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Consents & Variances

March 2005, Consents & Variances Committee

St. Bartholomew’s Church

WHEREAS, The St. Bartholomew’s Church has applied for a permit to hold a street festival on October 1, 2005, on Park Avenue, between 47th and 57th Streets; and

WHEREAS, Community Board Five is concerned about traffic in this area, and these problems multiply when this major thoroughfare is closed; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends denial of the application by St. Bartholomew’s Church to hold a street festival on Park Avenue, and urges the Street Activity Permit Office to work with the applicant to find a more suitable and less used location.

The above resolution passed with a vote of 27 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstention.