(2/2/11)
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In #buildings# where #floor area# is #converted# to
#residences# under Section 15-21 (Use Regulations - Transfer
of Preservation Obligations and Conversion Rights) where
there is more than one #dwelling unit# per #story#, there
shall be a minimum #dwelling unit# size of 1,200 square feet
of interior #floor area# unless modified pursuant to Section
15-30 (MINOR MODIFICATIONS).
However, the minimum #dwelling unit# size requirement may be replaced by the requirements of Section 15-026 for #dwelling units# existing on September 1, 1980- for which the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission has made a determination of #residential# occupancy on September 1, 1980 pursuant to Sections 15- 021(c) or 15-215; or
- that are registered Interim Multiple Dwellings or are found covered by the New York City Loft Board pursuant to Article 7C of the New York State Multiple Dwelling Law; or
- that the Loft Board determines were occupied for #residential use# on September 1, 1980.
- For the purposes of this Section only, mezzanines constructed pursuant to Chapter 26 of the Administrative Code shall be allowed within individual #dwelling units# provided that the gross area of such mezzanine does not exceed 33 and 1/3 percent of the #floor area# contained within such #dwelling unit#. Such mezzanines are permitted only in #buildings# with an existing #floor area ratio# of 12 or less, and only between floors, or between a floor and a roof, existing on January 22, 1998, that are to remain. Such mezzanines shall not be included as #floor area# for the purpose of calculating the minimum required size of a #dwelling unit# or for calculating #floor area# devoted to #dwelling units#.