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(3/22/16)
This Section, inclusive, specifies ground floor level
requirements that establish ground floor #use# and depth
requirements, the maximum width for certain #uses#, and parking
wrap and screening requirements that apply to #Quality Housing
buildings# in certain #Residence Districts# subject to
supplemental provisions for #qualifying ground floors#.
(3/22/16)
For #buildings#, or portions thereof, with ground floor #use# and
depth requirements, #uses# on the first #story# of a #building#,
and within 15 feet of the ground floor level #street wall#, shall
be limited to #community facility uses#, except for lobbies,
entrances and exits to #accessory# parking facilities, and
entryways to subway stations, as applicable, provided in
accordance with
Section 26-53 (Maximum Width of Certain Uses).
However, such minimum depth requirement may be reduced, to the
minimum extent necessary, to accommodate vertical circulation
cores or structural columns associated with upper #stories# of
the #building#.
(3/22/16)
The maximum width of lobbies, entrances and exits to #accessory#
off-street parking facilities, and entryways to subway stations
shall be as set forth in this Section.
- Ground floor lobbies
Lobbies accessing #uses# not permitted on the #ground floor
level# shall be permitted, provided that the width of such
lobbies, in total, does not exceed 25 percent of the #street
wall# width of the #building# or more than 20 linear feet of
#street wall# frontage on a #wide street# or 30 linear feet
on a #narrow street#, whichever is less. However, the width
of such lobbies need not be less than 10 feet.
- Entrances and exits to #accessory# parking facilities
Entrances and exits to #accessory# off-street parking
facilities, where permitted on the #ground floor level#, or
portion thereof, shall not exceed a #street wall# width
equal to the sum of five feet plus the maximum curb cut
width for the applicable district. Where no specified
maximum curb cut width is set forth for the district, the
curb cut regulations for #buildings# containing #residences#
in R6 through R8 Districts with a letter suffix, found in
paragraph (e) of Section 25-631 (Location and width of curb
cuts in certain districts), shall be applied.
- Entryways to subway stations
Entryways to subway stations may be provided on the #ground
floor level# of a #building# without restriction in #street
wall# width.
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All #accessory# off-street parking spaces on the #ground floor
level# of a #building# shall be wrapped by #floor area# in
accordance with paragraph (a) or, where applicable, screened in
accordance with applicable provisions of paragraph (b) of this
Section.
- Along typical #street wall# frontages
For the ground floor level, or portions thereof, of
#buildings# with a #street wall# width of 100 feet or less
along a #street# frontage, any portion of an #accessory#
off-street parking facility that is located above #curb
level#, except for permitted entrances and exits, shall be
located behind permitted #floor area# so that no portion of
such facility is visible from adjacent public sidewalks or
publicly accessible areas. Such #floor area# shall have a
minimum depth of 15 feet, as measured perpendicular to the
#street wall# of the #building#.
- Along wide #street wall# frontages
For portions of ground floor levels of #buildings# with a
#street wall# width exceeding 100 feet along a #street#
frontage, at least 100 feet of such frontage shall comply
with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section. Any
portion of an such #accessory# off-street parking facility
that is located above #curb level# within the portion of
such ground floor level #street wall# in excess of 100 feet,
may either be wrapped by #floor area# in accordance with
paragraph (a) of this Section, or shall be subject to the
following design requirements:
- any non-horizontal parking deck structures shall not be
visible from the exterior of the #building# in
elevation view;
- opaque materials shall be located on the exterior
#building# wall between the bottom of the floor of each
parking deck and no less than three feet above such
deck; and
- a total of at least 50 percent of such exterior
#building# wall, or portion thereof, with adjacent
parking spaces shall consist of opaque materials which
may include permitted #signs#, graphic or sculptural
art, decorative screening or latticework or living
plant material.
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# subject to
supplemental provisions for #qualifying ground floors ...
for required ground floor non-#residential
uses#, as applicable, shall be as set forth in this Section,
except as set forth in Section 37-31 (Applicability).
Required #ground floor level# non-#residential uses# along a
#primary street frontage# or a designated retail street specified
in a Special Purpose District, as applicable, shall have a
minimum depth of 30 feet, as measured perpendicular to the
#ground floor level street wall#. However, such minimum depth
requirement may be reduced, to the minimum extent necessary, to
accommodate vertical circulation cores or structural columns
associated with upper #stories# of the #building#.
