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COMMON COUNCIL MEETING PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE COMMITTEE Cathy Fahey, Chair DATE: Monday, January 11, 2021 TIME: 5:30 p.m. TOPIC(S) OF DISCUSSION/CONSIDERATION: ORDINANCE 20.92.20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 375 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALBANY (UNIFIED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE) CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 1057 WASHINGTON AVENUE AND 1061 WASHINGTON AVENUE FROM “MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER” (MU- NC) TO RESIDENTIAL “TWO-FAMILY” (R-2) AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: YES This meeting is being held in accordance to Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order and other Federal and State Orders that impact in- person attendance at public meetings, if applicable orders expire or are revoked before January 11, 2021, this will be an in-person meeting in City Hall, please check our website and Facebook for updates. Please submit your public comment via email [EMAIL REDACTED] or on our website by January 11, 2021 12pm. These comments will be shared with members and/ or read for the record at the meeting. The meeting will be held using Zoom and streamed through the Albany Common Council’s Facebook. To stream this video please visit: If we experience any technical difficulties on Facebook, the video will be streamed to YouTube: 4N6J4XbQ ---PAGE BREAK--- Council Member O’Brien introduced the following: ORDINANCE 20.92.20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 375 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALBANY (UNIFIED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE) CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 1057 WASHINGTON AVENUE AND 1061 WASHINGTON AVENUE FROM “MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER” (MU- NC) TO RESIDENTIAL “TWO-FAMILY” (R-2) AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY The City of Albany, in Common Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact: Section 1. Chapter 375 of the Code of the City of Albany (Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance) and the Official Zoning Map are hereby amended to change the zoning classifications of 1057 and 1061 Washington Avenue from Mixed-Use Neighborhood Center (MU-NC) to Residential Two-Family said properties being more particularly described as follows: All that parcel of land situated in the City of Albany, County of Albany and State of New York, identified on the tax map as follows: Section: 64.26 Block: 1 Lot: 4 Said premises more commonly known as 1057 Washington Avenue measuring approximately 0.24 acres. Section: 64.26 Block: 1 Lot: 3 Said premises more commonly known as 1061 Washington Avenue measuring approximately 0.22 acres. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately. APPROVED AS TO FORM THIS 3RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 Corporation Counsel ---PAGE BREAK--- To: Danielle Gillespie, City Clerk From: John-Raphael Pichardo, Esq., Research Counsel Re: Request for Common Council Legislation Supporting Memorandum Date: September 3, 2020 SPONSOR Council Member O’Brien ORDINANCE 20.92.20 TITLE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 375 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ALBANY (UNIFIED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE) CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 1057 WASHINGTON AVENUE AND 1061 WASHINGTON AVENUE FROM “MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER” (MU-NC) TO RESIDENTIAL “TWO-FAMILY” (R-2) AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY GENERAL PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION The action is a proposed ordinance to amend the zoning map of the City of Albany for the following properties: 1057 Washington Avenue and 1061 Washington Avenue. The two properties are currently zoned MU-NC, which is inconsistent with all other residential properties located in the 12th Ward. The amendment would rezone the properties to R-2, which is consistent with the current use of the properties and the surrounding neighborhood. NECESSITY FOR LEGISLATIONN AND CHANGES TO EXISTING LAW Amendments to the Zoning Map require Common Council action. FISCAL IMPACTS: None.