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GENERAL PURPOSES

The "Special Coney Island Mixed Use District" established in this Resolution is designed to promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare. These general goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:

(a)        to stabilize the residential future of this mixed residential and industrial area by permitting expansion and development of residential and light manufacturing uses where adequate environmental standards are assured;

(b)        to promote the opportunity for people to work in the vicinity of their residences;

(c)        to provide a safe circulation system in this area of mixed residential and manufacturing use;

(d)        to retain adequate wage, job-intensive, seasonally stable industries within New York City;

(e)        to provide an opportunity for the improvement of Coney Island in a manner consistent with the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of New York; and

(f)        to promote the most desirable use of land and thus to conserve the value of land and buildings and thereby protect the City tax revenues.

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