendments that would want to remove the grandfather law if a space was vacant for more than 2 years, they couldn't put a noncompliance use in it if it was a commercial use, but now they will be able to do that.
1:26:05
Opening up other opportunities in a commercial districts for maker spaces.
1:26:10
These are like bakery, pottery, places.
1:26:13
They will now be able to be in commercial districts where previously I mean, currently under the rule they wouldn't be able to.
1:26:19
I mean, in the envision, like, amusement stuff like arcades, comedy shows, things that will help with the nightlife.
1:26:27
These are land uses that would that wasn't envisioned when the current zoning was put into place.
1:26:34
So they are revising the the the zoning amendment to make sure that these are additional opportunities that can that landlords can utilize for activating those spaces.