GENERAL ORDINANCE
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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A GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TO ADD A NEW "PLANNED FILM & EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT USE" AS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO THE MG DISTRICT AS DESCRIBED AND DEFINED IN SECTION 43-74 THEREOF
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The City of Yonkers, in the City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
Section 1. Recitals
WHEREAS, on July 18, 2024, i.Park Riverdale, LLC ("iPark") filed a petition in the Office of the Yonkers City Clerk, proposing to develop its property located at 501 Hawthorne Avenue (Tax Map Section 1, Block 1, Lot 2) in southwest Yonkers (the "Property"), to include a "Media and Production Magnet School," to be called the "Robert Halmi, Sr. Academy for Film and Television (the "Academy"); and
WHEREAS, i.Park Riverdale, LLC (the "Applicant") is seeking to redevelop the property at 501 Hawthorne Avenue (Project Site), including updating existing facilities for education and office use, and constructing a 90,000 sq. ft. studio complex with a 250-space parking structure. The Applicant proposes to amend the Zoning Code text for the MG zoning district, allowing "Planned Film and Educational Development" as a Special Permit Use. In order to be able to apply for a Special Use Permit for a "Planned Film and Educational Development" the applicant must have 25 acres or more of contiguous acres and existing structures to be reused for educational purposes
WHEREAS, the Academy is projected to enroll 400 to 600 students in grades 6 through 12, providing these students access to a fully operational studio complex, including film-making, set design, set direction, costume design and post-production; and
WHEREAS, iPark proposes to renovate and adapt the curren...
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