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Builders say parking won’t be problem at Glendale med. facility
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
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Even though parking is at a premium
in Glendale, the developers
who plan to build a new medical
facility on the site of a former auto
body shop on Central Avenue believe
that they don’t need the required number
of off -street parking spaces under
existing zoning laws.
Kris Koslowski, the architect on
behalf of 64-25 Central Avenue LLC,
formerly known as Central Auto
Collision, presented Community
Board 5 (CB 5) with the plans for the
new two-story ambulatory diagnostic
and treatment facility during the
board’s monthly meeting on July 12
at Christ the King High School in
Middle Village and outlined their
need for a Board of Standards and
Appeals (BSA) special permit that
would allow the new facility to create
a 21-space parking garage on the
ground floor.
Current zoning regulations would
require 42 parking spaces for a
building of that size — which is approximately
12,600 square feet. Plans
presented to CB 5 indicate that the
medical facility would be situated on
the new second story with 34 exam
rooms, while the parking structure, as
well as a new commercial space, would
be on the fi rst fl oor.
“Parking is probably the most important
thing that we do on the Land
Use Committee, make sure that there’s
enough parking,” said Walter Sanchez,
chair of the CB 5 Land Use Committee.
“It’s pretty rare that somebody comes
here and asks us to recommend cutting
that in half.”
Thomas Gilbert, the parking consultant
for the project, conducted his
own parking study of the 1,000-foot
area around the site and found that
many of the streets have alternate side
of the street parking regulations and
streets along the major roadways have
two-hour metered parking.
Overall, Gilbert’s study found an
abundance of open parking spots at
diff erent times on diff erent days. He
also noted the site’s close proximity to
various public transportation lines.
However, after members of the
board recommended conducting
another study later in the day to see
parking availability around the time
when residents come home from work,
Gilbert agreed to do a more thorough
study, the results of which will be
presented to BSA.
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
is currently listed as the prospective
tenant to lease the venue for an outpatient
medical facility.
In order to get a special permit from
the BSA, the new owners must prove
that the space is in fact a diagnostic
and ambulatory treatment facility,
that it will be a benefi t to the community,
that it does not present an extreme
hardship on the community, and that
there is a reasonable accommodation
for the need for parking that the facility
will generate.
The BSA approval process is still
ongoing and the Land Use Committee
will meet to discuss and present a recommendation
to the full board.
Rendering courtesy of 64-25 Central Avenue LLC
The new medical facility coming to Glendale is asking to have a 21-spot
parking facility on site.
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