THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
RESOLUTION NO. 539

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Resolution approving with modifications the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 100409 ZMQ, a Zoning Map amendment (L.U. No. 230).
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By Council Members Comrie and Weprin

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on October 4, 2010 its decision dated September 29, 2010 (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 of the Zoning Map to rezone all or portions of 418 blocks in the northeast Queens neighborhoods of Auburndale, Oakland Gardens and Hollis Hills in Community Districts 7, 8, and 11. The proposed rezoning from R1-2, R2, R3-1, R3-2, R4, R4-1, and R5 districts to R1-2A, R2A, R3X, R3-1, R4, R4-1, R4B, and R5D districts is intended to protect neighborhood character from out-of-scale development, more closely reflect established one- and two-family development patterns, provide a limited density increase on primary corridors, including Springfield and Bell Boulevards, and update commercial overlays to prevent commercial intrusion onto residential blocks (ULURP No. C 100409 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 October 25, 2010;

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 May 24, 2010, which included (E) designations to avoid the potential for hazardous material impacts and air quality impacts (E-253), (CEQR No. 10DCP037Q);

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, and based on the environmental determination and consideration described in this report, C 100409 ZMQ, incorporated by reference herein, the Council approves the Decision with the following modifications:
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. 10c, 10d, 11b, 15a:

Matter strikeout is old, to be deleted by City Council;
Matter underline is new, to be added by City Council.
1. eliminating from within an existing R3-2 District a C1 -2 District bounded by:
a line 150 feet northerly of 46th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, 46th Avenue, 189th Street, a line 150 feet southerly of Hollis Court, Utopia Parkway, Ashby Avenue, and Auburndale Lane;
a line 150 feet northwesterly of Horace Harding Expressway, 198th Street, 58th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 1 98th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Horace Harding Expressway, 198th Street, Horace Harding Expressway, and 197th Street;
a line 220 feet northwesterly of Union Turnpike, a line 150 feet northeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, a line 150 feet northerly of Union Turnpike, a line 150 feet westerly of 226th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Union Turnpike, and a line
125 feet northeasterly of Springfield Boulevard; and
a line 100 feet southerly of Union Turnpike, Springfield Boulevard, a line 150 feet southerly of Union Turnpike, and 222nd Street;
eliminating from within an existing R3-2 District a C2-2 District bounded by a line 150 feet northwesterly of the Horace Harding Expressway, 183rd Street, Booth Memorial Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 185th Street, Horace Harding Expressway, and 182nd Street;
changing from an R1-2 District to an R1-2A District property bounded by the southeasterly service road of Horace Harding Expressway, a line midway between 215th Street and Bell Boulevard, a line 175 feet southeasterly of Horace Harding Expressway, Bell Boulevard, 67th Avenue, and 210th Street;
changing from an R2 District to an R2A District property bounded by:

Station Road, 168th Street, Station Road, Auburndale Lane, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Northern Boulevard, a line midway between 169th Street and 170th Street, Northern Boulevard, 167th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Northern Boulevard, and 165th Street;

a line 100 feet southwesterly of Northern Boulevard, 168th Street, 43rd Avenue, 170th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Northern Boulevard, 171st Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Northern Boulevard, a line midway between Utopia Parkway and 172nd Street, a line perpendicular to the easterly street line of 172nd Street distant 120 feet southerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the easterly street line of 172nd Street and the southerly street line of 45th Avenue, 172nd Street, a line 150 feet northerly of 46th Avenue, Auburndale Lane, 46th Avenue, a line 100 feet westerly of 166th Street, 45th Avenue, and 166th Street,

