File #: Res 1949-2009    Version: * Name: LU 1057 - Zoning Map Amendment (C090281ZMQ)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 4/22/2009
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 090281 ZMQ, a Zoning Map amendment (Preconsidered L.U. No. 1057).
Sponsors: Melinda R. Katz, Tony Avella
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Press Release, 2. Committee Report, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4/22/09

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1949

 

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 090281 ZMQ, a Zoning Map amendment (Preconsidered L.U. No. 1057).

 

By Council Members Katz and Avella

 

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on April 3, 2009 its decision dated April 1, 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 090281 ZMQ) (the "Application");

 

WHEREAS, the Application is related to Application N 090282 ZRY (Preconsidered L.U. No. 1058), amendment to the Zoning Resolution to establish a citywide R1-2A zoning district;

 

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 April 20, 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 and the Negative Declaration, issued on January 20, 2009 (CEQR No. 09DCP042Q);

 

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. 7d, 11a and 11c:

 

1.                     eliminating from within an existing R4 District a C1-2 District bounded by:

 

a.                     25th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 26th Avenue, a line 150 feet westerly of 168th Street, a line 150 feet southwesterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, Bayside Lane, 25th Drive, and 166th Street;

 

b.                     26th Avenue, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 27th Avenue, a line midway between Francis Lewis Boulevard and 172nd Street, 28th Avenue, and Francis Lewis Boulevard;

 

2.                     eliminating from within an existing R5 District a C1-2 District bounded by:

 

1.                     Willets Point Boulevard,

2.                     Parsons Boulevard,

3.                     the westerly prolongation of the northerly street line of 25th Drive,

4.                     a line 125 feet westerly of Parsons Boulevard, and

5.                     a line perpendicular to Willets Point Boulevard and passing through a point on                      Course No. 4 distance 160 feet northerly of Course No. 3;

 

3.                     eliminating from within an existing R4 District a C1-3 District bounded by 24th Road, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 169th Street, Francis Lewis Boulevard, and 166th Street;

 

4.                     eliminating from within an existing R4 District a C1-4 District bounded by 169th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 26th Avenue, and Francis Lewis Boulevard;

5.                     changing from an R1-2 District to an R1-2A District property bounded by 32nd Avenue, a line midway between 162nd Street and 163rd Street, a line 60 feet northerly of 35th Avenue, a line midway between 167th Street and 168th Street, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, 164th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, a line 100 feet northerly of Northern Boulevard, 158th Street, Northern Boulevard, 157th Street, a line 150 feet northerly of Northern Boulevard, and 156th Street;

6.                     changing from an R1-2 District to an R2 District property bounded by Riverside Drive, 159th Street, Powells Cove Boulevard, and a line midway between 158th Street and 159th Street;

7.                     changing from an R6 District to an R2 District property bounded by a line 100 feet southerly of 33rd Avenue, the southerly prolongation of a line 90 feet easterly of 143rd Street (straight line portion), the southerly terminus of 143rd Street and its northwesterly and southeasterly prolongations, and Union Street;

 

 

8.                     changing from an R1-2 District to an R2A District property bounded by a line 100 feet northerly of 35th Avenue, a line midway between 167th Street and 168th Street, a line 60 northerly of 35th Avenue, and a line midway between 162nd Street and 163rd Street;

 

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

d.                     a line midway between 28th Avenue, and 29th Avenue and its westerly prolongation, the northerly prolongation of the easterly street line of 148th Street, 29th Avenue, 148th Street, Bayside Avenue, 150th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Bayside Avenue, Murray Lane, Bayside Avenue, a line 100 feet westerly of Murray Street, 25th Avenue, 166th Street, Bayside Lane, a line midway between 25th Drive and 26th Avenue, a line 150 feet southwesterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, a line 150 feet westerly of 168th Street, 26th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 170th Street, 29th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 33rd Avenue, 191st Street, a line 150 feet southerly of 33rd Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, the westerly centerline prolongation of 34th Avenue, 192nd Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 35th Avenue, 190th Street, 35th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, a line perpendicular to the westerly street line of Utopia Parkway distant 100 feet northerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the westerly street line of Utopia Parkway and the northerly street line of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, 172nd Street, a line perpendicular to the westerly street line of 172nd Street distant 90 feet northerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the westerly street line of 172nd Street and the northerly street line of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, a line midway between 171st Street and 172nd Street, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, 169th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, 168th Street, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, a line midway between 167th Street and 168th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 35th Avenue, a line midway between 162nd Street and 163rd Street, 32nd Avenue, 156th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 33rd Avenue, 154th Street, 33rd Avenue, Murray Street, 34th Avenue, a line midway between 147th Place and 148th Street, 33rd Avenue, Union Street, 29th Avenue, and a line 100 feet easterly of Union Street, and excluding the area bounded by a line 150 feet northwesterly of Bayside Lane, 28th Avenue and its easterly prolongation, Bayside Lane, a line 100 feet southerly of 27th Avenue, a line midway between 167th Street and 168th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 32nd Avenue, 168th Street, 32nd Avenue, a line midway between 166th Street and 167th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 32nd Avenue, a line midway between 162nd Street and 163rd Street, 29th Avenue, and 161st Street;

