East 116th Street between Second and Third avenues would be rezoned to allow neighborhood commercial uses.

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New Commercial Overlay
To address the needs of the expanding small business community in East Harlem, a C1-5 commerical overlay would be added on both sides of East 116th Street between Third and Second avenues.

Ground floor retail uses would be allowed in mixed residential buildings in this area. New developments would be subject to the bulk requirements of the underlying R7A district.

Revised Commercial Parking Regulations
C1-5 and C2-5 commercial overlays are proposed to replace existing C1-4 and C2-4 commercial overlays throughout the rezoning area. This eliminates commercial parking requirements that could burden some commercial uses and provides more flexibility for new commercial uses.

Changing Existing M1-4 to Residential Districts
R7A and R8A zones are proposed to replace the existing M1-4 zone bounded by Second and First avenues between East 109th and East 111th streets. This change would allow residential uses and would prohibit new manufacturing uses. Residential uses within the current M1-4 zone would become conforming uses with the proposed change. Existing commercial uses would become non-conforming uses and would be allowed to continue operation.

Changing Heavy Industrial District to Light Industrial District
M1-4 is proposed to replace the existing M3-2 zone. M1-4 is a light manufacturing district, while M3-2 allows heavy manufacturing uses.

The existing M3-2 zone is surrounded on three sides by residential uses. This change ensures that future uses on this site would be more compatible with the surrounding residential areas.