Board of Zoning Appeals

CITY OF ALBANY MAYOR: KATHY M. SHEEHAN NE W YOR K COMMISSIONER: CHRISTOPHER P. SPENCER DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTACT: Luis Roldan Board of Zoning Appeals bza@albanyny.gov Board of Zoning Appeals Public Meeting Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Location: 200 Henry Johnson Blvd | 2nd Floor Community Room Time: 6:00 PM Members Present: Berkley, Cummings, Daley, LeBlan, White-Lake Public Meeting Agenda PROJECT # 0052 Application(s) AV #0053 Property Address 745 Broadway Applicant Broadway 915 LLC Representing Agent Daniel R. Hershberg Zoning District MU-CU (Mixed-Use, Community Urban) Remove portion of existing parking lot and construction of a six-story building Proposal with commercial space and parking on the first floor and apartments on the upper five floors. Request Area Variance (375-4(A)(3)(b)(i)) to allow a 104-foot front setback on Jackson Street, where the maximum permitted setback is 10 feet. AV #0052 - Approved Vote 5-0-0 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL #0003 Application(s) A #0003 Property Address 900 Central Avenue Somerset Associates, LP; 900 Central Avenue, LLC; Central Colvin Realty, LLC; Applicants Dedham Post Funding LLC Zoning District MU-CH (Mixed-Use, Community Highway) Proposal Determination of blood plasma collection facility classification as “office” where it is currently not explicitly listed in Table 375-3-1 of City’s Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance (USDO). AA #0003 – Approval with Vote 5-0-0 modification Modification: The proposal was modified to classify the blood plasma collection 200 HENRY JOHNSON BOULEVARD | ALBANY, NEW YORK 12210 | (518) 465-6066  Board of Zoning Appeals Agenda January 2020 facility as “Light Manufacturing”, a conditional use in the MU-CH district. th Request Administrative Appeal of a July 20 2017 Commissioner’s response to Zoning Compliance certificate (#0010) determining that the described usage was not consistent with any presently listed usages, where such finding led to the Commissioner exercising the authority to delay making determination of usage classification until an amendment to the USDO could be made during the periodic review period to add a new use classification and use standards for the applicants intended use. Page 2 of 2