File #: Res 1309-2005    Version: * Name: LU 594 - ULURP, Whitestone Rezoning, Queens (060055ZMQ)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 12/21/2005
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 060055 ZMQ, a Zoning Map change (L.U. No. 594).
Sponsors: Melinda R. Katz, Tony Avella
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12/21/05

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1309

 

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 060055 ZMQ, a Zoning Map change (L.U. No. 594).

 

By Council Members Katz and Avella

 

 

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on December 7, 2005 its decision dated December 7, 2005 (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 060055 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 December 15, 2005;

 

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 August 22, 2005 (CEQR No. 06DCP011Q);

 

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.

 

 

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                     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. 7b, 7d, 10a and 10c:

1.                      eliminating from an existing R2 District a C1-2 District bounded by 14th Avenue, 145th Place, a line 150 feet southeasterly of 14th Avenue, and Parsons Boulevard;

 

2.                      eliminating from an existing R3-2 District a C1-2 District bounded by:

 

a.                      19th Avenue, a line 150 feet southeasterly of Willets Point Boulevard, 20th Avenue, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 20th Road, Francis Lewis Boulevard, and Willets Point Boulevard; and

 

b.                      19th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, 22nd Avenue, a line 150 feet westerly of Utopia Parkway, 21st Avenue, a line midway between Utopia Parkway and 169th Street, 20th Avenue, and 169th Street;

 

3.                      eliminating from an existing R3-2 District a C2-2 District bounded by 10th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Clintonville Street, a line 85 feet southeasterly of 10th Avenue, and Clintonville Street;

 

4.                      eliminating from an existing R4 District a C1-2 District bounded by 24th Road, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 169th Street, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 26th Avenue, and Francis Lewis Boulevard;

 

5.                      changing from an R2 District to an R1-2 District property bounded by:

 

a.                      the U.S. Pierhead Line, the northwesterly prolongation of a line 125 feet northeasterly of 149th Street, 2nd Avenue, 149th Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 2nd Avenue, 147th Place, 3rd Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 147th Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 3rd Avenue and its southwesterly prolongation, the southwesterly service road of Whitestone Expressway, the southeasterly boundary line of Francis Lewis Park and its southwesterly prolongation, and the northeasterly boundary line of Francis Lewis Park and its northwesterly prolongation;

b.                      the U.S. Pierhead Line, a line 120 feet easterly of 161st Street and its northerly prolongation, Riverside Drive and its easterly centerline prolongation, 159th Street, Powell’s Cove Boulevard, 154th Place, Riverside Drive, and 158th Street and its northerly centerline prolongation; and

 

c.                     a line 100 feet southerly of 9th Avenue, 162nd Street, 14th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 166th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Cryders Lane, Totten Street, Cryders Lane, 166th Street, a line 95 feet northerly of Cross Island Parkway, 165th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Cross Island Parkway, a line 100 feet westerly of 165th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 14th Road, 164th Street, the northerly service road of the Cross Island Parkway, a line midway between 161st Street and 162nd Street, a line perpendicular to the easterly street line of 161st Street distant 175 feet southerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the easterly street line of 161st Street and the southeasterly street line of Cryders Lane, 161st Street, Cryders Lane, 158th Street, a line perpendicular to the westerly street line of 158th Street distant 100 feet northerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the westerly street line of 158th Street and the northwesterly street line of Cryders Lane, a line midway between 157th Street and 158th Street, 14th Avenue, and a line 100 feet westerly of 160th Street;

 

6.                      changing from an R3-2 District to an R2 District property bounded by the U.S. Pierhead Line, the northerly prolongation of a line 100 feet westerly of 151st Street, Powell’s Cove Boulevard, 6th Avenue, 150th Street, and a line perpendicular to the southeasterly centerline prolongation of 150th Street at its intersection with the northwesterly street line of 150th Street;

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

a.                      a line 100 feet southeasterly of 3rd Avenue and its southwesterly prolongation, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 147th Street, 3rd Avenue, 147th Place, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 2nd Avenue, 149th Street, 3rd Avenue, 150th Street, 6th Avenue, Powell’s Cove Boulevard, 151st Street, 7th Avenue, Powell’s Cove Boulevard and its easterly centerline prolongation, a line 100 feet easterly of 152nd Street, 10th Avenue, 152nd Street, 11th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Clintonville Street, 10th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Clintonville Street, 11th Avenue, 150th Street, a line 110 feet southeasterly of 11th Avenue, 148th Street, the northeasterly service road of Cross Island Parkway, 14th Avenue, 148th Street, 15th Avenue, 147th Street, 17th Avenue, Parsons Boulevard, 15th Avenue, 144th Place, 14th Avenue, the easterly service road of Whitestone Expressway, 15th Avenue and its northeasterly and westerly centerline prolongation, the westerly street line of former 138th Street, the southerly boundary line of Frank Golden Memorial Park, the easterly street line of 132nd Street, the easterly centerline prolongation of 15th Avenue, 132nd Street, 14th Avenue, 133rd Place, 11th Avenue, 138th Street, 13th Avenue, 143rd Street and its northerly centerline prolongation, 14th Avenue, 144th Street, the westerly service road of Whitestone Expressway, the northeasterly prolongation of the southerly street line of North Drive, and the southwesterly service road of Whitestone Expressway;

