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// CODE SNIPPET

97-422 Floor Area Bonus for Visual or Performing Arts Uses

NYC Zoning Resolution > IX Special Purpose Districts > 7 - Special 125th Street District (125) > 97-40 Special Bulk Regulations > 97-42 Additional Floor Area and Lot Coverage Regulations > 97-422 Floor Area Bonus for Visual or Performing Arts Uses
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(a)        In C4-4D, C4-7 or C6-3 Districts within the Core Subdistrict or areas outside of a subdistrict, for a development or enlargement with frontage on 125th Street, the maximum floor area ratio otherwise permitted for residential or commercial uses listed in Section 97-411 may be increased up to the maximum floor area ratio specified in the table in this Section, provided that for every four square feet of bonused floor area, an amount of space equivalent to one square foot of such bonused floor area shall be used for those visual or performing arts uses designated in paragraph (b) of Section 97-11 (Special Arts and Entertainment Uses). Such bonused floor area shall be permitted only upon certification by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission to the Commissioner of Buildings that the conditions set forth in Section 97-423 have been met.

MAXIMUM PERMITTED FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES WITH FLOOR AREA BONUS FOR VISUAL OR PERFORMING ARTS USES

Within areas outside a subdistrict

Within the Core Subdistrict

Residential Floor Area Ratio

Commercial Floor Area Ratio

Residential Floor Area Ratio

Commercial Floor Area Ratio

 Base

Maximum

Base

Maximum

Base

Maximum

Base

Maximum

C4-4D

5.4

7.2

4.0

5.4

5.4

7.2

4.0

5.40

C4-7

9.0

12.0

10.0

12.0

5.4

7.2

7.2

8.65

C6-3

6.0

8.0

6.0

8.0

5.4

7.2

6.0

8.00

(b)        In C6-4 Districts within the Park Avenue Hub Subdistrict, for a development or enlargement, the maximum floor area ratio permitted in paragraph (b) of Section 97-412 (Maximum floor area ratio in the Park Avenue Hub Subdistrict) may be increased up to a maximum floor area ratio of 12.0, provided that for every four square feet of bonused floor area, an amount of space equivalent to one square foot of floor area shall be used for those visual or performing arts uses designated in paragraph (b) of Section 97-11 (Special Arts and Entertainment Uses). Such bonused floor area shall be permitted only upon certification by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission to the Commissioner of Buildings that the conditions set forth in Section 97-423 have been met.

(c)        In C4-7 Districts within Subdistrict A, for a development or enlargement, the maximum floor area ratio permitted in Section 97-413 (Maximum floor area ratio in Subdistrict A) may be increased up to a maximum floor area ratio of 12.0, provided that for every four square feet of bonused floor area, an amount of space equivalent to one square foot of floor area shall be used for those visual or performing arts uses designated in paragraph (b) of Section 97-11 (Special Arts and Entertainment Uses). Such bonused floor area shall be permitted only upon certification by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission to the Commissioner of Buildings that the conditions set forth in Section 97-423 have been met.

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