 

e.                     26th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 202nd Street, a line 250 feet northwesterly of 29th Avenue, 202nd Street, 29th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, 28th Avenue, and 172nd Street; and

 

f.                     26th Avenue, the westerly service road of the Clearview  Expressway, 29th Avenue, and 206th Street;

 

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

 

a.                     Willets Point Boulevard, 149th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 25th Drive, 148th Street, 25th Drive and a line midway between 147th Street and 148th Street;

 

b.                     Bayside Avenue, Murray Lane, a line 100 feet southerly of Bayside Avenue, and                      150th Street;

 

c.                     34th Avenue, Murray Street, a line 150 feet northerly of 35th Avenue, 150th Place, 35th Avenue, and a line midway between 150th Street and 150th Place;

 

d.                     a line 150 feet northwesterly of Bayside Lane, 28th Avenue, a line 240 feet easterly of 161st Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Bayside Lane, and 161st Street;

                     

e.                     Bayside Lane, a line 100 feet southerly of 27th Avenue, 166th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 32nd Avenue, 164th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 29th Avenue, 65th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 29th Avenue, 163rd Street, and the easterly centerline prolongation of 28th Avenue; and

                     f.                     a line 100 feet southerly of 27th Avenue, a line midway between 167th Street and                      168th Street, 29th Avenue, and 167th Street;

 

11.                     changing from an R3X District to an R2A District property bounded by:

 

                     a.                     29th Avenue, 202nd Street, 32nd Avenue, and 201st Street; and

 

b.                     29th Avenue, the westerly service road of the Clearview Expressway, 32nd Avenue, and 204th Street;

 

12.                     changing from an R4 District to an R2A District property bounded by:

 

a.                     a line midway between 25th Drive and 26th Avenue and its easterly prolongation, 168th Street, 26th Avenue, a line 150 feet westerly of 168th Street, and a line 150 feet southwesterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard;

 

b.                     24th Road, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 169th Street, and a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard;

 

c.                     a line 150 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 26th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, and 169th Street; and

 

d.                     a line 100 feet southeasterly of 26th Avenue, 172nd Street, 28th Avenue, and 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard;

 

13.                     changing from an R4-1 District to an R2A District property bounded by 32nd Avenue, the westerly service road of the Clearview Expressway, a line 95 feet northwesterly of 34th Avenue, a line midway between 204th Street and 205th Street, a line 95 feet southeasterly of 33rd Avenue, 204th Street, a line 95 feet northwesterly of 33rd Avenue, a line midway between 204th Street and 205th Street, a line 95 feet southeasterly of 32nd Avenue, and 204th Street;

 

14.                     changing from an R5 District to an R2A District property bounded by 35th Avenue, 190th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, and Utopia Parkway;

 

15.                     changing from an R3-2 District to an R3-1 District property bounded by Willets Point Boulevard, a line midway between 147th Street and 148th Street, 25th Drive, 148th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 25th Drive, 149th Street, 28th Avenue, and 147th Street;

 

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

 

a.                     a line midway between 28th Avenue and 29th Avenue, 149th Street, Bayside Avenue, 148th Street, 29th Avenue, and the northerly prolongation of the easterly street line of 148th Street; and

 

b.                     a line 100 feet northerly of 34th Avenue, a line 100 feet westerly of 153rd Street, a line 40 feet northerly of 34th Avenue, 153rd Street, 34th Avenue, and Murray Street;

 

17.                     changing from an R2 District to an R3X District property bounded by 26th Avenue, 203rd Street, 29th Avenue, 202nd Street, a line 250 feet northwesterly of 29th Avenue, and a line 100 feet northeasterly of 202nd Street;

 

 

18.                     changing from a R4-1 District to an R3X District property bounded by 32nd Avenue, 204th                      Street, a line 95 feet southeasterly of 32nd Avenue, and 201st Street;

19.                     changing from an R2 District to an R4 District property bounded by 25th Drive, Bayside Lane, a line 150 feet southwesterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, a line midway between 25th Drive and 26th Avenue, Bayside Lane, and 166th Street;

 

20.                     changing from an R5 District to an R4 District property bounded by:

                     a.                     Willets Point Boulevard, 146th Street, 28th Avenue, and Parsons Boulevard; and

b.                     35th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, the southerly boundary line of the Long Island Rail Road right-of-way (Northside Division), 192nd Street, 39th Avenue, 194th Street, 37th Avenue, 193rd Street, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, and a line 240 feet easterly of 192nd Street;

