Chair Louis asks why no commercial overlay was mapped
Chair Louis asks whether a commercial overlay was considered; Lobel says city planning felt residential and community facility uses were more appropriate because the site is farther from Queens Boulevard commercial overlays.
All right.
And did you consider including a commercial overlay?
And if so, why did you choose not to map one?
Sure.
So again, in comparison to...
69 to 67, which does have a commercial overlay.
Conversations with city planning were around the fact that that project is marginally closer to Queens Boulevard.
There's a commercial overlay within a block of that property, block to two blocks.
And so it was just felt to be more appropriate here to encourage residential and community facility uses.
That would be permitted under the existing zoning, rather than to bring the commercial all the way up to this site.
So that was the reason, the rationale.
We're happy to proceed without a commercial overlay, and I think that was appreciated by all the stakeholders as well.