THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
RESOLUTION NO. 1465
Resolution approving with modification the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 120195 ZMQ, a Zoning Map amendment (L.U. No. 621).
By Council Members Comrie and Weprin
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on May 25, 2012 its decision dated May 23, 2012 (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 of the Zoning Map to rezone all or portions of 229 blocks in the Woodhaven and Richmond Hill neighborhoods in Queens. The proposed rezoning from R3-1, R5, C8-1, and M1-1 districts to R3A, R3X, R4A, R4-1, R4B, and R6A and updating of certain commercial overlay districts, is intended to protect neighborhood character from out-of-character development, reinforce established development patterns, and direct opportunities for moderate residential and commercial growth to locations along wide streets and transit resources, including Jamaica and Atlantic Avenues, Community District 9, Borough of Queens (ULURP No. C 120195 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 June 19, 2012;
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 February 27, 2012, which includes (E) designations to avoid the potential for significant adverse impacts related to air quality, noise and hazardous materials (E-281) (CEQR No. 12DCP106Q);
RESOLVED:
The Council finds that the action described herein will have no significant impact on the environment.
Pursuant to Sections 197-d and 200 of the City Charter and on the basis of the Decision and Application, and based on the environmental determination and consideration described in this report, C 120195 ZMQ, incorporated by reference herein, the Council approves the Decision with the following modification:
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. 14b, 14d, 17c, 18a, and 18c:
Matter Strikeout is old, to be deleted by the Council;
Matter Underlined is new, to be added by the Council.
1. eliminating from an existing R3-1 District a C1-2 District bounded by a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 85th Street, a line 150 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, Woodhaven Boulevard, 86th Drive, 94th Street, a line 150 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 98th Street, a line 150 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, 85th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, 80th Street, Jamaica Avenue, and 80th Street;
2. eliminating from an existing R3-1 District a C2-2 District bounded by:
a. a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 76th Street, a line 150 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 80th Street, Jamaica Avenue, 80th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, 78th Street, a line 150 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, 75th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, and Dexter Court and it's southerly centerline prolongation;
b. a line 150 feet northwesterly of Atlantic Avenue, 112th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Atlantic Avenue, and 108th Street; and
c. and a line 150 feet northwesterly of Atlantic Avenue, 121st Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Atlantic Avenue, and 114th Street;
3. eliminating from an existing R5 District a C2-2 District bounded by a line 100 feet northwesterly of Atlantic Avenue, 121st Street, Atlantic Avenue, Lefferts Boulevard, 94th Avenue, 120th Street, a line 150 feet southeasterly of 94th Avenue, Lefferts Boulevard, a line 150 feet southeasterly of Atlantic Avenue, 107th Street, Atlantic Avenue, and 108th Street;
4. changing from an R3-1 District to an R3A District property bounded by:
a. a line 100 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, a line 80 feet northeasterly of 90th Street, 88th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Woodhaven Boulevard, 89th Avenue, Woodhaven Boulevard, 91st Avenue, 88th Street, a line 80 feet northerly of 91st Avenue, and a line midway between 88th Street and 89th Street; and
b. Park Lane South, the northeasterly boundary line of the Long Island Railroad right-of-way (Rockaway Beach Division), a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 98th Street, a line 250 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, and a line 100 feet easterly of 96th Street;
5. changing from an R3-1 District to an R3X District property bounded by:
a. Park Lane South, 89th Street, a line150 feet southerly of 85th Road, a line midway between 88th Street and 89th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 86th Street, 86th Avenue, a line 290 feet northeasterly of Forest Parkway, a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, Forest Parkway, southeasterly street line of 86th Road and its northeasterly prolongation, and a line 100 feet southwesterly of Forest Parkway;
b. Park Lane South, a line 100 feet easterly of 96th Street, a line 150 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 96th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 86th Road, 94th Street, 86th Drive, Woodhaven Boulevard, 86th Road, 91st Street, a line 150 feet northerly of 85th Road, and a line midway between 91st Street and 90th Street; and
c. a line 100 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, 98th Street, a line 175 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, a line 140 feet northeasterly of 98th Street, a line 225 feet southeasterly of 91st Avenue, 98th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Atlantic Avenue, 96th Street, 91st Avenue, 96th Street, 89th Avenue, and Woodhaven Boulevard;
6. changing from an R5 District to an R4-1 District property bounded by:
a. 95th Avenue, 104th Street, 94th Avenue, a line 90 feet northeasterly of 104th Street, 95th Avenue, a line midway between 106th Street and 105th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 101st Avenue, and 102nd Street;
b. a line 100 feet southeasterly of 101st Avenue, a line midway between 112th Street and 113th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 103rd Avenue, and a line midway between 101st Street and 102nd Street; and
c. Atlantic Avenue, 124th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 95th Avenue, and 121st Street;
7. changing from an M1-1 District to an R4-1 District property bounded by 94th Avenue, 104th Street, 95th Avenue, and 102nd Street;
8. changing from an R3-1 District to an R4A District property bounded by a line 100 feet southeasterly of Jamaica Avenue, a line midway between 114th Street and 115th Street, a line perpendicular to the southwesterly street line of 115th Street distant 290 feet southeasterly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the southeasterly street line of Jamaica Avenue and the southwesterly street line of 115th Street, 115th Street, a line 200 feet southeasterly of Jamaica Avenue, 116th Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Jamaica Avenue, Lefferts Boulevard, 89th Avenue, 121st Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Atlantic Avenue, 112th Street, 89th Avenue and its southwesterly centerline prolongation, and 113th Street;
9. changing from an R5 District to an R4A District property bounded by:
a. Atlantic Avenue, 96th Street, 95th Avenue, and Woodhaven Boulevard;
