854-60-BZ
APPLICANT – Eric Palatnik, P.C., for Sun Company, Inc. R & M, owner.
SUBJECT – Application January 22, 2007 – Extension of Time to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy and waiver of the Rules of Practice and Procedure which expired on September 21, 2000 in a C2-2/R3-2 zoning district.
PREMISES AFFECTED – 188-02 to 188-10 Hillside Avenue, 88-01 to 88-09 188th Street, Block10453, Lot 19, Borough of Queens.
COMMUNITY BOARD #12Q
APPEARANCES –
For Applicant: Eric Palatnik.
ACTION OF THE BOARD – Application granted on condition.
THE VOTE TO GRANT –
Affirmative: Chair Srinivasan, Vice-Chair Collins, Commissioner Ottley-Brown and Commissioner Hinkson……………………………………………....4
Negative:...... 0
THE RESOLUTION:
WHEREAS, this is an application for a waiver of the Rules of Practice and Procedure, a reopening, and an extension of the time to obtain a certificate of occupancy, which expired on September 21, 2000; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on this application on March 13, 2007 after due notice by publication in The City Record, and then to decision on April 10, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the subject premises is located on the southeast corner of Hillside Avenue and 188th Street; and
WHEREAS, the site is occupied by a gasoline service station, located within a C2-2 (R3-2) zoning district; and
WHEREAS, the Board has exercised jurisdiction over the subject site since April 11, 1961 when, under the subject calendar number, the Board granted a variance for the alteration of an existing gasoline service station; and
WHEREAS, subsequently, the grant has been amended and the term extended by the Board at various times; and
WHEREAS, most recently, on September 21, 1999, the grant was amended to permit an extension of term of the variance, to expire on September 21, 2000, and an amendment to permit modifications to the site; and
WHEREAS, a condition of the grant was that a new certificate of occupancy be obtained by September 21, 2000; and
WHEREAS, the applicant represents that the work has been completed and that a new certificate of occupancy can be obtained within one year; and
WHEREAS, based upon its review of the record, the Board finds that the requested extension is appropriate, with the conditions set forth below.
Therefore it is Resolved that the Board of Standards and Appeals waives the Rules of Practice and Procedure, reopens, and amends the resolution, dated April 11, 1961, so that as amended this portion of the resolution shall read: “to grant an extension of the time to obtain a certificate of occupancy for an additional one year from the date of this grant; on condition:
THAT a certificate of occupancy be obtained by April 10, 2008;
THAT all conditions from prior resolutions not specifically waived by the Board remain in effect;
THAT this approval is limited to the relief granted by the Board in response to specifically cited and filed DOB/other jurisdiction objection(s) only; and
THAT the Department of Buildings must ensure compliance with all other applicable provisions of the Zoning Resolution, the Administrative Code, and any other relevant laws under its jurisdiction irrespective of plan(s) and/or configuration(s) not related to the relief granted.”
(DOB Application No. 400889464)
Adopted by the Board of Standards and Appeals, April 10, 2007.