 

b.                      12th Road, 152nd Street, 12th Avenue, a line 100 feet westerly of 154th Street, 10th Avenue, 154th Street, 9th Avenue, a line 100 feet easterly of 160th Street, Powell’s Cove Boulevard, 162nd Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 9th Avenue, a line 100 feet westerly of 160th Street, 14th Avenue, a line midway between 157th Street and 158th Street, a line perpendicular to the westerly street line of 158th Street distant 100 feet northerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the westerly street line of 158th Street and the northwesterly street line of Cryders Lane, 158th Street, Cryders Lane, 161st Street, a line perpendicular to the easterly street line of 161st Street distant 175 feet southerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the easterly street line of 161st Street and the southeasterly street line of Cryders Lane, a line midway between 161st Street and 162nd Street, the northerly service road of Cross Island Parkway, a line 100 feet westerly of 154th Street, 14th Road, and Clintonville Street;

 

c.                      a line 100 feet northerly of 12th Avenue, 166th Street, 12th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, the northerly service road of Cross Island Parkway, 164th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 14th Road, a line 100 feet westerly of 165th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Cross Island Parkway, 165th Street, a line 95 feet northerly of Cross Island Parkway, 166th Street, Cryders Lane, Totten Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Cryders Lane, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 166th Street, 14th Avenue, and 162nd Street; and

 

d.                      24th Avenue, Murray Street, a line midway between 23rd Avenue and 24th Avenue, a line 200 feet westerly of 154th Street, 23rd Avenue, 154th Street, Willets Point Boulevard, 157th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 22nd Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Clintonville Street, 22nd Avenue, a line 100 feet easterly of 160th Street, a line 95 feet southwesterly of Clintonville Street, 23rd Avenue, 166th Street, 21st Road, 163rd Street, 20th Road, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 20th Avenue, a line 150 feet southeasterly of Willets Point Boulevard, 19th Avenue, 163rd Street and its northerly centerline prolongation, a line 100 feet northerly of 19th Avenue, 166th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 20th Avenue, 169th Street, 20th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Utopia Parkway, a line midway between Utopia Parkway and 169th Street, 21st Avenue, a line 150 feet southwesterly of Utopia Parkway, 22nd Avenue and its easterly centerline prolongation, the southeasterly and southwesterly boundary line of Clearview Park and its southeasterly prolongation, 26th Avenue, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 169th Street, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 24th Road, 166th Street, 25th Avenue, and a line 100 feet westerly of Murray Street;

 

 

8.                      changing from an R3-1 District to an R2A District property bounded by:

 

a.                      17th Avenue, 147th Street, 18th Avenue, and Parsons Boulevard;

 

b.                      21st Avenue, a line 100 feet easterly of 154th Street, Willets Point Boulevard, 154th Street, 23rd Avenue, a line 200 feet westerly of 154th Street, a line midway between 23rd Avenue and 24th Avenue, and Murray Street ;

 

c.                      17th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 160th Street, 20th Road, a line 75 feet easterly of 157th Street, 20th Avenue, a line 530 feet westerly of 160th Street, 19th Avenue, a line 280 feet southwesterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 18th Avenue, a line 265 feet southwesterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 17th Road, and 157th Street; and

 

d.                      20th Road, 163rd Street, 21st Avenue, and a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard;

 

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

 

a.                      14th Avenue, 144th Place, 15th Avenue, and the easterly service road of the Whitestone Expressway;

 

b.                      the northerly service road of Cross Island Parkway, a line 125 feet westerly of 159th Street, a line 200 feet northerly of 16th Avenue, 159th Street and its southerly centerline prolongation, 17th Avenue, and Francis Lewis Boulevard and its northwesterly centerline prolongation;

 

c.                      the northerly service road of Cross Island Parkway, 166th Street, 16th Avenue, Willets Point Boulevard, 16th Road, and 163rd Street;

 

d.                      a line 100 feet northerly of 19th Avenue, 163rd Street and its northerly centerline prolongation, 19th Avenue, a line 150 feet southeasterly of Willets Point Boulevard, 20th Avenue, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Willets Point Boulevard, 19th Avenue, and Willets Point Boulevard;

e.                      20th Avenue, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 20th Road, and a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, and

 

f.                      21st Avenue, a line midway between Utopia Parkway and 169th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Utopia Parkway, 22nd Avenue, and a line 150 feet southwesterly of Utopia Parkway;

 