Laburnum Avenue, 156th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Oak Avenue, 164th Street, Meadow Road, Auburndale Lane, Bagley Avenue, Utopia Parkway, 48th Avenue, Hollis Court Boulevard, 50th Avenue, Underhill Avenue, 188th Street, Peck Avenue, 192nd Street, the northwesterly service road of Horace Harding Expressway, 185th Street, 56th Avenue, a line midway between 185th Street and 186th Street, 50th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, 56th Avenue, a line midway between 175th Place and 175th Street, Booth Memorial Avenue, Fresh Meadow Lane, a northerly boundary of Kissena Park, a northeasterly boundary of Kissena Park and its northwesterly prolongation, Underhill Avenue and its northeasterly centerline prolongation, 164th Street, Oak Avenue, Rose Avenue, Parsons Boulevard, Quince Avenue, Bowne Street, a line midway between Quince Avenue and Rose Avenue, Robinson Street, a line 95 feet northwesterly of Oak Avenue, Burling Street, Negundo Avenue, and Parsons Boulevard;
46th Avenue, 195th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 45th Avenue, 196th Street, 45th Road, a line 100 feet easterly of 196th Place, 46th Avenue, a line midway between 196th Place and 197th Street, 47th Avenue, 194th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 47th Avenue, and a line midway between 193rd Street and 194th Street;
Weeks Lane, 201st Street, a line 250 feet northwesterly of 48th Avenue, 202nd Street, a line 150 feet northwesterly of 48th Avenue, a line midway between 202nd Street and 203rd Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 50th Avenue, a line midway between 203rd Street and the Clearview Expressway, 53rd Avenue, the Clearview Expressway, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Horace Harding Expressway and its northeasterly prolongation, 201st Street, a line 150 feet northerly of Horace Harding Expressway, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 53rd Avenue, 201st Street, a line 140 feet northwesterly of 53rd Avenue, a line midway between 201st Street and 202nd Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 50th Avenue, 201st Street, 50th Avenue, and Francis Lewis Boulevard; and
76th Avenue, Cloverdale Boulevard, the northwesterly street line of former Motor Parkway, Springfield Boulevard, a line 220 feet northwesterly of Union Turnpike, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Springfield Boulevard, Union Turnpike, 222nd Street, a line 150 feet southeasterly of Union Turnpike, Springfield Boulevard, a northwesterly service road of Grand Central Parkway, 86th Avenue, Bell Boulevard, 86th Road and its westerly centerline prolongation, the southwesterly street line of 212th Street, Hollis Hills Terrace and its southeasterly centerline prolongation, the southeasterly street line of former Motor Parkway, Oceania Street, the centerline of former Motor Parkway, a line 200 feet northeasterly of Bell Boulevard, 77th Avenue, 217th Street, a line 120 feet northwesterly of 77th Avenue, and Springfield Boulevard;
5. changing from an R3-2 District to an R2A District property bounded by:
the easterly centerline prolongation of Bagley Avenue, 188th Street, 47th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 188th Street, 48th Avenue, and Utopia Parkway;
a line 230 feet southeasterly of 47th Avenue, a line midway between 190th Street and 189th Street, 48th Avenue, and a line midway between 189th Street and 188th Street;
a line 205 feet southeasterly of 56th Avenue, 185th Street, Booth Memorial Avenue, and a line midway between 185th Street and 184th Street;
a line 100 feet northerly of 47th Avenue, 194th Street, 47th Avenue, and a line midway between 193rd Street and 194th Street,
a line 100 feet southeasterly of 47th Avenue, 192nd Street, 47th Avenue, Hollis Court Boulevard, a line perpendicular to the northeasterly street line of Hollis Court Boulevard distant 270 feet northwesterly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the northeasterly street line of Hollis Court Boulevard and the southwesterly street line of 194th Street, a line 100 feet northeasterly of Hollis Court Boulevard, a line midway between 193rd Street and 194th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 47th Avenue, 195th Street, 48th Avenue, a line midway between 196th Place and 196th Street, a line 180 feet northwesterly of 48th Avenue, a line midway between 195th Street and 196th Street, 47th Avenue, 197th Street, a line 340 feet northwesterly of 48th Avenue, a line midway between 197th Street and 196th Place, 48th Avenue, 196th Place, a line midway between 48th Avenue and 49th Avenue, Weeks Lane, 49th Avenue, a line 100 feet easterly of Weeks Lane, 48th Avenue, Weeks Lane, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 50th Avenue, a line midway between 199th Street and Francis Lewis Boulevard, 53rd Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 58th Avenue, Hollis Court Boulevard, 58th Avenue, a line 100 feet northeasterly of 198th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Horace Harding Boulevard and its southwesterly prolongation, 197th Street, the northwesterly service road of Horace Harding Expressway, 1 92nd Street, Peck Avenue, 188th Street, Underhill Avenue, 50th Avenue, Hollis Court Boulevard, 48th Avenue, and 190th Street, and excluding the area bounded by Weeks Lane, a line perpendicular to the northwesterly street line of 53rd Avenue distant 140 feet northeasterly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the northwesterly street line of 53rd Avenue and the northeasterly street line of Hollis Court Boulevard, 53rd Avenue, Hollis Court Boulevard, a line 350 feet northwesterly of 56th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Hollis Court Boulevard, a line 220 feet northwesterly of 56th Avenue, 196th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 56th Avenue, 194th Street, 56th Avenue, a line midway between 194th Street and 193rd Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 53rd Avenue, 196th Street, and Hollis Court Boulevard;
the northeasterly prolongation of a line 100 feet northwesterly of Horace Harding Expressway, a northwesterly service road of Horace Harding Expressway, and 203rd Street; and
a line 100 feet southeasterly of Union Turnpike, Springfield Boulevard, a line 150 feet southeasterly of Union Turnpike, and 222nd Street;
6. changing from an R4-1 District to an R2A District property bounded by a line 130 feet
northerly of 45th Avenue, 166th Street, 45th Avenue, and a line midway between 165th Street and 166th Street;
7. changing from an R2 District to an R3-1 District property bounded by:
a line 150 feet northwesterly of 48th Avenue, 203rd Street, 48th Avenue, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 50th Avenue, and a line midway between 202nd Street and 203rd Street; and
50th Avenue, 201st Street, a line 100 feet southeasterly of 50th Avenue, a line midway between 201st Street and 202nd Street, a line 140 feet northwesterly of 53rd Avenue, 201st Street, 53rd Avenue, and Francis Lewis Boulevard;
8. changing from an R3-2 District to an R3-1 District property bounded by:
Holly Avenue, Parsons Boulevard, Laburnum Avenue, and Burling Street;
50th Avenue, a line midway between 185th Street and 186th Street, 56th Avenue, 185th Street, a line 205 feet southeasterly of 56th Avenue, a line midway between 184th Street and 185th Street, a line 295 feet northwesterly of 58th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 184th Street, 56th Avenue, and Utopia Parkway;