 

21.                     changing from an R5 District to an R4-1 District property bounded by 35th Avenue, a line 240 feet easterly of 192nd Street, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, 193rd Street, 37th Avenue, 194th Street, 39th Avenue, 193rd Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 37th Avenue, 190th Street, 37th Avenue, 192nd Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 37th Avenue, a line midway between 191st Street and 192nd Street, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, and 192nd Street;

 

22.                     changing from an R3-2 District to an R4A District property bounded by:

 

a.                     Willets Point Boulevard, 147th Street, 28th Avenue, 194th Street, a line midway between 28th Avenue and 29th Avenue, and 146th Street;

 

b.                     25th Avenue, a line 100 feet westerly of Murray Street, Bayside Avenue, 150th Street, a line midway between 29th Avenue and Bayside Avenue, a line 100 feet easterly of 150th Street, 26th Avenue, and a line 95 feet easterly of 150th Street; and

 

c.                     34th Avenue, 149th Place, a line 100 feet northerly of Northern Boulevard, 149th Street, 35th Avenue, and 146th Street;

 

23.                     changing from a R5 District to an R4A District property bounded by 28th Avenue, 146th                      Street, a line midway between 28th Avenue and 29th Avenue, and Parsons Boulevard;

 

 

 

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

 

a.                     Francis Lewis Boulevard, 29th Avenue, and 170th Street; and

 

b.                     a line 100 feet northerly of 32nd Avenue, 168th Street, 32nd Avenue, and a line midway between 166th Street and 167th Street;

 

25.                     changing from an R3-2 District to an R4B District property bounded by a line 100 feet southerly of 27th Avenue, 167th Street, 29th Avenue, a line midway between 167th Street and 168th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 32nd Avenue, and 166th Street;

 

26.                     changing from an R4 District to an R4B District property bounded by 28th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, and Francis Lewis Boulevard;

 

27.                     changing from an R4-1 District to an R4B District property bounded by a line 95 feet northwesterly of 34th Avenue, the westerly service road of Clearview Expressway, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 34th Avenue, and 205th Street;

 

28.                     changing from an R2 District to an R5B District property bounded by:

 

a.                     a line 100 feet northerly of 35th Avenue, 192nd Street, 35th Avenue, and 190th Street; and

 

b.                     a line perpendicular to the westerly street line of 172nd Street distant 90 feet northerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the westerly street line of 172nd Street and the northerly street line of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, 172nd Street, a line perpendicular to the westerly street line of Utopia Parkway distant 100 feet northerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the westerly street line of Utopia Parkway and the northerly street line of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, Utopia Parkway, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, and a line midway between 171st Street and 172nd Street;

 

29.                                          changing from an R5 District to an R5B District property bounded by:

 

a.                     35th Avenue, 192nd Street, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, a line midway between 191st Street and 192nd Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 37th Avenue, 192nd Street, 37th Avenue, 190th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 37th Avenue, 192nd Street, the southerly boundary line of the Long Island Rail Road right-of-way (Northside Division), the northerly prolongation of the easterly street line of 189th Street, 39th Avenue, 170th Street, Depot Road, a line midway between 168th Street and 169th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, 169th Street, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, Utopia Parkway, a line 100 feet northerly of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, and 190th Street; and

 

b.                     the southwesterly centerline of 34th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 35th Avenue, and 192nd Street;

 

30.                     changing from an R2 District to an R5D District property bounded by a line 100 feet northerly of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, 169th Street, Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, and 168th Street;

 

31.                     changing from an R5 District to an R5D District property bounded by Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, 169th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Elmer E. Crocheron Avenue, a line midway between 168th Street and 169th Street, Depot Road, the northerly centerline prolongation of 168th Street, Station Road, and 167th Street and its southerly centerline;

 

32.                     changing from an R6 District to an R5D District property bounded by 31st Drive, Union Street, 33rd Avenue, Leavitt Street, 32nd Avenue, and 140th Street;

 

33.                     establishing within an existing R3-2 District a C1-3 District bounded by 28th Avenue, 163rd Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 29th Avenue, 161st Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Bayside Lane, and a line 240 feet easterly of 161st Street; and

 

34.                     establishing within an existing R4 District a C1-3 District bounded by 25th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 169th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 28th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 26th Avenue, 168th Street, a line midway between 25th Drive and 26th Avenue and its easterly prolongation, a line 100 feet westerly of 168th Street and its northerly prolongation, and Francis Lewis Boulevard;

 

as shown in a diagram (for illustrative purposes only) dated January 20, 2009, Community Districts 7 and 11, 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 April 22, 2009, on file in this office.

 

 

 

 

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