THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1607

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 080462 ZMQ, a Zoning Map change (L.U. No. 859).

By Council Members Katz and Avella

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on August 18, 2008 its decision dated August 11, 2008 (the "Decision"), on the application submitted by the New York City Department of City Planning, pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter, for an amendment to the Zoning Map (ULURP No. C 080462 ZMQ) (the "Application");

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 the Decision and Application on September 2, 2008;

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

                      WHEREAS, the Council has considered the relevant environmental issues and the Negative Declaration, issued on June 2, 2008.  The Negative Declaration included (E) designations to avoid the potential for hazardous material impacts (CEQR No. 08DCP073Q);

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 City Charter and on the basis of the Decision and Application, the Council approves the Decision.

                     The Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, effective as of December 15, 1961, and as subsequently amended, is further amended by changing the Zoning Map, Section Nos. 19a, 19b and 19c:

1.                     eliminating from an existing R3-2 District a C1-2 District bounded by 225^th Street, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, a northwesterly service road of Laurelton Parkway, and a  line 150 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard;

2.                      eliminating from an existing R3-2 District a C2-2 District bounded by:

a.                     a line 100 feet northeasterly of 141^st Avenue, 225^th Street, 141^st Road, 224^th Street, Prospect Court, a line 150 feet northwesterly of 224^th Street, 141^st Avenue, and 224^th Street; and

b.                     143^rd  Road, a line 150 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, 144^th Avenue, North Conduit Avenue, and Springfield Boulevard;

3.                     changing from an R3-2 District to an R2 District property bounded by:

a.                     a line 75 feet northeasterly of 133^rd Avenue, a line midway between 225^th Street and 226^th Street, 133^rd Avenue, and 224^th Street; 

b.                     a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line midway between Francis Lewis Boulevard and 231^st Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, 229^th Street, a line 95 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, 228^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, and 225^th Street;

c.                     a  line 100 feet southwesterly of 135^th Avenue, 224^th Street, 137^th Avenue, 224^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 141^st Avenue, 225^th Street, a line 80 feet northeasterly of 141^st Avenue, 224^th Street, Carson Street, a line midway between 222^nd Street and 223^rd Street, 139^th Avenue, 222^nd Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 139^th Avenue, a line midway between 222^nd Street and 223^rd Street, 138^th Avenue, the southwesterly prolongation of the southeasterly street line of 223^rd Street, 137^th Avenue, and 223^rd Street;

d.                     a line 100 feet northeasterly of 137^th Avenue, 226^th Street, 137^th Avenue, and 225^th Street;  and

e.                      141^st Avenue, 226^th Street, Mentone Avenue, and 225^th Street;

4.                     changing from a C8-1 District to an R2 District property bounded by a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, 225^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, and a line midway between 222^nd Street and 223^rd Street;

5.                     changing from an R2 District to an R2A District property bounded by:

a.                     121^st Avenue, Laurelton Parkway, 131^st Avenue and its southeasterly centerline prolongation, 232nd Street, a line 140 feet southwesterly of 131^st Avenue, a line 90 feet southeasterly of 233^rd Street, 133^rd Avenue, a line 50 feet southeasterly of 234^th Street, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard,  234^th Street, the northwesterly prolongation of the southwesterly street line of 133^rd Road, a line 80 feet southeasterly of 233^rd Street, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line midway between Francis Lewis Boulevard and 231^st Street, 133^rd Avenue, a line midway between Francis Lewis Boulevard and 230^th Street, a line 330 feet northeasterly of 133^rd Avenue, a line midway between 229^th Street and 230^th Street, 130^th Avenue, 224^th Street, 131^st Avenue, 223^rd Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 131^st Avenue, a line midway between 222^nd Street and 223^rd Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 133^rd Avenue, 223rd Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 133^rd Avenue, a line midway between 222^nd Street and 223^rd Street, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, 220^th Street, 133^rd Avenue, a line midway between 220^th Street and 221^st Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 131^st Avenue, 220^th Street, 131^st Avenue, Springfield Boulevard, a northeasterly  boundary line of Montefiore Cemetery, the southwesterly prolongation of a line midway between 227^th Street and 228^th Street, and Francis Lewis Boulevard; and

b.                     137^th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 230th Place, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 141^st Avenue, a line midway between 229^th Street and 230^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 139^th Avenue, 228^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 139^th Avenue, a line midway between 228^th Street and 229^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 138^th Avenue, 229^th Street, 138^th Avenue, 227^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 138^th Avenue, and a  line midway between 225^th Street and 226^th Street;

6.                     changing from an R3-2 District to an R2A District property  bounded by:

a.                     a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 80 feet southeasterly of 233^rd Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, and a line midway between Francis Lewis Boulevard and 231^st Street;

b.                     a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 50 feet southwesterly of 234^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 133^rd Road, and 234^th Street;

c.                     a line 100 feet northeasterly of 137^th Avenue, 230^th Street, 137^th Avenue, and 226^th Street;  and

d.                     137^th Avenue, the southwesterly prolongation of the southeasterly street line of 223^rd Street, 138^th Avenue, a line midway between 222^nd Street and 223^rd Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 139^th Avenue, 222^nd Street, 139^th Avenue, a line midway between 222^nd Street and 223^rd Street, Carson Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 222^nd Street, 138^th Avenue, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 220^th Place, 137^th Road, and 220^th Place;