b. 94th Avenue, 106th Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Atlantic Avenue, Lefferts Boulevard, a line 200 feet northwesterly of 95th Avenue, 120th Street, a line 150 feet northwesterly of 95th Avenue, 121st Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 95th Avenue, 124th Street, 94th Avenue, 125th Street, Atlantic Avenue, 127th Street, 94th Avenue, 129th Street, a line 150 feet southeasterly of Atlantic Avenue, 130th Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Atlantic Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 134th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 95th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of the Van Wyck Expressway, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 101st Avenue, a line midway between 105th Street and 106th Street, 95th Avenue, and a line 90 feet northeasterly of 104th Street; and
c. a line 100 feet southeasterly of 101st Avenue, 135th Street, 102nd Avenue, Van Wyck Expressway, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 103rd Liberty Avenue, 133rd Street, 103rd Avenue, 127th Street, a line 90 feet northwesterly of 103rd Avenue, 114th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 103rd Avenue, and a line midway between 112th Street and 113th Street;
10. changing from an R5 District to an R4B District property bounded by a line 100 feet northwesterly of 95th Avenue, 124th Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 95th Avenue, and 121st Street;
11. changing from an R3-1 District to an R6A District property bounded by:
a. a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, a line 85 feet westerly of 76th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, Woodhaven Boulevard, 86th Drive, 94th Street-, a line 100 feet southerly of 86th Road, 96th Street, a line 150 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, a line 100 feet easterly of 96th Street, a line 250 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 98th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, and Dexter Court and its southerly centerline prolongation;
b. a line 150 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of
102nd Street, a line 175 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, and 98th Street; and
c. a line 100 feet southeasterly of Jamaica Avenue, 116th Street, a line 200 feet southeasterly of Jamaica Avenue, 115th Street, a line perpendicular to the southwesterly street line of 115th Street distant 290 feet southeasterly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the southeasterly street line of Jamaica Avenue and the southwesterly street line of 115th Street, and a line midway between 114th Street and 115th Street;
12. changing from an R3-2 District to an R6A District property bounded by a line 130 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, a line 85 feet westerly of 76th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue; and Dexter Court;
13. changing from an R5 District to an R6A District property bounded by a line midway between 93rd Avenue and Atlantic Avenue and its northeasterly prolongation, 108th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Atlantic Avenue, 121st Street, Atlantic Avenue, Lefferts Boulevard, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Atlantic Avenue, 106th Street, 94th Avenue, and a line 100 feet northeasterly of 104th Street;
14. changing from a C8-1 District to an R6A District property bounded by:
a. Jamaica Avenue, the southerly prolongation of Dexter Court, a line 100 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, and Eldert Lane; and
b. a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, the northeasterly boundary line of the Long Island Railroad right-of-way (Rockaway Beach Division), a line perpendicular to the southwesterly street line of 101st Street distant 240 feet northwesterly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the northerly street line of Jamaica Avenue to the southwesterly street line of 101st Street, 101st Street, Jamaica Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 102nd Street, a line 150 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, and 98th Street;
15. establishing within a proposed R4A District a C2-3 District bounded by a line 150 feet southeasterly of Jamaica Avenue, Lefferts Boulevard, a line 535 feet southeasterly of Jamaica Avenue, and a line midway between Lefferts Boulevard and 118th Street;
16. establishing within an existing R5 District a C2-3 District bounded by:
a. 94th Avenue, 120th Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 94th Avenue, and Lefferts Boulevard;
b. Atlantic Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 130th Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Atlantic Avenue, 129th Street, 94th Avenue, and 127th Street;
c. Atlantic Avenue, 134th Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Atlantic Avenue, and 133rd Street; and
d. a line 100 feet southeasterly of Atlantic Avenue, the southwesterly service road of Van Wyck Expressway, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 95th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Van Wyck Expressway, and a line 100 feet northwesterly of 95th Avenue, and a line 100 feet northeasterly of 134th street;
17. establishing within a proposed R6A District a C1-4 District bounded by a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, Woodhaven Boulevard, 86th Drive, 94th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 86th Road, 96th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 98th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, 80th Street, Jamaica Avenue, and 80th Street;
18. establishing within a proposed R6A District a C2-3 District bounded by a line midway between 93rd Avenue and Atlantic Avenue and its northeasterly prolongation, 108th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Atlantic Avenue, 121st Street, Atlantic Avenue, Lefferts Boulevard, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Atlantic Avenue, 106th Street, Atlantic Avenue, and a line 100 feet northeasterly of 104th Street; and
19. establishing within a proposed R6A District a C2-4 District bounded by:
a. Jamaica Avenue, Dexter Court, a line 130 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, a line 85 feet westerly of 76th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, 80th Street, Jamaica Avenue, 80th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, and Eldert Lane; and
b. a line 100 feet northerly of Jamaica Avenue, the northeasterly boundary line of the Long Island Railroad right-of-way (Rockaway Beach Division), a line perpendicular to the southwesterly street line of 101st Street distant 240 feet northwesterly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the northerly street line of Jamaica Avenue to the southwesterly street line of 101st Street, 101st Street, Jamaica Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 102nd Street, a line 175 feet southerly of Jamaica Avenue, and 98th Street;
as shown on a diagram (for illustrative purposes only) dated February 27, 2012, modified by the City Council on July 25, 2012, and subject to the conditions of CEQR Declaration E-281, Community District 9, Borough of Queens.
Adopted.
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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 July 25, 2012, on file in this office.
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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council