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Consents & Variances

March 2011, Consents & Variances Committee

Newsstand Application # 1379123, SEC 7th Avenue and 31st Street.

WHEREAS, The applicant seeks a permit to install and operate a newsstand on 31st Street at the South East Corner of 7th Avenue, and

WHEREAS, The application itself lacked professional drawings without accurate measurements and indications; and

WHEREAS, The applicant told us that they actually meant to apply for the SWC of 31^st St and 7^th Ave; and

WHEREAS, Community Board Five is already considering an application for that same location; and

WHEREAS, The proposed location is across the street from the Madison square/ Penn Station Pavilion; and

WHEREAS, The proposed location is highly congested by pedestrian traffic; and

WHEREAS, The area is already adequately served by existing newsstands and shops including two newsstands at the entrance to Penn station ( 32^nd St and 7^th Ave) and a newsstand at the NEC of 33^rd St and 7^th Ave; and

WHEREAS, The SEC of 31^st St and 7^th Ave location is directly in front of a hotel entrance and therefore not in compliance; and

WHEREAS, The SWC of 31^st St and 7^th Ave location is only 5' 6" from a bank entrance and therefore not in Compliance; and

WHEREAS, Members of the 34^th Street Partnership appeared to speak against this application; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That Community Board Five recommends DENIAL of the proposed newsstand at the SEC of 31^st St. and 7^th Ave.

The above resolution passed by a vote of 28 in favor; 0 opposed; 2 abstaining.