RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JANUARY 28, 2025, AT 6:45 P.M., PURSUANT TO SECTION 43-165 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS IN REGARD TO ROOMING HOUSES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS
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WHEREAS, in an effort to foster and preserve the essential single-family and two-family character of certain enumerated zoning districts in the City of Yonkers, as well as the health, safety and welfare of the City of Yonkers residents in those districts, the Yonkers City Council deems it necessary and appropriate to enact the following amendment to the Yonkers Zoning Code;
WHEREAS, the City of Yonkers proposes to address the aforesaid concerns by the proposed adoption of a general ordinance amending a certain provision of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Yonkers, to wit, Section 43-24 of Chapter 43 of the Code of the City of Yonkers, entitled "Reserved", to provide that no property, nor any building, structure or facility located thereon, situated within Districts "S-200", "S-100", "S-75", "S-60", "S-50", or "T" in the City of Yonkers may be constructed, converted to, owned, leased, licensed, used, operated, and/or occupied in whole or in part as a Rooming House, as such term is defined in Section 58-4 of Chapter 58 of the Code of the City of Yonkers;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 43-165 of the Code of the City of Yonkers, the proposed amendment requires a public hearing to be held prior to its adoption;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Yonkers hereby calls for a public hearing at 6:45 PM, on the 28th day of January, 2025, in the City Hall of City of Yonkers, New York, for all interested persons to be heard in favor of or in opposition to the proposed amendment to the Yonkers Zoning Code; and be it further
RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect immed...
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