THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1595

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on Application No. N 200244 ZRQ, for an amendment of the text of the Zoning Resolution (Preconsidered L.U. No. 749).

By Council Members Salamanca and Moya

                     WHEREAS, Phipps Houses, filed an application pursuant to Section 201 of the New York City Charter, for an amendment of the text of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, modifying Appendix F for the purpose of establishing a Mandatory Inclusionary Housing area  utilizing Option 1, which in conjunction with the related action would facilitate the development of a seven-story mixed-use building with residential and community facility uses located at 50-25 Barnett Avenue in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens, Community District 2, ULURP No. N 200244 ZRQ), (the “Application”);

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on March 3, 2021, its decision dated March 3, 2021 (the "Decision") on the Application;

WHEREAS, the Application is related to application C 200243 ZMQ (Pre. L.U. No. 748), a zoning map amendment to change an M1-1 district to R6A;

 WHEREAS, the Decision is subject to review and action by the Council pursuant to Section 197-d of the City Charter;

WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Decision and Application on March 4, 2021;

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, including the negative declaration issued October 5, 2020 (CEQR No. 20DCP038Q), which includes an (E) designation to avoid the potential for significant adverse impacts related to noise and hazardous materials (E-573) (the “Negative Declaration”).

RESOLVED:

The Council finds that the action described herein will have no significant impact on the environment as set forth in the (E) Designation (E-573) and Negative Declaration.

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 the report, N 200244 ZRQ, incorporated by reference herein, and the record before the Council, the Council approves the Decision of the City Planning Commission:

Matter underlined is new, to be added;

Matter struck out is to be deleted;

Matter within # # is defined in Section 12-10;

*** indicates where unchanged text appears in the Zoning Resolution.

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APPENDIX F

Inclusionary Housing Designated Areas and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Areas

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QUEENS                     

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Queens Community District 2

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Map 4 - [date of adoption]

[PROPOSED MAP]

Portion of Community District 2, Queens

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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 March 25, 2021, on file in this office.

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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council