(3/22/16)
The #ground floor level street wall# along a #primary street
frontage# or a designated retail street set forth in a Special
Purpose District, as applicable, shall be glazed with transparent
materials which may include #show windows#, transom windows or
glazed portions of doors, except as set forth in Section 37-31
(Applicability).
Such transparent materials shall occupy at least 50 percent of
the surface area of such #ground floor level street wall# between
a height of two feet and 12 feet, or the height of the ground
floor ceiling, whichever is higher, as measured from the
adjoining sidewalk. Transparent materials provided to satisfy
such 50 percent requirement shall not begin higher than 2 feet, 6
inches, above the level of the adjoining sidewalk, with the
exception of transom windows, or portions of windows separated by
mullions or other structural dividers, and shall have a minimum
width of two feet. The maximum width of a portion of the #ground
floor level street wall# without transparency shall not exceed
ten feet.
However, such transparency requirements shall not apply to
portions of the #ground floor level# occupied by entrances or
exits to #accessory# off-street parking facilities and #public
parking garages#, where permitted, entryways to required loading
berths, where permitted, entryways to subway stations, as
applicable, or doors accessing emergency egress stairwells and
passageways.
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Section 37-30, inclusive, specifies #ground floor level#
requirements that establish consistent standards for a minimum
depth for certain #uses#, a maximum width for certain #uses#,
minimum transparency requirements, and parking wrap and screening
requirements that apply in conjunction with requirements set
forth for certain #Commercial Districts# in the supplemental
#use# provisions of Section 32-40, inclusive, for #Quality
Housing buildings# in certain #Commercial Districts# subject to
supplemental provisions for #qualifying ground ...
(3/22/16)
Section 37-30, inclusive, specifies #ground floor level#
requirements that establish consistent standards for a minimum
depth for certain #uses#, a maximum width for certain #uses#,
minimum transparency requirements, and parking wrap and screening
requirements that apply in conjunction with requirements set
forth for certain #Commercial Districts# in the supplemental
#use# provisions of Section 32-40, inclusive, for #Quality
Housing buildings# in certain #Commercial Districts# subject to
supplemental provisions for #qualifying ground floors#; for
certain #Manufacturing Districts# in Section 42-485 (Streetscape
provisions); for #zoning lots# subject to the off-street parking
regulations in the #Manhattan Core# in Article I, Chapter 3; for
#zoning lots# subject to the special provisions ...
PLANTING STRIP REQUIREMENTS); and
to #Quality Housing buildings# where supplemental ground
floor level rules apply to #buildings# with #qualifying
ground floors#, as set forth in Section 26-50 (SPECIAL
GROUND FLOOR LEVEL PROVISIONS FOR ...
# containing #community facility uses# with
sleeping accommodations.
Ground floor #community facility uses# shall be subject to
the streetscape provisions set forth in Section 88-131.
(3/20/13)
The #commercial use# regulations applicable in M1 Districts shall
apply in the #Special Hudson Square District#, except that:
food stores, including supermarkets, grocery stores or
delicatessen stores, shall not be limited as to the size of
the establishment;
#uses# listed in Use Group 6A, other than food stores, and
Use Groups 6C, pursuant to Section 42-13, 6E, 10 and 12B,
shall be limited to 10,000 square feet of #floor area# at the
ground floor level, per establishment. Portions of such
establishments located above or below ground floor level
shall not be limited in size;
ground floor #commercial uses# shall be subject to special
streetscape provisions set forth in Section 88-131;
#commercial uses# permitted in M1 Districts shall be subject
to the modifications set forth in Section 123-22
(Modification of Use Groups 16, 17 and 18), inclusive;
#transient hotels# shall be allowed, except that:
#development# or #enlargement# of #transient hotels#
with greater than 100 sleeping units on #zoning lots#
where #residential use# is permitted as-of-right, in
accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 88-11, shall
only be allowed upon certification by the Chairperson of
the City Planning Commission to the Commissioner of
Buildings that the residential development goal has been
met for the #Special Hudson Square District# as set
forth in this paragraph, (e)(1), or, where such
residential development goal has not been met, by
special permit pursuant to Section 88-132 (Special
permit for large transient hotels).
The residential development goal shall be met when at
least 2,255 #dwelling units#, permitted pursuant to the
provisions of Section 88-11, within the #Special Hudson
Square District#, have received temporary or final
certificates of occupancy subsequent to March 20, 2013;
and
a change of #use# within a #qualifying building ...