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Consents & Variances

May 2012, Consents & Variances Committee

7 East 54th Street, 7 East 54th Street Associates LLC, d/b/a Bice Restaurante, application for an unenclosed sidewalk café with 7 tables and 20 seats

WHEREAS, The applicant, 7 East 54th Street Associates LLC, d/b/a Bice Restaurante, is applying for a revocable consent for an unenclosed sidewalk café with 7 tables and 20 seats; and

WHEREAS, The proposed sidewalk café would be located on 54th Street, and would have 7 tables and 20 seats, leaving 8' 6'' for pedestrian traffic; and

WHEREAS, The closing hours (tables and chairs folded, locked and/or put away) will be by 11:00pm every night; and

WHEREAS, The applicant will have no amplified sound at the café; and

WHEREAS, The proposed café has existed at this same location under a different LLC for many years; and

WHEREAS, Community Board Five has no complaints on file regarding the previous café; and

WHEREAS, No comment or objection was raised by members of the public; therefore be it

RESOLVED, Community Board Five recommends approval of the application for a revocable consent for an unenclosed sidewalk café at 7 East 54^th Street, between 5^th and Madison Avenue.'

The above resolution passed by a vote of 36 in favor; 0 opposed; 1 abstaining.