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Sometimes a parking space is just a parking space — even in the glitzy new High Line district. That’s what Chelsea’s Community Board 4 declared last night when it swatted down developer Young Woo & Associates plan for en suite parking at its 200 Eleventh Avenue development. Plans called for a car elevator that would have allowed residents to drive right to the door of the building’s fifteen floorthrough luxury condos — Madonna was said to be interested in buying one — but the Fire Department has made its disapproval known and last night the community board said the plan violated local zoning laws. (The board’s decision is only advisory, but the borough president, planning commission, and city council typically follow boards’ leads.) Under those rules, a new development can offer parking spots for only 20 percent of its units without a special permit. “The board has a principle that because of too many cars in the community board’s confines, they want to enforce the 20 percent,” district manager Robert Benfatto told us. So three spots, even hovering ones, would be just fine. — Alec Appelbaum
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