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

(a)        to promote and strengthen the unique character of the "Special Sheepshead Bay District" area as a prime location for waterfront-related commercial and recreational development and to help attract a useful cluster of shops, restaurants and related activities, which will complement and enhance the area as presently existing;

(b)        to encourage the provision of housing with appropriate amenities in areas suitable for residential development;

(c)        to improve vehicular and pedestrian circulation patterns by requiring limited curb cuts and uniform sidewalk widening, and encouraging the provision of public open space and other amenities as a related part of new development;

(d)        to provide an incentive for redevelopment of the area in a manner consistent with the foregoing objectives which are integral elements of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of New York;

(e)        to facilitate flood-resilient construction and open space design to reduce the potential for property damage and disruption from regular flood events; and

(f)        to promote the most desirable use of land in this area and thus to conserve the value of land and thereby protect the City's tax revenues.