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What is NYC ZR § 106-21?

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This section allows the City Planning Commission to grant special permits for community facility buildings and changes of use within the Special Coney Island Mixed Use District. The permits require findings that the facility is essential for local growth and that no better location exists outside the district. Applies to developers and operators of community facilities in Coney Island.

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§ 106-21 Special Permit Provisions for Community Facility Uses

ZR § 106-21

The City Planning Commission may permit within the Special Coney Island Mixed Use District:

(a)development of community facility buildings; and

(b)change of use of a residential, manufacturing or commercial building to a community facility use;

provided that the following finding are made:

(1)that such community facility is necessary to the growth and functioning of residential or manufacturing uses in the Special Coney Island Mixed Use District; and

(2)that a more suitable location for such use cannot be found outside the Special Coney Island Mixed Use District.

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