(3/22/16)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Resolution the following modifications of #bulk# regulations are hereby granted for any #development# which the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission certifies will generally comply with the concept on file with the City Planning Commission dated January 6, 1970, for #development# commencing before January 1, 1980, or the amended design concept on file with the City Planning Commission dated April 30, 1980, for #development# commencing after January 1, 1980.
In no event shall the maximum #floor area ratio# for the #Special United Nations Development District#, taken as a whole, exceed 15.0. The #floor area ratio# of a #residential building# or the #residential# portion of a #mixed building# shall not exceed the maximum #floor area ratio# set forth in Sections 34-112, 23-152 and 35-31.
The #development# may include land in more than one #block# and the total permitted #floor area# of all #zoning lots# within such #development# may be distributed without regard for #zoning lot lines# or any #streets# separating the #zoning lots# and the #buildings# comprising such #development# may be located without regard for the applicable height and setback regulations.
In no event shall any #development# on the south side of 44th Street within the #Special United Nations Development District# contain more than 200,000 square feet of #floor area#, and no more than 61,000 square feet of #floor area# may be transferred for any such #development#.
At the time of any transfer of #floor area# in the #Special United Nations Development District#, there shall be recorded in the land records, and indexed against each tax lot from which #floor area# is removed, an instrument removing such #floor area# and stating the maximum permissible #floor area# remaining on the tax lot after deducting the #floor area# transferred; and there shall be recorded in the land records, and indexed against each tax lot to which #floor area# is added, an instrument evidencing the transfer of the #floor area# to the tax lot benefitted and identifying by tax block and lot number and description the tax lot from which the #floor area# has been transferred. A certified copy of such instruments shall be filed with the Commission upon recordation thereof.
For the purpose of any transfer of #floor area# in the #Special United Nations Development District#, the total permitted #floor area# of any tax lot from which #floor area# is transferred shall be the maximum #floor area# permitted under this Chapter for a #commercial building#, less the total #floor area# of any #building# on the tax lot.
The minimum front setback of a #building# on any portion of 45th Street within the #Special United Nations Development District#, more than 100 feet from First Avenue, shall be not less than 10 feet from the #street line#, and required #yards# within the #Special United Nations Development District# shall not be less than 20 feet in depth.
For a #residential building# or the #residential# portions of any mixed-#use building# located on the north side of 44th Street within the #Special United Nations Development District#, the provisions of Sections 23-532 (Required rear yard equivalents) and 23-711 (Standard minimum distance between buildings) shall not apply. Notwithstanding anything in this Resolution to the contrary, the minimum distance between a #residential# portion of a #building# and any other #building# on the same #zoning lot# within the #Special United Nations Development District# shall be not less than 28 feet.
For any #building# containing #residences# within the #Special United Nations Development District#, the applicable density requirements may be modified, but in no event shall there be less than 395 square feet of #residential floor area# per #dwelling unit#.
As a condition for granting such authorizations, in each case the Commission shall make the following findings:
- that the land use intensity and distribution of #bulk# of the total #development# permit better site planning and significantly achieve the specific purposes for which the #Special United Nations Development District# is established; and
- that all new #buildings or other structures# erected within the #Special United Nations Development District# are in compliance with the special height requirements set forth in Section 85-05 of this Chapter.