The Board of Standards & Appeals unanimously approved this morning the lifting of a stop-work order by the Department of Buildings on a renovation of and two-story addition to a six-story building at 164-173 Perry Street in the Far West Village.

Construction on it and another nearby development at 163 Charles Street was stopped when neighborhood groups complained that the developers should have been aware of a rezoning of the area that would lower their permissible size.

The Perry Street development is being designed by Asymptote for Charles Blaichman, Richard Born and Ira Drucker, the developers of two of the three Richard Meier5 modernist glass towers along West Street in the Far West Village. The Perry Street project, which is around the corner from the Meier buildings, will have more than 20 condominium apartments.

The developers were in the process of adding two stories to an existing 6-story garage structure on the site when the City Council voted October 13 to rezone the permissible size of new buildings in the neighborhood.

In its submission to the board, the Perry Street Development Corporation argued for the renewal of the "lawfully issued building permit issued before the effective date of the map change to the Zoning Maps and maintained that its "irrevocable financial commitment" for the project was "$1,864,488. Its site fronts for 100 feet on Perry Street and 100 feet one inch on Charles Lane.

At 163 Charles Street, Barry Leistner was building a 8-story building designed by Daniel Goldner Architects with a triplex and two duplex apartments and ground floor commercial space. That project was also approved at today's meeting of The Board of Standards & Appeals.

Meenaskshi Srinivasan, chairperson of the board, said that the Buildings Department notified the board yesterday that an audit of the objections had been completed and the "issues resolved."

Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society Historic Preservation, told CityRealty.com after the board's decision, however, that his organization had not yet seen the report from the Buildings Department and would investigate and that if it finds any "improprieties" with its findings about "the very serious issues" it would seek to have the report revoked.