93-55 Special Height and Setback Regulations in the South of Port Authority Subdistrict E

Zoning lots with Eighth Avenue frontage

For zoning lots with frontage on Eighth Avenue, the street wall of a building shall be located on the Eighth Avenue sidewalk widening line and, where applicable, on the West 39th Street and West 40th Street street lines, and extend along the entire street frontage of the zoning lot. Such street walls shall rise without setback to a minimum height of 90 feet and a maximum height of 120 feet. The street wall of any building may rise to a height less than 90 feet, provided that no building on the zoning lot exceeds such height except where such building is located on a zoning lot with multiple buildings, one or more of which is developed, enlarged or altered after February 2, 2011, to a height exceeding 90 feet.

Above a height of 120 feet, no portion of a building or other structure shall penetrate a sky exposure plane that begins at a height of 120 feet above the Eighth Avenue sidewalk widening line and street lines of West 39th Street and West 40th Street, as applicable, and rises over the zoning lot at a slope of four feet of vertical distance for each foot of horizontal distance, except as provided below: