Chair Louis outlines 1160 Pugsley Avenue rezoning (Union Port, Bronx)
Chair Louis describes the final vote on LUs 106 and 107, a rezoning in Councilmember Farías' district for a mixed-use affordable housing project in Union Port, Bronx, with 104 apartments and 37 permanently affordable units, involving a zoning map amendment from R5 to R7A and an MIH text amendment.
The sixth and final vote concerns LUs 106 and 107 related to the 1160 Pugsley Avenue rezoning proposal.
Sorry, yeah, proposal in Councilmember Farias'district.
The applicant is seeking to develop a mixed-use affordable housing project in the Union Port neighborhood of the Bronx.
That would have approximately 104 apartments.
which 37 would be permanently affordable.
The proposal involves two actions.
The first is zoning map amendment to change the existing residential R5 district to a residential R7A district with a C2-4 commercial overlay.
The second action is a zoning text amendment to map a mandatory inclusionary housing area.
Councilmember Fides supports this project and I recognize her for her statement.