64-50 Special Parking Regulations

Sections 64-51 (For Residential Buildings with Below-grade Parking) and 64-52 (For Elevated Buildings) shall apply to buildings existing on October 28, 2012, and to the reconstruction of such buildings. Section 64-51 shall apply without requiring a building to comply with flood-resistant construction standards provided in paragraph (a) of Section 64-12 (Applicability).

Section 64-53 (Surfacing) shall apply to all zoning lots within the flood zone.

The underlying parking location, curb cut spacing, permitted obstruction and surfacing regulations are modified in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

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In the districts indicated, other than R4B and R5B Districts, where below-grade garages within residential buildings are eliminated in order to comply with Appendix G of the New York City Building Code, accessory off-street parking spaces may be relocated from such garages to the side or rear of such buildings, or to the front yard driveway that accessed the former garage, or to a shared driveway along a common side lot line. Where such parking spaces are so relocated, each such space shall have a dimension at least 18 feet long and eight feet wide, and such spaces shall be allowed without regard to underlying parking location, curb cut spacing or permitted obstruction regulations. No modifications of the number of curb cuts on a zoning lot or the minimum or maximum width of a curb cut shall be allowed. Where eliminated garages were accessed by a driveway less than 18 feet long, such driveway and curb cut shall be eliminated, and the former driveway planted to the extent necessary to comply, or increase compliance, with the provisions of Section 23-451 (Planting requirement) as if the building on the zoning lot was constructed after April 30, 2008.  

In the event there is no way to arrange relocated required parking spaces on the zoning lot in compliance with the provisions of this Section, given that existing buildings will remain, the Commissioner of Buildings may waive such spaces.

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In the districts indicated, except R4B and R5B Districts, the provisions of this Section shall apply to single- or two-family residences with a flood-resistant construction elevation at least nine feet above curb level, and to other single- or two-family residences utilizing the provisions of Section 64-334 (Alternative height measurement for single- and two-family residences). For such residences, where at least two accessory off-street parking spaces are provided beneath the lowest occupiable floor, such spaces shall be allowed without regard to the underlying parking location, curb cut spacing or permitted obstruction regulations. However, no modification of the number of curb cuts on a zoning lot or the minimum or maximum width of a curb cut shall be allowed.    

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In the districts indicated, Section 25-65 (Surfacing) shall be modified to allow dustless gravel driveways that access one single- or two-family residence on a zoning lot, provided that all portions of such driveway located between the curb and the front lot line shall be surfaced with asphaltic or Portland cement concrete, or other hard-surfaced dustless material, at least four inches thick, and public sidewalks shall be constructed to Department of Transportation standards.