Dept. of Buildings responds - but not enough

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer forwarded the letter he received from the NYC Department of Buildings and the Fire Department - in response to a letter he had written four months back - on some of the community's concerns. In short, the DoB concluded:
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"1. The site may maintain the existing parking curb cuts as non-complying condition as it pertains to each individual street. Existing parking curb-cuts on wide streets may be re-located on the same street provided that the widths of the relocated parking curb-cuts are not extended.

2. Curb cuts used for loading and unloading (including drop offs) are permitted as of right on wide streets as per Section 36-682 ZR

3. As per the attached letters from DOT and FDNY, the proposed curb cuts on 97 and 100 streets for the purpose of FD emergency access and drop offs , are as of right and would not cause any traffic impact. In addition, the drive-through would satisfy the requirement of Section 27-291 (Street Frontage), for one of the existing buildings at 790 Columbus Ave. Also, in order to discourage drivers from using it as a short cut, the drive-through will be provided with at least five 6 inches elevated pedestrian crosswalks in addition to stop signs to be installed along the drive-through."
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It is not clear how curb cuts on 97th Street could avoid causing any traffic impact, given the existing frequent blockages there.