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Board declines to recommend denial of height variance for proposed Fifth Avenue senior housing; SEQR review put on hold pending agency notices
Summary
The planning board voted against recommending denial of a two‑story height variance for a proposed five‑story senior-affordable housing project on Fifth Avenue and postponed SEQR lead‑agency action pending proper agency notification and additional studies.
The planning board considered a proposal to redevelop the former First American Towing and Recovery site on Fifth Avenue into a five-story senior affordable housing building and reviewed requested area variances. The project team, represented by Kelsey Carr of LaBella Associates and others, said site constraints — a 25-foot grade change from east to west, shallow bedrock and contaminated soils — limited buildable area and influenced the design.
Board members reviewed five…
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