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Land Use, Housing & Zoning

July 2010, Land Use & Zoning Committee

885 6th Avenue (bounded by West 32nd St, 6th Ave, West 31st St and 7th Ave), Tower 111 Garage, application for a special permit to allow a 201-space public parking garage, including 80 monthly parking spaces, in an as-of-right mixed-use development.

WHEREAS, The garage is located on 885 6^th Avenue, bounded by 32^nd St, 6 Avenue, West 31^st St and 7^th Ave; and

WHEREAS, The applicant seeks a special permit for a parking garage for a total of 201 spaces, which will include 80 monthly parking spaces and 121 transient spaces; and

WHEREAS, Entrance to the garage would be on 31^st Street, which would replace a parking lot that existed in this location prior to the development of a new building; and

WHEREAS, There is a lack of parking in this neighborhood, further exacerbated by a 20% decrease in the area's parking spaces since 1995 resulting from the development of new buildings on former parking lot locations; and

WHEREAS, There are few on-street parking locations to accommodate the ever increasing parking demand around 32^nd Street; and

WHEREAS, The developer has agreed to provide free storage space to the 34^th St. Partnership, provide 48 bicycle parking spaces (two times the required amount under the current zoning resolution); and

WHEREAS, The developer has agreed to give a right of first refusal to all building residents for parking spaces before offering spaces to the public; and

WHEREAS, The developer has agreed to allow space for zipcars or other similar car-share services and the car-share spaces will come out of the 120 transient parking spaces; and

WHEREAS, Although Community Board Five has concerns over the traffic problems in mid-town, the project will provide a net benefit to the community; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends approval the application for a special permit by Tower 111 Garage for a 201-space parking garage pursuant to Section 13-562 and 74-52 of the Zoning Resolution.

The above resolution passed by a vote of 25 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstaining.