At the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association meeting last night, Architect John Hatheway presented an improved zoning map after consulting with representatives from City Planning, The Borough President's Office, and the Community Board. He explained that the intent is to bring a more complete analysis and proposal to City Planning with the goal of implementing Carroll Gardens' wishes rather than deferring to the wishes of City Planning. He showed how the proposed zoning (R5B, R6B, and R6A) would put very few buildings out of compliance and thereby be more likely to be accepted. He also suggested several options available to the community to deal with Court street which is a wide street with a commercial overlay. City Planning does not consider R6B to be compatible with a commercial overlay because of the limitation on residential space above the commercial space. R6A could be used in a creative way such as limiting it to the lots facing the commercial street rather than 100 feet back from the street lot lines which would minimize encroachment of commercial activities onto the residential side streets. R6A could also be limited to the first 50 feet of the lot which would create a hybrid lot which would allow more density but not as much as would allow 70 foot tall buildings.
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