RESOLUTION ______- 2024
By: CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY & MINORITY LEADER BREEN
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RESOLUTION OF THE YONKERS CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE REFERRAL OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS, ENTITLED “ZONING” IN REGARD TO ROOMING HOUSES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, TO CITY AND COUNTY PLANNING BOARDS
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WHEREAS, 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 amend the Yonkers Zoning Code; and
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; and
WHEREAS, the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) requires the City to consider all environmental factors associated with such proposed amendments of the City’s Zoning Ordinance prior to further action being taken; and
WHEREAS, Section 43-164 of the Zoning Ordinance requires referral of all amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to be considered by the City Council to the Yonkers Planning Board for its review and report; and
WHEREAS, Section 239-m(2) of New York General Municipal Law requires referral of any proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance to the Westchester County Planning Board;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in accordance with Section 43-164 of the Zoning Ordinance and Section 239-m of New York General Municipal Law, the City Council hereby directs the City Clerk to refer the proposed general ordinance amending Chapter 43 with regard to Rooming Houses in certain districts under the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Yonkers to the City of Yonkers Planning Board and the Westchester County Planning Board, respectively, for their review and report; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall take effect immediately.