City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 267 OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, ENTITLED "ZONING".
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Mount Vernon is in receipt of a Zoning Petition submitted by 20 S. 2nd Square CMV, LLC, dated December 3, 2021, to amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Mount Vernon to create a new transit oriented district to be called the Downtown Transit Oriented Arts District ("DTOAD"), and to amend the Zoning Map to apply DTOAD to an area of land comprising approximately forty-one (41) tax parcels of property between East 1st and East 2nd Street and between South 1st and South 3rd Avenue, including certain City-owned parcels ("Zoning Petition"); and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Petition would facilitate a development project comprising approximately 307,932 s.f. of mixed residential development and other amenities in two, 2-story buildings, including 272 mixed-income residential apartments, approximately 15,630 s.f. of community facility space (including outdoor courtyard space for the arts), and 109 parking spaces ("Development Project"); and
WHEREAS, on or about January 29, 2025, the City Council referred the Zoning Petition again to the City of Mount Vernon Planning Board and Corporation Counsel, as well as the Westchester County Planning Board, for their respective reviews and reports as required by law, given certain changes to the Development Project during the City Council's review process; and
WHEREAS, the City Council duly published notice of a Public Hearing for the Zoning Petition in three issues of the official newspaper for the City on January 23, 2025, January 30, 2025, and February 6, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a Public Hearing on the Zoning Petition on February 11, 2025 at 7:00 P.M. at City Hall, at which time those wishing to comment were afforded an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, by letter dated February 19...
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