THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
RESOLUTION NO. 2132
Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 090272 ZMK, a Zoning Map amendment (L.U. No. 1136).
By Council Member Katz
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on June 18, 2009 its decision dated June 17, 2009 (the "Decision"), on the application submitted by the 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 090272 ZMK) (the "Application");
WHEREAS, the Application is related to ULURP Applications Numbers N 090273 (A) ZRK (L.U. No. 1137), a zoning text amendment to create the Special Coney Island District; C 090274 PQK (L.U. No. 1138), an acquisition of property located within the Coney East subdistrict; C 090275 PQK (L.U. No. 1139), an acquisition of property located at West 19th Street and Surf Avenue; C 090276 HAK (L.U. No. 1140), an urban development action area project designation, project approval and disposition of city-owned property located between West 19th Street and West 20th Street and between Surf Avenue and Mermaid Avenue; C 090277 PPK (L.U. No. 1141), a disposition of city-owned property within the Coney East subdistrict; and C 090107 MMK (L.U. No. 1142), an amendment of the City Map to eliminate and establish parkland, to eliminate, discontinue and close, establish and extend certain streets and to modify the grades of existing streets;
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 July 1, 2009;
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; the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for which a Notice of Completion was issued on June 5, 2009 with respect to this application (CEQR No. 08DME007K) and the Technical Memoranda, dated June 15, 2009, in which the City Planning Commission finds that the requirements of the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and Regulations have been met, and July 22, 2009 in which it was found that the Council modifications would not result in any new significant adverse environmental impacts not already identified in the FEIS;
RESOLVED:
Having considered the FEIS and the Technical Memoranda, with respect to the Application, the Council finds that:
(1) The FEIS meets the requirements of 6 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 617;
(2) Consistent with social, economic and other essential considerations, from among the reasonable alternatives thereto, the action, together with the modifications thereto adopted herein, and as described in the Technical Memoranda, dated June 15, 2009 and July 22, 2009 is one which minimizes or avoids adverse environmental impacts to the maximum extent practicable;
(3) The adverse environmental impacts disclosed in the FEIS will be minimized or avoided to the maximum extent practicable by incorporating as conditions to the approval, those mitigative measures that were identified as practicable; and
(4) The Decision, the FEIS and the Technical Memoranda dated June 15, 2009 and July 22, 2009, constitute the written statement of facts, and of social, economic and other factors and standards, that form the basis of the decision, pursuant to 6 N.Y.C.R.R. §617.11(d).
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 No. 28d:
1. eliminating from within an existing R6 District a C1-2 District bounded by Mermaid Avenue, Stillwell Avenue, a line 150 feet southerly of Mermaid Avenue, West 17th Street, a line 250 feet southerly of Mermaid Avenue, West 19th Street, a line 150 feet southerly of Mermaid Avenue, and West 20th Street;
2. changing from a C7 District to an R5 District property bounded by a line 300 feet northerly of the northerly boundary line of Coney Island Beach, a line 150 feet northerly of former Highland View Avenue, West 22nd Street, the northerly and easterly boundary line of a park, the northerly boundary line of Coney Island Beach, and West 24th Street and its southerly centerline prolongation;
3. changing from an R6 District to an R7A District property bounded by Mermaid Avenue, West 15th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Mermaid Avenue, and West 20th Street;
4. changing from a C7 District to an R7D District property bounded by Surf Avenue, the northerly prolongation of the westerly boundary line of a park, the northerly and westerly boundary line of a former park, the northerly boundary line of Coney Island Beach, the easterly and northerly boundary line of a park, and West 22nd Street; and excluding the area bounded by the southerly street line of Surf Avenue, the westerly street line of West 21st Street, the southerly, easterly and southerly boundary line of a former park, and the easterly street line of West 22nd Street;
5. changing from an R6 District to an R7X District property bounded by Mermaid Avenue, Stillwell Avenue, a line 150 feet southerly of Mermaid Avenue, West 17th Street, Surf Avenue, West 20th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Mermaid Avenue, and West 15th Street;
6. changing from a C7 District to an R7X District property bounded by a line 150 feet southerly of Mermaid Avenue, Stillwell Avenue, Surf Avenue, and West 17th Street;
7. establishing an R7D District bounded by:
a. the southerly street line of Surf Avenue, the westerly street line of West 21st Street, the southerly, easterly and southerly boundary line of a former park, and the easterly street line of West 22nd Street; and
b. the southerly street line of Surf Avenue, the proposed westerly boundary line of a park, the northerly boundary line of Coney Island Beach, and the westerly boundary line of a former park;
8. establishing within a proposed R7A District a C2-4 District bounded by Mermaid Avenue, West 15th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Mermaid Avenue, and West 20th Street;
9. establishing within a proposed R7D District a C2-4 District bounded by Surf Avenue, the westerly boundary line of a park, the northerly boundary line of Coney Island Beach, the easterly and northerly boundary line of a park, and West 22nd Street;
10. establishing within a proposed R7X District a C2-4 District bounded by Mermaid Avenue, Stillwell Avenue, Surf Avenue, West 20th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Mermaid Avenue, and West 15th Street; and
11. establishing a Special Coney Island District (CI) bounded by Mermaid Avenue, Stillwell Avenue, the southerly boundary of the MTA New York City Transit Authority right-of-way, West 8th Street, Surf Avenue, the centerline of former West 8th Street and its northerly centerline prolongation, the northerly boundary line of Coney Island Beach, the easterly and northerly boundary line of a park, West 22nd Street, Surf Avenue, and West 20th Street;
as shown on a diagram (for illustrative purposes only) dated January 20, 2008, and which includes CEQR designation E-229, Community District 13, Borough of Brooklyn.
Adopted.
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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 29, 2009, on file in this office.
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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council