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Large detached homes on Glebe Avenue in the proposed R5A

• Sixteen full blocks and portions of 16 blocks generally bounded by Maclay Avenue to the north, East Tremont Avenue and Benson Street to the east, Tratman and Frisby avenues to the south, and Castle Hill Avenue to the west are proposed to be rezoned to R5A.
  
  To preserve the existing character of large, single- and two-family detached homes, new development would be limited to one- and two-family detached homes with a minimum lot size of 2,850 square feet; a minimum lot width of 30 feet; an FAR of 1.1 (with a 300 square-foot increase for providing a detached garage in the rear yard); a minimum front and side yard requirement of 10 feet (or for front yards, as deep as the adjacent yard); a maximum height of 35 feet (with a 25-foot perimeter wall maximum); and an increased parking requirement of one parking space per dwelling unit.

Large detached homes at Hershell Street and Butler Place in the proposed R4A

• DCP proposes to rezone to R4A one full block and portions of two blocks south of Westchester Avenue approximately bounded by Hershell Avenue, Harlsey Street, and Zerega Avenue.
  
  To preserve the residential character of detached one- and two- family homes, new development would be limited to one- and two-family detached homes with a minimum lot size of 2,850 square feet for one-family detached homes and 3,135 square feet for two-family detached homes; a minimum lot width of 30 feet for one-family detached homes and 33 feet for two-family detached homes; a FAR of 0.75 (+ 0.15 attic allowance); a minimum front and side yard requirement of 10; a maximum height of 35 feet with a 26 foot perimeter wall; and an increased parking requirement of 1.5 parking spaces per dwelling unit. The R4A district will be subject to the Lower Density Growth Management Area (LDGMA) regulations which, among other provisions, increase off-street parking requirements for new development, reduce the maximum height of new buildings in the floodplain areas and establish a 20-foot side yard on corner lots.

M1-1 to R4A

• Although this area is zoned for manufacturing, this is clearly a residential neighborhood. All but one lot proposed for rezoning is developed with a residential use. Portions of two blocks south of Westchester Avenue generally bound by Seabury, Waterbury, Zerega and Westchester avenues would be rezoned. The proposed rezoning would limit new development to one- and two-family detached homes as described above.

Commercial Overlays

Multi-family buildings and commercial uses along the elevated subway line on Westchester Avenue and Doris Street

• Five C1-2 commercial overlays on the eastern side of Castle Hill Avenue, on Westchester Avenue and on the southern side of East Tremont Avenue would be changed to C1-4. Three of these commercial overlays located on Castle Hill Avenue between Manning Street and Westchester Avenue would be reduced in depth from 150 feet to 100 feet to prevent commercial intrusion into the residential mid-blocks. The C1-2 and C1-4 commercial overlays permit the same range of local retail and personal service shops needed in residential neighborhoods. The parking requirement would be reduced from one parking space for every 300 square feet of commercial space under the existing C1-2 overlay to one space per 1,000 square feet under the proposed C1-4 commercial overlay.
  
  
• Seventeen C2-2 commercial overlays located on East Tremont, Westchester Avenue and Castle Hill avenues would be changed to C2-4 overlays. Four on East Tremont Avenue would be reduced in depth from 150 feet to 100 feet. The C2-2 and C2-4 commercial overlays permit the same range of local retail and personal service shops needed in residential neighborhoods. The parking requirement would be reduced from one parking space for every 300 square feet of commercial space under the existing C2-2 overlay to one space per 1,000 square feet under the proposed C2-4 commercial overlay.
  
  
• A C2-4 commercial overlay would be added along Castlehill Avenue between Manning Street and St. Raymond Avenue to include an existing funeral home and its parking lot, which occupies the entire blockfront along Castle Hill Avenue.
  
  
• A portion of one C2-2 commercial overlay on Zerega Avenue between Westchester Avenue and the prolongation of Tratman Avenue and one entire C2-2 commercial overlay on Westchester Avenue approximately between Seabury Avenue and Herschell Street would be eliminated where commercial uses do not currently exist and are not likely to be developed.

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