13-10 Permitted Off-Street Parking in the Manhattan Core

No parking shall be required within the #Manhattan Core#. As-ofright off-street parking spaces located within #accessory# offstreet parking facilities, automobile rental establishments and #public parking lots# in the #Manhattan Core# shall be permitted only as set forth in this Section, inclusive.

For the purposes of this Resolution, with regard to #automated parking facilities#, the term "tray" shall refer to the structural support for vehicle storage in both pallet and nonpallet vehicle storage systems.

For the purpose of calculating parking spaces in #automated parking facilities#, each tray upon which a vehicle is stored shall constitute one off-street parking space. However, auxiliary parking trays may be exempted from constituting a parking space where the Commissioner of Buildings determines that such auxiliary parking trays are necessary to store and retrieve vehicles for the efficient operation of such #automated parking facility#.

#Accessory# off-street parking spaces are permitted for #residences# in #developments# or #enlargements#, as follows:

1. for Community Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, #accessory# off-street parking spaces may be provided for not more than 20 percent of the total number of new #dwelling units# contained in the #development# or #enlargement#, or 200 spaces, whichever is less;


2. for Community Districts 7 and 8, #accessory# off-street parking spaces may be provided for not more than 35 percent of the total number of new #dwelling units# contained in the #development# or #enlargement#, or 200 spaces, whichever is less.

#Accessory# off-street parking spaces are permitted for non- #residential uses# in #developments# or #enlargements#, as follows:

1. #Transient hotels#
   
   For #transient hotel developments# or #enlargements#, a maximum of 225 #accessory# off-street parking spaces shall be permitted. In no event may the number of parking spaces exceed 15 percent of the number of new #transient hotel# rooms;


2. Hospitals
   
   For hospital #developments# or #enlargements#, a maximum of 100 #accessory# off-street parking spaces are permitted;


3. Retail #uses#
   
   For #developments# or #enlargements# comprising #commercial uses# listed in Use Groups 6A, 6C or 10A, the maximum number of #accessory# off-street parking spaces permitted shall not exceed one space per 4,000 square feet of #floor area#, or 10 spaces, whichever is less;


4. Other #commercial#, #community facility# and #manufacturing uses#
   
   For #developments# or #enlargements# comprising #community facility uses# other than hospitals, #commercial uses# other than those listed in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this Section, or #manufacturing uses#, the maximum number of #accessory# off-street parking spaces permitted shall not exceed one space per 4,000 square feet of such #community facility#, #commercial# or #manufacturing floor area# or 100 spaces, whichever is less.

Where a #development# or #enlargement# contains a combination of #uses# for which parking regulations are set forth in Sections 13-11 (Permitted Parking for Residences) and 13-12 (Permitted Parking for Non-Residential Uses), the number of #accessory# offstreet parking spaces for all such #uses# shall not exceed the number of spaces permitted for each #use# in accordance with the provisions of such Sections. However, in no event shall the maximum number exceed 225 #accessory# off-street parking spaces.

#Public parking lots#, with a maximum capacity of 150 spaces, are permitted in C2, C4, C6, C8, M1-5, M1-6, M2 and M3 Districts, except that:

1. no #public parking lots# shall be permitted within:


1. the area shown on Map 1 (Area where public parking lots are not permitted in the midtown Manhattan Core) in Section 13-141;


2. the area designated on Map 2 (Area where public parking lots are not permitted in the downtown Manhattan Core) in Section 13-141; and


3. the Preservation Area of the #Special Clinton District#, as shown on the map in Appendix A of Article IX, Chapter 6; and


2. for M1-5 or M1-6 Districts, #public parking lots# shall only be permitted in the following locations:


1. north of 42nd Street and west of 10th Avenue;


2. west of Ninth Avenue between 17th Street and 30th Street; and


3. south of Canal Street.

In such districts, the City Planning Commission may permit a #public parking lot# in a location not allowed by this Section pursuant to the applicable special permit in Section 13-45 (Special Permits for Additional Parking Spaces). Any such proposed #public parking lots# located in the Preservation Area of the #Special Clinton District# shall also be subject to the additional findings set forth in Section 96-111 (Off-street parking regulations).

#Public parking lots# shall not be permitted in the areas shown on the following maps, except where permitted by Section 13-45 (Special Permits for Additional Parking Spaces).

Map 1	—	Area where public parking lots are not permitted in the midtown Manhattan Core

Map 2	—	Area where public parking lots are not permitted in the downtown Manhattan Core

Automobile rental establishments, as listed in Use Group 8, are permitted, provided that:

1. in C2 Districts, the number of automobiles that may be stored in such establishments shall not exceed 150 spaces;


2. in C4, C6 and C8 Districts, the number of automobiles that may be stored in such establishments shall not exceed 225 spaces; and


3. in M1, M2 and M3 Districts, the number of automobiles that may be stored in such establishments shall not exceed 300 spaces.

#Car sharing vehicles# and commercial vehicle parking for motor vehicles not exceeding a length of 20 feet shall be permitted within #accessory# off-street parking facilities, #public parking garages# and #public parking lots#, as follows:

1. #Accessory# off-street parking facilities
   
   #Car sharing vehicles# may occupy parking spaces in an #accessory# off-street parking facility, provided that such #car sharing vehicles# shall not exceed 20 percent of all parking spaces in such facility, or five spaces, whichever is greater;


2. #Public parking garages# and #public parking lots#


1. In C1-5, C1-6, C1-7, C1-8, C1-9, C2 and C4 Districts, vehicles stored by automobile rental establishments and #car sharing vehicles# shall be permitted, provided such vehicles do not exceed, in total, 40 percent of the total number of parking spaces permitted within the #public parking garage# or #public parking lot#;


2. In C5, C6, C8, M1, M2 and M3 Districts, vehicles stored by automobile rental establishments and #car sharing vehicles# shall be permitted, provided such vehicles do not exceed, in total, 40 percent of the total number of parking spaces permitted within the #public parking garage# or #public parking lot#. In addition, commercial vehicle parking for motor vehicles not exceeding a length of 20 feet shall be permitted, provided that the total amount of parking spaces occupied by commercial vehicles, including any #car sharing vehicles# and automobile rental establishment vehicles, shall not exceed, in total, 50 percent of the total number of parking spaces permitted within the #public parking garage# or #public parking lot#.