Project Description
This proposal is to prepare the environmental assessment that would be required in connection with the proposed mayoral zoning override to permit signage at the Brooklyn Army Terminals Building B that does not conform with the applicable signage requirements of the New York City Zoning Resolution. As currently proposed, the Building B signage would be illuminated, have a maximum height of approximately 100 feet above curb level, and is currently contemplated to have an overall surface area of approximately 1,230 square feet (sf). The proposed side would be located on the southeastern façade of the building. Pursuant to the sites existing M2-1 zoning, the maximum sign surface area is five times the lots linear street frontage; however, illuminated non-advertising signs are permitted to exceed 500 sf surface area, and indirectly illuminated and non-illuminated signs are not permitted to exceed 750 sf and 1,200 sf of surface area. In addition, for sites located within 500 feet of a residential zoning district, illuminated signs are not permitted above a maximum height of 40 feet above curb level; indirectly illuminated and non-illuminated signs are permitted up to a maximum height of 58 feet above curb level. As the proposed Building B illuminated signage would have a surface area exceeding 500 sf and a maximum height exceeding 40 feet, the applicant (the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)) is seeking a mayoral zoning override.
