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ULURP #060431 A ZSM Amendment to an application for the issuance of a special permit pursuant to ZR§74-711, to permit the installation of exterior signage in the portions of the Plaza Hotel located in an R10-H Zoning District
WHEREAS, The applicants are both subsidiaries of ElAd Properties ("Owner"), who is conducting a major renovation and restoration of the Plaza Hotel, located at 768 Fifth Avenue; and
WHEREAS, On May 11, 2006, Community Board Five voted to approve an application for a Special Permit, pursuant to ZR §74-711, to permit the Owner to change some of the interior usage of the Hotel; and
WHEREAS, The Owner wishes to amend the application for a Special Permit to permit the installation of exterior signage on the portions of the Hotel located in a R10-H district, where they would otherwise be disallowed unless installed as an accessory to hotel use; and
WHEREAS, The application specifies the retention of the existing bronze lettered signage for the Oak Bar and Oak Room on the front and sides of the entrance canopy, and stenciled signs on the windows facing West 59th Street, and for new signage as follows:
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One metal plaque, no larger than 16"x 16", on one of the two sides of the Oak Bar entrance door on West 59th Street,
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One metal plaque, no larger than 16"x 24", located on one of the two sides of the West 59th Street retail entrance
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Two metal plaques, no larger than 16"x 24", on each side of the secondary hotel entrance on Grand Army Plaza,
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Two metal plaques, no larger than 16"x 24", on each side of the hotel entrance on West 58th Street
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No more than five painted signs (one per window), no larger than 12"x 24", to be stenciled on the lower window pane of each of the windows in the Edwardian Room facing West 59th Street
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No more than eight painted signs (one per window), no larger than 12"x 24", to be stenciled on the lower window pane of each of the windows facing Grand Army Plaza
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No more than six painted signs (one per window), no larger than 12"x 24", to be stenciled on the lower window pane of each of the windows facing West 58th Street; and
WHEREAS, The size, location, material, typeface and appearance of the signs will be subject to review by Community Board Five and approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission ("LPC") at a later date; and
WHEREAS, The Owner has previously agreed to submit a Master Plan for the interior and exterior signage of the Building to the LPC; and
WHEREAS, The Owner did agree to include fewer painted window signs in its LPC application than would be permitted by the Special Permit; and
WHEREAS, The limited number and restrained locations of the signage will be consistent with the elegance of the Plaza Hotel; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends approval of the amendment to the Special Permit to permit installation of exterior signage on the portions of the Plaza Hotel located within an R10-H zone.
The above resolution passed with a vote of 30 in favor, 5 opposed, 2 abstentions.