Booth Memorial Avenue, 185th Street, the northwesterly service road of Horace Harding Expressway, and Utopia Parkway;
50th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 53rd Avenue, a line midway between 199th Street and Francis Lewis Boulevard;
Rocky Hill Road, 48th Avenue, a line midway between 207th Street and 208th Street, 53rd Avenue, 207th Street, 56th Avenue, 208th Street, 58th Avenue, a line midway between 207th Street and 208th Street, the northwesterly service road of Horace Harding Expressway, a line midway between 206th Street and 207th Street, 56th Avenue, the Clearview Expressway, 53rd Avenue, a line midway between 203rd Street and Clearview Expressway, 48th Avenue, 203rd Street, a line 150 feet northwesterly of 48th Avenue, 202nd Street, a line 250 feet northwesterly of 48th Avenue, and 201st Street; and
67th Avenue, Bell Boulevard, 69th Avenue, and 210th Street;
9. changing from an R2 District to an R3X District property bounded by:
a line midway between 172nd Street and Utopia Parkway, a line 150 feet northerly of 48th Avenue, 172nd Street, and a line perpendicular to the to the easterly street line of 172nd Street distant 120 feet southerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the easterly street line of 172nd Street and the southerly street line of 45th Avenue; and
45th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 47th Avenue, a line midway between 196th Place and 197th Street, 46th Avenue, a line 100 feet easterly of 196th Place, 45th Road, 196th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 45th Avenue, and 196th Street;
10. changing from an R3-1 District to an R3X District property bounded by Horace Harding
Expressway, a service exit of Horace Harding Expressway, 233rd Street, Lee Goldman Lane, 67th Avenue, and a line 100 feet southwesterly of Cloverdale Boulevard;
11. changing from an R3 -2 District to an R3X District property bounded by:
a. Station Road, 190th Street, 42nd Avenue, 194th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of
Station Road, 196th Street, 42nd Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, a line 140 feet southerly of 42nd Road, 196th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of 42nd Avenue, 194th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Northern Boulevard, 192nd Street, a line 270 feet southerly of 42nd Avenue, 191st Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Northern Boulevard, and a line 80 feet easterly of 172nd Avenue;

