131-132 Coney North and Coney West Subdistricts

In the Coney North and Coney West Subdistricts, uses allowed by the underlying district regulations shall apply, except as modified in this Section for uses fronting upon streets specified on Map 2 (Mandatory Ground Floor Use Requirements) in the Appendix to this Chapter. For the purposes of this Section, the "building line" shown on Parcel F on Map 2 shall be considered a street line of Ocean Way or Parachute Way, as applicable. Furthermore, an open or enclosed ice skating rink shall be a permitted use anywhere within Parcel F in the Coney West Subdistrict.

(a)        Mandatory ground floor level uses along certain streets

Any use listed in Use Groups A, B and C, as set forth in Section 131-12, inclusive, not otherwise allowed by the underlying district regulations, shall be permitted within 70 feet of Riegelmann Boardwalk and within 100 feet of all other designated streets, as shown on Map 2.

(1)        Riegelmann Boardwalk

Only uses listed in Use Groups A, B and C and transient hotels located above the ground floor level are permitted within 70 feet of Riegelmann Boardwalk, except that a transient hotel lobby may occupy up to 30 feet of such ground floor frontage along Riegelmann Boardwalk. Use Group C uses shall be limited to 2,500 square feet of floor area and 30 feet of street frontage for each establishment. All other establishments shall be limited to 60 feet of street frontage, except that for any establishment on a corner, one street frontage may extend up to 100 feet. All ground floor uses within buildings shall have a depth of at least 15 feet measured from the street wall of the building. However, such minimum depth requirement may be reduced where necessary in order to accommodate vertical circulation cores or structural columns associated with upper stories of the building.

(2)        Streets other than Riegelmann Boardwalk

At least 20 percent of the frontage of a building or of an open use, on a street specified on Map 2, shall be allocated exclusively to uses listed in Use Groups A, B or C. The remaining frontage of such building or open use, on a specified street, shall be allocated to commercial uses permitted by the underlying district regulations or, where permitted, a transient hotel. In addition, a residential lobby may occupy up to 40 feet of frontage along a specified street frontage.

There shall be at least four separate ground floor or open commercial establishments fronting upon each block fronting on Surf Avenue.

All ground floor commercial uses within buildings shall have a depth of at least 50 feet measured from the street wall of the building. Such minimum 50 foot depth requirement may be reduced where necessary in order to accommodate a residential lobby, vertical circulation cores or structural columns associated with upper stories of the building.

(b)        Prohibited ground floor level uses along streets other than Riegelmann Boardwalk

No use listed in this paragraph, (b), shall be permitted within 50 feet of a street specified on Map 2. Lobbies or entryways to non-ground floor level uses are permitted, provided the length of street frontage occupied by such lobbies or entryways does not exceed, in total, 60 feet.

From Use Group 2:

All uses

From Use Groups 3A and 3B:

All uses, except for libraries, museums or non-commercial art galleries

From Use Groups 4A and 4B:

All uses, except for houses of worship or playgrounds

From Use Group 5A:

All uses, except that transient hotels shall be permitted within 200 feet of Surf Avenue between Stillwell Avenue and West 16th Street

From Use Groups 6B, and 6E:

Offices, veterinary medicine offices or non-commercial clubs

From Use Group 6C:

Banks (except for automated teller machines, provided the length of street frontage allocated for automated teller machines shall be no more than 25 feet or 40 percent of the frontage of the zoning lot, whichever is less, except such frontage need not be less than 20 feet), except that this prohibition shall not apply along Stillwell Avenue

Electrolysis studios, frozen food lockers and loan offices

From Use Group 6D:

All uses

From Use Group 7:

All uses, except for bicycle rental or repair shops

From Use Groups 8A and 8B:

Automobile driving schools, ice vending machines, lumber stores or pawn shops

From Use Groups 8C, 8D and 8E:

All uses

From Use Groups 9A, 9B and 9C:

All uses, except for gymnasiums, public auction rooms, photographic developing or printing establishments for the consumer, or art, music, dancing or theatrical studios

From Use Groups 10A, 10B and 10C:

Depositories for storage, and wholesale offices or showrooms

Use Group 11:

All uses

Use Groups 12A and 12B:

Trade expositions

Use Groups 12C and 12D:

All uses

Use Group 14A and 14B:

All uses, except for bicycle sales, rental or repair shops.