The City Planning Commission will consider rezoning a six-block area in the West Village between Washington and Greenwich Streets and 10th to 12th Streets.

The rezoning would impose height limits on new development at the street wall of 40 to 65 feet and a total height limit of 80 feet.

It would also eliminate bonuses for commercial and community developments and all designs for new development must be approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The rezoning was requested by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and Community Board 2 and the Greenwich Village Community Task Force.

The organizations had written the commission in April 2008 requesting a rezoning because two projects allegedly did not fit the neighborhood's character.

One of the projects was a hotel proposed by Robert Gladstone of Madison Equities at 145 Perry Street. That project was approved by the landmarks commission last year after it reduced its proposed height from 90 to 78 feet.

Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, called the current zoning "outdated" and "anomalous."

His organization listed as "soft sites" in the area besides 145 Perry Street the following locations: 689-693, 699, 725, 731, 745 and 755-9 Washington street, 138 Bank Street, 134-6 and 139-143 Charles Street, 267 West 10th Street, 356 West 12th Street, 738 Greenwich street, 137 and 139 Perry Street.

Last September, several local elected officials including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Congressmen Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Thomas Duane and Assembly Member Deborah Glick wrote to Amanda Burden, the chair of the planning commission, supporting a rezoning.

On November 18, the elected officials informed the neighborhood that the commission had decided that a rezoning was "warranted."

The commission will conduct an environment assessment after which public hearings will be held.