a line 100 feet southerly of 46th Avenue, a line 100 feet southerly of Hollis Court Boulevard, a line midway between 188th Street and 189th Street, a line 565 feet northwesterly of 47th Avenue, 189th Street, a line 440 feet northwesterly of 47th Avenue, a line midway between 189th Street and 190th Street, a line 340 feet northwesterly of 47th Avenue, 190th Street, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Hollis Court Boulevard, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 192nd Street, 47th Avenue, 188th Street, Bagley Avenue and its easterly centerline prolongation, and Auburndale Lane;
a line 100 feet southerly of Northern Boulevard, a line midway between 193rd Street and 194th Street, a line 100 feet northerly of 45th Avenue, 195th Street, a line 280 feet northerly of 45th Avenue, 196th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 44th Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of Francis Lewis Boulevard, 44th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 45th Avenue, 195th Street, 46th Avenue, a line midway between 194th Street and 195th Street, a line 370 feet northerly of 46th Avenue, a line midway between 192nd Street and 193rd Street, Hollis Court Boulevard, a line 220 feet westerly of 192nd Street, a line midway between 46th Avenue and 46th Road, a line 100 feet westerly of 192nd Street, a line midway between 45th Drive and 46th Avenue, a line 100 feet easterly of 189th Street, 46th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, a line perpendicular to the westerly street line of Utopia Parkway distant 360 feet southerly (as measured along the street line) from the point of intersection of the westerly street line of Utopia Parkway and the southerly street line of 45th Avenue, and a line midway between 1 72nd Street and Utopia Parkway;
57th Avenue, East Hampton Boulevard, West Alley Place, a service exit of Horace Harding Expressway, Horace Harding Expressway, 229th Street and its southerly centerline prolongation, 57th Road, and the westerly boundary line of a park and its northerly and southerly prolongation; and
69th Avenue, 230th Street, 73rd Avenue, and a line midway between 223rd Street and 222nd Street; and

12. changing from an R5 District to an R3X District property bounded by:
a. a line 100 feet southerly of Station Road, a line midway between 190th Street and
191st Street, a line 215 feet northerly of 42nd Avenue, 191st Street, 42nd Avenue, and 190th Street; and