7.                     changing from a C8-1 District to an R2A District property bounded by a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line midway between 222^nd Street and 223^rd Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, and 220^th Street;

8.                      changing from an R3-2 District to an R3-1 District property  bounded by:

a.                     a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 229^th Street, a line 95 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 230^th Street, 135^th Avenue, and a line midway between 228^th Street and 229^th Street; and

b.                     135^th Avenue, a line midway between 228^th Street and 229^th Street, a line 120 feet southwesterly of 135^th Avenue, 228^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 135^th Avenue, a line midway between 227^th Street and 228^th Street, a line 150 feet southwesterly of 135^th Avenue, and a line midway between 226^th Street and 227^th Street;

9.                      changing from an R2 District to an R3-2 District property bounded by:

a.                      131^st Avenue and its southeasterly centerline prolongation, Laurelton Parkway, Merrick Boulevard, a northwesterly service road of Laurelton Parkway, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 50 feet southeasterly of 234^th Street, 133^rd Avenue, a line 90 feet southeasterly of 233^rd Street, a line 140 feet southwesterly of 131^st Avenue, and 232^nd Street; and

b.                     the northwesterly prolongation of the southwesterly street line of 133^rd Road, 234^th Street, and a line 150 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard;

10.                     changing from an R3-2 District to an R3A District property  bounded by:                     

a.                     Springfield Boulevard, 135^th Avenue, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, a line midway between 134^th Road and 135^th Avenue, a line 200 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, 134^th Road,  217^th Street, a line 175  feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 218^th Street,  a line 150 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 222^nd Street, 134^th Road, 223^rd Street, a line 150 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 225^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 227^th Street, a line 95 feet northeasterly of 135^th Avenue, a line 80 feet southeasterly of 225^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 135^th Avenue, 225^th Street, a line 75 feet northeasterly of 135^th Avenue, 224^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 135^th Avenue, the northeasterly centerline prolongation of 223^rd Street, 135^th Avenue,  218^th Street, 137^th Avenue, 219^th Street, 137^th Road, 218^th Street, 138^th Avenue, and Carson Street; and

b.                     a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 100 feet southeasterly of  234^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 134^th Road and its southeasterly prolongation, Laurelton Parkway and its southwesterly centerline prolongation (at North Conduit Avenue), South Conduit Avenue, the  southwesterly centerline prolongation of 230^th Place, the northeasterly boundary line of the Long Island Rail Road (Montauk Division) right-of-way,  a line perpendicular to the southwesterly street line of Mentone Avenue distant 325 feet southeasterly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the southwesterly street line of Mentone Avenue and the southeasterly street line of 225^th Street, Mentone Avenue, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 228^th Street, 141^st Avenue, 230^th Place, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 137^th Avenue, 230^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 137^th Avenue, a line midway between 229^th Street and 230^th Street, 135^th Avenue, and 230^th Street;

11.                     changing from a C8-1 District to an R3A District property bounded by a line 100 feet northeasterly of 219^th Street, a line 125 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 220^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 221^st Street, a line 140 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 222^nd Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 223^rd Street, 134^th Road, 222^nd Street, and a line 150 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard;

12.                     changing an R3-2 District to an R3X District property bounded  by:

a.                     135 Avenue, 222^nd Street, 136^th Avenue, a line midway between 221^st Street and 222^nd Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 137^th Avenue, 221^st Street, 137^th Avenue, 220^th Place, 137^th Road, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 220^th Place, 138^th Avenue, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 222^nd Street, Carson Street, a line 125 feet southeasterly of 219^th Street, a line 145 feet southwesterly of 139^th Avenue and its southeasterly prolongation,  a line 240 feet southeasterly of 219^th Street, 140^th Avenue and its southeasterly centerline prolongation, a line 110 feet southeasterly of 219^th Street, 141^st Avenue, a line 300 feet southeasterly of 222^nd Street, a line midway between 141^st Avenue and 141^st Road, a line 175 feet northwesterly of 224^th Street, 141^st Road, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 224^th Street,  Prospect Court and its southeasterly centerline prolongation, a line 210 feet southeasterly of 225^th Street, North Conduit Avenue, 225^th Street, South Conduit Avenue, Springfield Boulevard, a line 120 feet northwesterly of 142^nd Road, a line 255 feet northwesterly of 221^st Street, Edgewood Avenue, the northeasterly prolongation of a line 80 feet northwesterly of 221^st Street, the southwesterly boundary line of the Long Island Rail Road (Montauk Division) right-of-way, a line 140 feet northwesterly of 222^nd Street, 141^st Road, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 219^th Street, a line 150 feet easterly of Springfield Boulevard,  a line 100 feet northeasterly of 138^th Road, Carson Street, 138^th Avenue, 218^th Street, 137^th Road, 219^th Street, 137^th Avenue, and 218^th Street; and

