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What is NYC ZR § 144-00?

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This section establishes the Special Brooklyn Navy Yard District to promote public health, safety, and welfare through various specific purposes, including job growth and the integration of commercial uses. It aims to enhance land use and conserve property value, thereby protecting the City’s tax revenues. Applies to stakeholders in the Brooklyn Navy Yard area.

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§ 144-00 GENERAL PURPOSES

ZR § 144-00

The “Special Brooklyn Navy Yard District” established in this Resolution is designed to promote and protect public health, safety and general welfare. These goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:

(a)to encourage investment in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and facilitate the expansion of the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a modern manufacturing complex;

(b)to promote job growth;

(c)to allow for a mix of office, community facility, retail, and other commercial uses to complement the industrial and manufacturing facilities at the Brooklyn Navy Yard;

(d)to use traffic management planning to meet loading and parking needs including through alternate means of travel;

(e)to better integrate the Brooklyn Navy Yard with the urban fabric of surrounding residential and mixed-use communities and to introduce publicly accessible open space areas within the perimeter of the Yard; and

(f)to promote the most desirable use of land in accordance with a well-considered plan and thus conserve the value of land and buildings, and thereby protect the City’s tax revenues.

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