Chair describes 47-03 108th Street rezoning vote item
Thomas-Henry presents LUs 118 and 119 for a mixed-use residential rezoning in Corona, Queens with 119 apartments and 30 affordable, recommending modification from R7X to R7D given surrounding low-scale context. She supports the application as modified.
We will now proceed with the three votes.
And I would also like to add that we have been joined by Councilmember Ressler.
The first vote concerns LUs 118 and 119 regarding 4703 108th Street rezoning proposal in my district.
The applicant is seeking to develop a mixed-use residential development in Corona, Queens that would have approximately 119 apartments, of which approximately 30 would be permanently affordable.
The proposal involves two actions.
The first is a zoning map amendment to change the existing residential R6B district to a residential R7X district with a C24 commercial overlay.
The second action is a zoning text amendment to map mandatory inclusionary housing area and level of affordability, which would be limited to MIH option one.
We are recommending that the project area be rezoned to R7D rather than an R7X district, given that the surrounding area consists predominantly of two- and three-story buildings.
I support this application as modified, and we will move on to the next.