117-512 Ground Floor Use and Frontage Regulations

On designated streets in the Queens Plaza Subdistrict, as shown on Map 2 in Appendix C of this Chapter, the special ground floor use and frontage regulations of this Section shall apply to any building or other structure fronting on such streets.

Uses within stories on the ground floor or with a floor level within five feet of curb level shall be limited exclusively to permitted commercial, manufacturing or community facility uses as modified by the special use provisions of Sections 117-51 and 117-511, except for lobby space or entrance space.

In no event shall the length of street frontage occupied by lobby space, entrance space and/or a building entrance recess exceed in total 50 percent of the building's total street frontage or 30 feet, whichever is less. However, the total length of street frontage occupied by lobby space and/or entrance space need not be less than 25 feet.