b. a line 240 feet northerly of 42nd Avenue, 194th Street, 42nd Avenue, and 193rd
Street;
13. changing from an R5 District to an R4 District property bounded by Station Road, 194th
Street, a line 240 feet northerly of 42nd Avenue, 193rd Street, 42nd Avenue, 191st Street, a line 215 feet northerly of 42nd Avenue, a line midway between 191st Street and 190th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Station Road, and 190th Street;
14. changing from an R1-2 District to an R4-1 District property bounded by the southeasterly
service road of Horace Harding Expressway, Bell Boulevard, a line 175 feet southeasterly of Horace Harding Expressway, and a line midway between Bell Boulevard and 215th Street;
15. changing from an R3-2 District to an R4-1 District property bounded by:
a line midway between 45th Drive and 46th Avenue, a line 100 feet westerly of 192nd Street, a line midway between 46th Avenue and 46th Road, a line 220 feet westerly of 192nd Street, Hollis Court Boulevard, 190th Street, a line 340 feet northwesterly of 47th Avenue, a line midway between 189th Street and 190th Street, a line 440 feet northwesterly of 47th Avenue, 189th Street, 46th Avenue, and a line 100 feet easterly of 189th Street,
64th Avenue, 219th Street, 67th Avenue, and Bell Boulevard; and
57th Road, 229th Street, a southeasterly service exit of Horace Harding Expressway, and a line 100 feet southwesterly of 229th Street;

16. changing from an R4 District to an R4-1 District property bounded by:
56th Avenue, 226th Street, a line 470 feet northwesterly of 57th Road, Cloverdale Boulevard, 57th Avenue, the westerly boundary line of a park and its northerly and southerly prolongations, 57th Road, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 229th Street, a southeasterly service exit of Horace Harding Expressway, Horace Harding Expressway, Springfield Boulevard, 58th Avenue, and 223rd Street; and
the southeasterly service road of Horace Harding Boulevard, a line midway between Bell Boulevard and 217th Street, a line 100 feet northwesterly of 64th Avenue, 218th Street, 64th Avenue, and Bell Boulevard;
17. changing from an R3-2 District to an R4B District property bounded by:

Station Road, a line 80 feet easterly of 172nd Street, a line 100 feet northerly of Northern Boulevard, Auburndale Lane, 42nd Avenue, and 172nd Street; and

Station Road, 195th Street, a line 100 feet southerly of Station Road, and 194th Street;

18. changing from an R5 District to an R4B District property bounded by the southerly railroad right-of-way of the Long Island Rail Road (Northside Division), Francis Lewis Boulevard, Station Road, the northerly prolongation of the westerly street line of 193rd Street;

19. changing from an R4 District to an R5 District property bounded by 73rd Avenue, 217th Street, 77th Avenue, Bell Boulevard, the centerline of former Motor Parkway and its northeasterly prolongation, and 210th Street;

1920. changing from an R3-2 District to an R5D District property bounded by a line 220 feet northwesterly of Union Turnpike, a line 125 feet northeasterly of Springfield Boulevard, a line 100 feet northwesterly of Union Turnpike, a line 150 feet southwesterly of 226th Street, Union Turnpike, a northwesterly service road of Grand Central Parkway, Springfield Boulevard, a line 100 feet southeasterly of Union Turnpike, 222nd Street, Union Turnpike, and a line 100 feet southwesterly of Springfield Boulevard;

210. establishing within a proposed R3-1 District a C1-2 District bounded by a line 150 feet northwesterly of the Long Island Expressway, 183rd Street, Booth Memorial Avenue, a line 100 feet southwesterly of 185th Street, a northwesterly service road of Long Island Expressway, and 182nd Street; and

221. establishing within an existing R3-2 District a C1-3 District bounded by a line 150 feet northerly of 46th Avenue, Utopia Parkway, 46th Avenue, a line 70 feet westerly of 189th Street, Hollis Court Boulevard, a line midway between 189th Street and Utopia Parkway, a line 100 southerly of Hollis Court Boulevard, a line 100 feet southerly of 46th Avenue, Auburndale Lane, 46th Avenue, and Auburndale Lane;

as shown on a diagram (for illustrative purposes only) dated May 24, 2010, and modified by the City Planning Commission on September 29, 2010 and subject to the conditions of CEQR Declaration E-253, Community Districts 7, 8 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 October 27, 2010, on file in this office.




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