Stapleton Rezoning - Department of City Planning

ULURP: The Department of City Planning certified the applications for the Stapleton Waterfront proposal on May 8, 2006, initiating the formal public review process.

Milestone	Date
Department of City Planning certification / referral	May 8, 2006
Community Board 1 approval	June 13, 2006
Borough President approval	June 27, 2006
City Planning Commission Public Hearing	August 23, 2006
City Planning Commission Approval (with modifications to the text amendment application*) (Read the CPC reports)	September 27, 2006
City Council adoption as modified by CPC	October 25, 2006

* During the public review it was noted that the language of the proposed zoning text that exempts ground floor non-residential uses from the definition of floor area could have been interpreted as exempting such uses from other zoning requirements such as accessory parking. This was never the intent and the Commission modified the proposed text (N 060468 ZRR) so that all other zoning regulations apply to the exempted floor area.

CEQR: The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding, the lead agency for City Environmental Quality Review for the Stapleton proposal, issued a Positive Declaration for the proposed actions on October 31, 2005, and directed that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) be prepared. A Public Scoping meeting was held on November 30, 2005. The Final EIS Scoping Document was issued on Feb 15, 2006. A Notice of Completion of the DEIS was issued on May 3, 2006. Copies of the Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS), Positive Declaration, Draft Scoping Document, and DEIS are available for download at the New York City Office of Environmental Coordination.

For more information on the Special Stapleton Waterfront District and related land-use actions, contact the Staten Island Office of the Department of City Planning at (718) 556-7240 or the New York City Economic Development Corporation at (212) 312-3600.