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Surrounding zoning context and recent neighborhood changes
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The presentation outlines the zoning context surrounding the site and recent changes in the neighborhood. The existing C8-2 zoning is described as legacy, with recent city-sponsored and private rezonings changing much of the area to residential districts. The neighborhood character has shifted from semi-industrial to predominantly residential.
- Legacy C8-2 zoning contrasts with surrounding residential zones
- Recent rezonings have introduced R7A and R6B districts in the area
- The neighborhood has transitioned from semi-industrial to residential character
Ben Stark
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And as you can see it's the site in its uses commercial vehicle storage is underdeveloped for its surrounding context.
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The c eight two zoning that covers the site differs from the residential zoning that is on either side of the street there.
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South side of Masbath Avenue to the right.
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North side of Conselye you see to the left there.
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This is where the triangular, the flat iron shaped site comes together.
1:14:30
And it's possibly because of this sort of lack of programming here.
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This this this this condition that really even to a a lay viewer appears underutilized that we feel has probably motivated local community groups to propose the closing of Massivet, this part of Massivet Avenue.
1:14:52
Something that caught us off guard in the public review process, but one that we are not opposed to, in fact we're quite supportive of.
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Next slide please.
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We're now looking down Woodpoint Road, sort of at the apex of what is seen as a as a dangerous street condition.
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Pedestrians walking from points east to west find themselves on the corner of the triangle there to the left without an adequate means of crossing Woodpoint.
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The CA 2 zoning that's in place is is legacy.
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It's the CA 2 district currently covers the intersection of these these major streets but had at one time extended down Bushwick Avenue to the South further East on Metropolitan and further west on Metropolitan.
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City sponsored or city led neighborhood rezonings in the middle mid two thousand's, '2 thousand and '9 saw the adoption of the contextual residential districts R7A to the West and East and South on Bushwick.
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Lower density contextual districts R6B to Catty Corner to the Southeast and Southwest.
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Private applicant rezonings have also chipped into the CA 2 District at the Southeast Corner of Metropolitan and Bushwick.
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At 824 Metropolitan, a private applicant rezoned to an R7 District to facilitate a new mixed income building.
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Similar in height to what is proposed today.
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Next slide.
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The context in the surrounding area following these neighborhood rezonings has has changed this immediate community to to a residential character.
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Even though there had originally been more semi industrial uses, at this point they're by and large gone.
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This is one of maybe only three sites in the entirety of the remaining CA 2 that is used for a conforming semi industrial use with this redevelopment should it be approved and built.
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We will be down to two conforming semi industrial uses in the in the CA 2 District.
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1 of the other two being New York heating's headquarters, which is just outside the image on the top of the screen on the corner of Humble And Devoe Street, sort of on the bottom southern end of the remaining CA 2.