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Public Hearing: 2021 New Roc Downtown Overlay Zone Amendment
New Rochelle to Hold Public Hearing on Creating New Waterfront Zone in City's East End designed to connect Main Street to Downtown
The Council of the City of New Rochelle, New York, will hold a Public Hearing to receive public comments on the Supplemental Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SDGEIS) on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. at City Hall.
The SDGEIS proposes to amend the DOZ standards and the existing DOZ map by including a seventh overlay zone, Waterfront Overlay Zone (DO-7). While the city promises additional green space and waterfront access with this new, Downtown Overlay-7 Zone, the SDGEIS also calls for 700 new residential units and is designed to “connect” to the city’s ongoing, transit-oriented downtown development. The new zone is also designed to potentially allow for buildings up to 95-feet or eight stories (see image). This new Waterfront district is adjacent to Homestead Park in the East End.
Per Appendix A-1 RAP Addendum: “This district will focus on connecting the waterfront to the downtown, providing a publicly accessible waterfront, and integrating new options for residential and commercial uses designed to integrate the outdoors in proximity to public open space.”
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Copies of the SDGEIS are available for public review at City Hall and the City’s website at: www.newrochelleny.com/2021DOZAmendments
Written comments on the SDGEIS will be accepted at the offices of the lead agency until close of business August 23, 2021 via email to: sreider@newrochelleny.com or by mail in care of: Suzanne Reider, City of New Rochelle Dept. of Development, 515 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801.
