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Council Member Hudson questions zoning incentives for mixed-use buildings
1:06:22
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Council Member Crystal Hudson questions the Department of City Planning (DCP) about the proposed zoning incentives for mixed-use buildings in the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan (AAMUP). She compares the current proposal to the Gowanus rezoning and expresses concern that the incentives are not targeted enough to maintain light industrial and arts businesses.
- Hudson points out that Community Board 8 has requested a more targeted incentive similar to the Gowanus mix incentive.
- She questions whether DCP truly considers community input in their planning process.
Crystal Hudson
1:06:22
The special district text currently proposes a zoning incentive for mixed use buildings in the mid blocks south of Atlantic Avenue.
1:06:29
However, this incentive would allow nearly any kind of nonresidential space, including retail and office space.
1:06:35
Community board eight has clearly asked for many years for a more targeted incentive to help maintain space for the kinds of light industrial and arts businesses that currently exist in the M zone, similar to how DCP designed such an incentive in the Kiwanis neighborhood plan.
1:06:50
Considering how clear this community input has been, why did DCP not design the AIM UP incentive to be more like the Gowanus mix incentive?
1:06:58
Does community input really matter to DCP?