The board of trustees will hold a public hearing at Garden City Village Hall at 8 p.m. on Feb. 6 to consider the acquisition of 115 Tenth Street and 116 Eleventh Street. The addition and improvement to Parking Field 10W will also be discussed; the cost of such local improvement to be borne wholly or partly at the expense of the owners of the lands benefited thereby.

The board of trustees will also hold a hearing at 8 p.m. Feb. 6 in village hall to discuss a proposed local law to amend the village's code with regard to certain office uses in the Commercial C-4 Zoning District.

The trustees have received specific recommendations concerning this zoning change from a subcommittee of the board and the village planner in a Dec. 17, 2002 memorandum. Those recommendations suggested amendments with regard to certain office uses permitted in the C-4 Zone.

Chapter 200, Article III, Section 200-28.1 of the village code as last amended by Local Law 4-1997 is hereby further amended to read as follows:

Commercial C-4 Districts

A. Uses. In C-4 Districts, no land, building or structure shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected or altered to be used for any purpose other than:

1. The uses permitted in Commercial C-B Districts except that offices for business or professional use shall only be permitted on the ground floor by special permit.

2. Food and hardware stores not exceeding 15,000 square feet of the floor area.

B. Other use regulations. In C-4 Districts, other use regulations shall be the same as those in C-2 Districts except that offices for business or professional use shall only be permitted on the ground floor by special permit.

C. Offices for business or professional uses are permitted on the ground floor only by special permit approval by the Board of Appeals pursuant to Sections 200-65A and 200-73 and the following conditions:

1. The space has been advertised twice a month for six months for retail in local newspapers at a rate commensurate with rates in similar retail space in the village; or the property has been advertised by other means to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board of Appeals.

2. If finding (1) of this Section is satisfied, the proposed office use is required to occupy floors above the level of the ground floor before occupying the ground floor.

3. If findings (1) and (2) of this Section are satisfied, any alteration of the ground floor façade of a building used as offices for business or professional use must also be approved by special permit. At a minimum, windows should be provided across 30 percent of the base of the building.

D. Medical offices shall not be permitted on the ground floor.

Please note that this local law shall take effect immediately.