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Commission presses Jamal Schaffer applicant for narrower uses, more design detail on New York Avenue PUD

Zoning Commission · November 21, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners sought additional responses from the Jamal Schaffer consolidated PUD applicant on use restrictions, community benefits and design after concerns that a single large industrial building would dominate the New York Avenue frontage and preclude pedestrian‑friendly development. The commission set deadlines for supplemental submissions and scheduled further consideration.

The Zoning Commission deliberated at length on the Jamal Schaffer LLC consolidated PUD (Z.C. Case No. 24‑11), expressing divided views about the project's scale, uses and consistency with the New York Avenue vision.

Commissioner Wright said he was "not inclined to vote in favor" of the current filing because the proposed single, very large building would be "an enormous building" and…

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