The removal of the dome was temporary pending the approval of a zoning variance through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, which was granted in January 1989.[1] Soon after, the CPC voted to permit the completion of CitySpire's dome in exchange for the dance studios in the base.[2][3][4] The Board of Estimate continued to debate over whether the dance studios were an appropriate penalty for Eichner.[102] In March 1989, the Board of Estimate voted 6–5 to allow the dance studios as an appropriate penalty.[6][103] The height agreement received opposition from city comptroller Harrison J. Goldin, who charged that Eichner was violating the law, and from critics who believed the dance studios, at 21 by 60 feet (6.4 by 18.3 m), were too small.[8] The dome was subsequently damaged in a fire in May 1989,[104][105] which investigators determined was an arson.[106] Eichner had still not completed renovations at City Center like he had promised,[107] and the building's pedestrian arcade was not open to the public.[108]