GENERAL ORDINANCE
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, AND COUNCILMEMBERS PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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A GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS, AND THE ACCOMPANYING ZONING MAP BY AMENDING SAID MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF THE REAR EAST PORTION OF 218 SOUTH BROADWAY, DESIGNATED ON THE CITY'S TAX MAP AS SECTION 1, BLOCK 191, LOT 31, FROM ITS PRESENT "SB CENTRAL SUBDISTRICT" ZONE TO A "C" COMMERCIAL ZONE, AND ISSUING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION PURSUANT TO SEQRA.
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The City Council of the City of Yonkers, in City Council convened, does herby ordain and enact as follows:
Section 1. Recitals
1. On January 18, 2024, a petition was filed in the Office of the Yonkers City Clerk by DMD REALTY, LLC ("Applicant"), seeking an amendment to the City of Yonkers Zoning Code to reclassify and rezone the rear east portion of the property known as 218 South Broadway (Section 1, Block 191, Lot 31 on the City's Tax Map) from its current "SB Central Subdistrict" zone classification to a "C" Commercial zone classification to be consistent with the zone classification of 12 Bright Place, the neighboring premises, and to ensure that the new zoning lines are consistent with the City's tax lots, which change is being processed by the City.
2. The proposed amendment was subsequently presented to the Planning Board of the City of Yonkers and the Westchester County Planning Board, as required under the General Municipal Law. On March 25, 2024, the County's Planning Board deemed the matter to be of local concern, and on June 12, 2024, the City's Planning Board issued a favorable recommendation on the proposed zone change.
3. Thereafter, the application was presented to the Yonkers City Council, and on September 24, 2024, the Council adopted Resolution NO.156-2024, initiating the Lead A...
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