86-40 Special Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations

The applicable parking and loading regulations of the underlying districts shall apply within the #Special Forest Hills District#, except as modified by this Section, inclusive.

For all #commercial uses# located within the #Special Forest Hills District# in parking requirement category (PRC) A, B, B1 or C, the requirements of Section 36-21 (General Provisions) pertaining to the number of #accessory# off-street parking spaces required for each type of #use# shall be modified to provide one parking space per 400 square feet of #floor area# for all such #uses#.

In the Special District, hotels (PRC-H) shall be required to provide one parking space per 12 guest rooms or suites, or one parking space per 12 persons rated capacity, whichever is greater. Places of assembly (PRC-D) shall be required to provide one parking space per 12 persons rated capacity.

The applicable regulations for the location of permitted or required off-site #accessory# parking spaces for #residential uses# in Sections 36-42 (Off-Site Spaces for Residences) and 36- 421 (Maximum distance from zoning lot) shall not apply in the #Special Forest Hills District#. In lieu thereof, such off-site parking spaces, which are #accessory# to a #residential use#, may also be located on any #zoning lot# within the Special District other than the #zoning lot# to which they are #accessory#.

The waiver provisions of Article III, Chapter 6 (Accessory OffStreet Parking and Loading Regulations), inclusive, shall be modified within the #Special Forest Hills District#, as follows:

1. For any #development# or #enlargement# containing #residences#, the waiver modification provisions set forth in Section 36-362 (In other C1 or C2 Districts or in C4, C5 or C6 Districts), inclusive, shall not apply. In lieu thereof, the total number of #accessory# off-street parking spaces required in Section 36-30 (REQUIRED ACCESSORY OFFSTREET PARKING SPACES FOR RESIDENCES WHEN PERMITTED IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS), inclusive, shall be waived if the number of spaces for all #uses# on the #zoning lot#, required by the applicable regulations of Section 36-30, inclusive, is five spaces or fewer.
   
   For any #commercial# or #community facility use# permitted in the Special District, the modification waiver provisions for a C4-4 or C4-5 District set forth in Section 36-232 (In districts with very low parking requirements) shall not apply. In lieu thereof, the total number of #accessory# offstreet parking spaces required in Section 36-21 (General Provisions) shall be waived if the number of spaces for all #uses# on the #zoning lot#, required by the regulations of Section 36-21, is fewer than 40 spaces.


2. The provisions of Sections 36-342 (Reduced requirements in other C1 or C2 Districts or in C4, C5 or C6 Districts) and 36-344 (Waiver of requirements in other C1 or C2 Districts or in C4, C5 or C6 Districts) shall not apply in the #Special Forest Hills District#.


3. Within the #Special Forest Hills District#, the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section and Sections 36-23 (Waiver of Requirements for Spaces Below Minimum Number) and 36-36 (Waiver of Requirements for Small Number of Spaces) shall apply only to #zoning lots# existing both on March 24, 2009, and on the date of application for a building permit.

The waiver provisions of Article III, Chapter 6 (Accessory OffStreet Parking and Loading Regulations), pertaining to location of access shall be modified within the #Special Forest Hills District#, as follows:

1. curb cuts for permitted or required #accessory# off-street parking and loading spaces along Austin Street from 70th Avenue to Ascan Avenue and along 71st Avenue from Austin Street to Queens Boulevard, as shown on the map in the Appendix to this Chapter, shall not be allowed. The Chairperson of the City Planning Commission, however, may certify to the Commissioner of Buildings that such #zoning lot# has access only to such prohibited location and that a curb cut in that location would not be hazardous to traffic safety and would, if granted, be no wider than 20 feet; and


2. an application for certification respecting such curb cut shall be accompanied by a site plan drawn to a scale of at least one sixteenth inch to a foot, showing the size and location of the proposed curb cut.

The Commissioner may refer such matter to the Department of Transportation, or its successor, for a report and may base the determination on such report.