Comm. Bd. 7 Recommends Rezoning to Keep Construction Low

From Community Board 7, www.cb7.org

Steering Committee

Sheldon J. Fine, Chairman

1. Re: Rezoning of West 97^th -110^th Streets - Riverside Drive to Central Park West.

With the invaluable assistance of the staff of the Department of City Planning, unprecedented expressions of concern and interest in the affected community, and close collaboration (if not unanimity) among members of a Task Force appointed by Community Board 7, to review zoning between West 97^th Street and 110^th Street, Riverside Drive to Central Park West; and

Recognizing the need for prompt action to avoid further construction of inappropriate and non-contextual buildings in the area; and

Having due regard for not only the need of the city to accommodate growth sensibly and in such a manner as to preserve the essential character of the neighborhoods, including the need to maintain and promote the diversity of ethnic and racial groups, incomes and populations; and

Seeking urgently to avoid further loss of low- and moderate-income housing and to promote as much mixed- and affordable-housing as possible in any new construction; and

Endeavoring to preserve the architectural and historic heritage and to promote design excellence in future development on the Upper West Side; and

Recognizing the need to prevent the continuing loss of small neighborhood commercial and retail services and the need to encourage the provision of such commercial and retail uses in any future new construction;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Community Board 7/Manhattan adopts the recommendations of the West 97^th -110^th Streets Task Force, and recommends that the Zoning Resolution be amended to incorporate the changes in zoning designation set forth on the schedule attached to this resolution; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT all parties involved in the amendment process act as expeditiously as possible to enact the proposed changes.

Committee: 14-0-1-0. Board Members: 2-0-0-0.