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Proposed land use actions and ULURP process for 73-99 Empire Boulevard
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The applicant is seeking a zoning map amendment to rezone the site from C8-2 and R6/C1-3 to C4-4D, with an R8A residential equivalent. A zoning text amendment is also proposed to map the site as a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) area with options 1 and 2. These actions would facilitate the development of a 13-story mixed-use building.
- Zoning map amendment from C8-2 and R6/C1-3 to C4-4D
- Zoning text amendment to map the site as an MIH area
- The ULURP process included disapproval from the Community Board, but approvals from the Borough President and City Planning Commission
Eli Gewirtz
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So with the land use actions that we are seeking in this rezoning is a zoning map amendment to rezone the site from c eight two, which is the current zoning along Empire Boulevard, which is the southern portion of the site, and R 6 C 1 3, which is the current zoning along the northern portion of the site to C 4 4 D, which has an r eight a residential equivalent, as well as the zoning text amendment to map the site as an MIH area with options one and two over the entirety of the development site.
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The proposed land use actions would facilitate development of a 13 story mixed use building containing 273,540 square feet of floor area.
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And included in that is 98,000 square feet of of commercial floor area to be located in the cellar first and second floors of the building and residential uses above.
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Next slide, please.
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So just a brief recap of where we've gotten how we've gotten to this point in the EULIR process.
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So the community board disapproved the application in January, but subsequent to that, the borough president and the city planning commission approved the application both, stating that the C 44 D District is appropriate at this location.
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Next slide, please.