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ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT AND ZONING ORDINANCE MAP AMENDMENT APPROVING A PETITION BY CHAPEL HAVEN SCHLEIFER CENTER, INC. FOR A CHANGE OF ZONE FROM RM-2, HIGH-MIDDLE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, TO ESTABLISH A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ON APPROXIMATELY 3.03 ACRES OF LAND KNOWN AS 1040 WHALLEY AVENUE (MAP 389/BLOCK 1139/PARCEL 01300), 34 EMERSON STREET (MAP 405/BLOCK 1138/PARCEL 03400), AND 38 EMERSON STREET (MAP 405/BLOCK 1138/PARCEL 03300).
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WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII, Sections 2A and 2E of the Charter of the City of New Haven ("City Charter") and Article VII, Section 64(d)(1) and Section 65 of the New Haven Zoning Ordinance ("Zoning Ordinance");
WHEREAS, Chapel Haven Schleifer Center, Inc. ("Chapel Haven") is the owner of certain tracts of land known as 1040 Whalley Avenue, 34 Emerson Street, and 38 Emerson Street (collectively, the "Site"), as more particularly described in the boundary map in Exhibit A and legal description in Exhibit B attached hereto;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 64 and 65 of the Zoning Ordinance, Chapel Haven filed a petition/application to establish a new Planned Development District at the Site, together with general plans to amend the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map, to (i) change the existing zoning district of the Site from RM-2, High-Middle Density, to a new Planned Development District (the "Chapel Haven PDD"), (ii) establish the Permitted Uses allowed in the Chapel Haven PDD, including a newly defined "Independent Living Community" use, in order to permit the construction of a new Community Building at the Chapel Haven Campus and provide for the continuation of the existing residential and educational uses within the Chapel Haven PDD, and (iii) allow certain dimensional, parking and loading, and other deviations from the requirements of the underlying RM-2 zone (the "Petition");
WHEREAS, Chapel Haven submitted sufficient plants, traffic studies, and additi...
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