b.                     a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line midway between 228^th Street and 229^th Street, 135^th Avenue, a line midway between 226^th Street and 227^th Street,  a line 150 feet southwesterly of 135^th Avenue, a line midway between 227^th Street and 228^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 135^th Avenue, 228^th Street, a line 120 feet southwesterly of 135^th Avenue, a line midway between 228^th Street and 229^th Street, 135^th Avenue, a line midway between 229^th Street and 230^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 137^th Avenue, 225^th Street, 137^th Avenue, 224^th Street, a line 290 feet southwesterly of 135^th Avenue, a line midway between 225^th Street and 226^th Street, 135^th Avenue, a line 80 feet southeasterly of 225^th Street, a line 95 feet northeasterly of 135^th Avenue, and 227^th Street;

13.                     changing from an R2 District to an R4B District property bounded by:

a.                     130^th Avenue, a line midway between 227^th Street and 228^th Street, a line 225 feet southwesterly of  130^th Avenue, and a line midway between 226^th Street and 227^th Street;

b.                     a line 100 feet northeasterly of 141^st Avenue, a line midway between 227^th Street and 228^th Street, 141^st Avenue, and 226^th Street; and

c.                     a line 100 feet northeasterly of 141^st Avenue, 230^th Place, and 141^st Avenue, and a line midway between 228^th Street and 229^th Street;

14.                     changing from an R3-2 District to an R4B District property bounded by:

a.                      130^th Avenue, a line midway between 226^th Street and 227^th Street, 133^rd Avenue, a line midway between 225^th Street and 226^th Street, a line 75 feet northeasterly of 133^rd Avenue, and 224^th Street; and

b.                     141^st Avenue, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 228^th Street, Mentone Avenue, a line perpendicular to the southwesterly street line of Mentone Avenue distant 325 feet southeasterly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the southwesterly street line of Mentone Avenue and the southeasterly street line of 225^th Street, a northeasterly boundary line of the Long Island Rail Road (Montauk Division) right-of-way, 225^th Street, Mentone Avenue, and 226^th Street;

15.                     changing from an R2 District to an R5D District property bounded by 133^rd Road, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, a line midway between 133^rd Road and Merrick Boulevard, and Springfield Boulevard;

16.                     changing from an R3-2 District to an R5D District property bounded by a line 150 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard and its northwesterly prolongation (at 217^th Street), a line 100 feet northwesterly of 218^th Street, a line 175 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 217^th Street, 134^th Road, a line 200 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, a line midway between 134^th Road and 135^th Avenue, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, 135^th Avenue, and Springfield Avenue;

17.                     changing from a C8-1 District to an R5D District property bounded by a line midway between  Merrick Boulevard and 133^rd Road, 218^th Street, 133^rd Road, 220^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, 225^th Street, a line 150 feet southeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, 223rd Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 222nd Street, a line 140 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 221^st Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 220^th Street, a line 125 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 219^th Street, a line 150 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard and its northwesterly prolongation (at 217^th Street), and Springfield Boulevard;

18.                        establishing within a proposed R3X District a C1-3 District bounded by Springfield Boulevard, a line 60 feet northeasterly of 144^th Avenue, a line 75 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard,  144^th Avenue, and North Conduit Avenue;

19.                     establishing within an existing R3-2 District a C1-3 District bounded by:

a.                     225^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, 228^th Street, a line 95 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard,  229^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, 234^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 133^rd Road (straight portion) and its southeasterly centerline prolongation, a northwesterly service road of Laurelton Parkway, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 134th Road, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 234^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard,  230^th Street, a line 95 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 229^th Street, and a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard;

b.                     224^th Street, a line 80 feet northeasterly of 141^st Avenue, a line midway between 224^th Street and 225^th Street, 141^st Avenue, a line 90 feet northwesterly of 225^th Street, 141^st Road, 224^th Street, and 141^st Avenue; and

c.                     141^st Road, 224^th Street, Prospect Court, and a line 100 feet northwesterly of 224^th Street;

20.                     establishing within a proposed R5D District a C2-3 District bounded by Springfield Boulevard, 133^rd Road, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, a line midway between 133^rd Road and Merrick Boulevard, 218^th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Merrick Boulevard, 225^th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 222nd Street, a line 140 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 221^st Street,  a line 100 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard,  a line 100 feet northwesterly of 220^th Street, a line 125 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 219^th Street, a line 150 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 218^th Street, a line 175 feet southwesterly of Merrick Boulevard, 217^th Street, 134^th Road, a line 200 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, a line midway between 134^th Road and 135^th Avenue, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, and 135^th Avenue; 

as shown on a diagram (for illustrative purposes only) dated June 2, 2008 and which includes  CEQR Declaration E-215, Community District 13, Borough of Queens.

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 4, 2008, on file in this office.

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