10.                      changing from an R3-1 District to an R3A District property bounded by 16th Avenue, 147th Street, 15th Avenue, 148th Street, 14th Avenue, the northerly service road of Cross Island Parkway, Clintonville Street, the southerly service road of Cross Island Parkway, 15th Drive, Murray Street, 17th Avenue, Clintonville Street, 157th Street, Willets Point Boulevard, a line 100 feet easterly of 154th Street, 21st Avenue, Murray Street, 24th Avenue, Willets Point Boulevard, a line 95 feet easterly of 150th Street, a line midway between 18th Avenue and 19th Avenue, a line 95 feet westerly of 150th Street, 22nd Avenue, 149th Street, a line 110 feet southerly of 23rd Avenue, 146th Street, 20th Avenue, and Parsons Boulevard;

 

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

 

a.                      a line 150 feet southerly of 21st Avenue, 146th Street, a line 110 feet southerly of 23rd Avenue, a line 75 feet westerly of 146th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 24th Avenue, a line 150 feet easterly of Parsons Boulevard, 24th Avenue, and Parsons Boulevard; and

 

b.                      Willets Point Boulevard, 24th Avenue, a line 100 feet westerly of Murray Street, a line midway between 24th Avenue and 24th Road, and a line 100 feet easterly of 150th street;

 

12.                     changing from an R2 District to an R3X District property bounded by Clintonville Street, 163rd Street, 23rd Avenue, a line 95 feet southwesterly of Clintonville Street, and a line 100 feet easterly of 160th Street;

 

13.                      changing from an R3-1 District to an R3X District property bounded by 20th Road, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 163rd Street, Clintonville Street, and 160th Street;

 

14.                      changing from an R3-2 District to an R3X District property bounded by the southerly service road of Cross Island Parkway, 202nd Street, the southwesterly prolongation of the northwesterly boundary line of Clearview Park, the southwesterly boundary line of Clearview Park, 19th Avenue and its northeasterly centerline prolongation, 201st Street, 17th Avenue, 100th Street, 16th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, a line 80 feet northerly of 17th Road, a line 95 feet southwesterly of Utopia Parkway, 17th Road, and 166th Street;

 

15.                      changing from an R2 District to an R3-1 District property bounded by:

 

a. Willets Point Boulevard, Clintonville Street, 22nd Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Clintonville Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 22nd Avenue, and 157th Street; and

 

b. 21st Road, 166th Street, 23rd Avenue, and 163rd Street;

 

 

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

 

a.                      21st Avenue and its westerly centerline prolongation, Parsons Boulevard, 24th Avenue, a line 150 feet easterly of Parsons Boulevard, a line 100 feet southerly of 24th Avenue, a line 75 feet westerly of 146th Street, a line 110 feet southerly of 23rd Avenue, 146th Street, Willets Point Boulevard, 25th Road and its westerly centerline prolongation, and the westerly service road of the Whitestone Expressway; and

 

b.                      Willets Point Boulevard, a line 100 feet easterly of 150th Street, a line midway between 24th Avenue and 24th Road, a line 100 feet westerly of Murray Street, and 25th Avenue;

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

a.                      11th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Clintonville Street, a line midway between 11th Avenue and 12th Avenue, and a line 250 feet northeasterly of 150th Street; and

 

b.                      11th Avenue, 152nd Street, 12th Road, Clintonville Street, a line midway between 12th Avenue and 12th Road;

 

18.                      changing from an R3-1 District to an R3-2 District property bounded by Francis Lewis Boulevard, 20th Road, and 160th Street;

 

19.                      establishing within a proposed R2A District a C1-2 District bounded by 13th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Clintonville Street, 14th Road, and Clintonville Street;

 

20.                      establishing within a proposed R2A District a C1-3 District bounded by:

a.                      14th Avenue, 145th Place, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 14th Avenue, and Parsons Boulevard; and

 

b.                      12th Road, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Clintonville Street, 14th Avenue, and Clintonville Street;

 

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

                     

                     a.                      19th Avenue, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Willets Point Boulevard, 20th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 20th Road, Francis Lewis Boulevard, and Willets Point Boulevard; and

 

b.                      21st Road, Utopia Parkway, 22nd Avenue, and a line 100 feet southwesterly of Utopia Parkway;

 

 

 

 

 

 

22.                      establishing within a proposed R3-2 District a C2-2 District bounded by:

 

a.                      11th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Clintonville Street, a line midway between 11th Avenue and 12th Avenue, and a line 250 feet northeasterly of 150th Street; and

 

b.                      a line midway between 12th Avenue and 12th Road, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Clintonville Street, 12th Road, and Clintonville Street;

 

23.                      establishing within an existing R4 District a C1-3 District bounded by 24th Road, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 169th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 26th Avenue, and Francis Lewis Boulevard;

 

as shown on a diagram (for illustrative purposes only) dated August 22, 2005, and modified on December 7, 2005, and which includes CEQR designation E-153, Community District 7, 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 December 21, 2005, on file in this office.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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