File #: Res 1047-2007    Version: * Name: LU 533 - ULURP, Cook Street Housing/Rezoning, Brooklyn (C070434ZSK)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 9/10/2007
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 070434 ZSK (L.U. No. 533), for the grant of a special permit pursuant to Section 74-511 of the Zoning Resolution to allow an attended public parking garage with a maximum capacity of 94 spaces on the ground floor of a proposed mixed-use development on property located at 34-46 Varet Street, a.k.a. 19-25 Cook Street (Block 3113, Lots 9, 11, 13, 15, 26, 27, 28 & 29), in an R7A/C1-4 District, Borough of Brooklyn.
Sponsors: Melinda R. Katz, Daniel R. Garodnick
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Press Release, 2. Committee Report, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9/10/07

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1047

 

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 070434 ZSK (L.U. No. 533), for the grant of a special permit pursuant to Section 74-511 of the Zoning Resolution to allow an attended public parking garage with a maximum capacity of 94 spaces on the ground floor of a proposed mixed-use development on property located at 34-46 Varet Street, a.k.a. 19-25 Cook Street (Block 3113, Lots 9, 11, 13, 15, 26, 27, 28 & 29), in an R7A/C1-4 District, Borough of Brooklyn.

 

By Council Members Katz and Garodnick

 

                          WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on August 10, 2007 its decision dated August 8, 2007 (the "Decision") on the application submitted by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter, the grant of a special permit pursuant to Sections 74-511 of the Zoning Resolution to allow an attended public parking garage with a maximum capacity of 94 spaces on portions of the first floor, and to allow up to 14,780 square feet of floor area on the ground floor below a height of 23 feet above curb level to be exempted from the definition of floor area as set forth in Section 12-10 (DEFINITIONS), in a proposed 8-story building at 34, 40, 42, and 46 Varet Street and 25, 23, 21, and 19 Cook Street (Block 3113, Lots 9, 11, 13, 15, 26, 27, 28 and 29), in a C1-4 District (ULURP No. C 070434 ZSK), Community District 1, Borough of Brooklyn (the "Application");

 

WHEREAS, the Application is related to ULURP Applications Numbers C 070432 ZMK (L.U. No. 531), an amendment of the Zoning Map, Section 13b, to rezone Block 3113 to R7A/C1-4 and 7A/C2-4; and C 070433 HAK (L.U. No. 532), an urban development action area designation and project approval and the disposition of city-owned property;

 

                          WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission has made the findings required pursuant to Section 74-511 of the Zoning Resolution;

 

WHEREAS, the Decision is subject to review and action by the Council pursuant to Section 197-d(b)(1) of the City Charter;

 

                           WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on September 5, 2007 on the Decision and Application;

 

 

                     

                     WHEREAS, the Council has considered the relevant environmental issues and the Revised Negative Declaration, issued on May 1, 2007, which included an (E) designation for noise on Block 3113, Lots 20, 21, 30, 31, 32 and 33 (CEQR No. 07HPD023K);

 

                                                WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use implications and other policy issues relating to the Decision and Application;                                                                                                                                                                        

RESOLVED:

 

                     The Council finds that the action described herein will have no significant effect on the environment.

 

                           Pursuant to Sections 197-d and 200 of the New York City Charter and on the basis of the Decision and Application, the Council approves the Decision.

 

 

Adopted.

 

 

Office of the City Clerk, }

                           The City of New York,  } ss.:

 

                                                     I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a Resolution passed by The Council of The City of New York on September 10, 2007, on file in this office.

 

 

 

 

 

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