CB 12 Housing
Committee rejects
storage facility
proposal
BY JASON COHEN
After tabling discussions
on a proposed storage facility
in December, developers returned
to Community Board
12 last month where the Land
Use Committee rejected their
plans.
The Moore Consultancy
Corporation had originally
proposed to build an as of right
banquet hall and a storage facility
at 3536 Pear Tree Ave. in
Eastchester that would require
special zoning permit with the
NYC Department of Planning
because the property is zoned
for manufacturing.
But, the board vehemently
was opposed to a banquet
hall, so in January the developer
offered the storage with
two alternative designs, one
with professional offi ces and
another with light industrial
space. Neither was liked by the
committee.
Dino Tomasetti, managing
partner of Storage Fox,
the company that had hoped
to construct the storage facility,
thought it would help the
neighborhood.
“We are providing something
that will create jobs for
the community and also allow
us to create a storage facility,”
he said.
In fact, this was the last day
the board could approve the
plan as the ULURP expired
Jan. 25.
Board member John Isaacs
noted there are many storage
facilities near Home Depot on
Gun Hill Road and this would
oversaturate the area
“We don’t need more storage
facilities over there,” he
explained. “We need to fi gure
out what we can use on that
site without storage.”
The proposed site of a storage facility that was rejected by CB 12 last month. Courtesy of City Planning
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