(12/15/61)
(1/18/11)
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
Use Groups 1 and 2, as set forth in Section 22-11 and Section 22- 12. However, in C3A Districts, Use Group 2 shall be limited to #single#-or #two-family detached# or #zero lot line residences#.
In #lower density growth management areas# in the Borough of Staten Island, except C3A Districts, Use Groups 1 and 2 shall be permitted only within #mixed buildings#. However, no #residences# shall be allowed on the following #zoning lots#, except by special permit pursuant to Section 74-49 (Residential Use in C4-1 Districts in The Borough of Staten Island):
- any #zoning lot# in a C4-1 District, where such district occupies at least four acres within a #block#; or
- any other #zoning lot# in a C4-1 District, where such #zoning lot# had a #lot area# greater than 20,000 square feet on December 21, 2005, or on any subsequent date.
(8/17/90)
C1* C2** C4 C5 C6 C8
Use Group 5 consists of hotels used primarily for transient occupancy.
A. Transient Accommodations
#Hotels, transient# [PRC-H]
B. #Accessory Uses#
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(3/26/14)
C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C8
Use Group 6 consists primarily of retail stores and personal service establishments which:
- provide for a wide variety of local consumer needs; and
- have a small service area and are, therefore, distributed widely throughout the City.
The #uses# listed in subgroup A are also permitted within a #large-scale residential development# to provide daily convenience shopping for its residents.
- Convenience Retail or Service Establishments
Bakeries, provided that #floor area# used for production shall be limited to 750 square feet per establishment [PRCB]
Barber shops [PRC-B]
Beauty parlors [PRC-B]
Drug stores [PRC-B]
Dry cleaning or clothes pressing establishments or receiving stations dealing directly with ultimate consumers, limited to 2,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment, and provided that only solvents with a flash point of not less than 138.2 degrees Fahrenheit shall be used, and total aggregate dry load capacity of machines shall not exceed 60 pounds [PRC-B]
Eating or drinking establishments, including those which provide outdoor table service or have music for which there is no cover charge and no specified showtime, and those which have #accessory# drive-through facilities2 [PRC-B]
Food stores, including supermarkets, grocery stores, meat markets, or delicatessen stores [PRC-Either A or B3]
Hardware stores [PRC-B]
Laundry establishments, hand or automatic self-service [PRC-B1]
Liquor stores, package [PRC-B]
Post offices [PRC-H]
Shoe or hat repair shops [PRC-B]
Stationery stores [PRC-B]
Tailor or dressmaking shops, custom [PRC-B]
Variety stores, limited to 10,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B] - Offices
Offices, business, professional including ambulatory diagnostic or treatment health care, or governmental [PRC-B1]
Veterinary medicine for small animals, provided all activities are conducted within a #completely enclosed building#; where such #building# contains a #residential use#, no access shall be from an entrance serving the #residential# portion [PRC-B1] - Retail or Service Establishments
Antique stores [PRC-B]
Art galleries, commercial [PRC-B]
Artists' supply stores [PRC-B]
Automobile supply stores, with no installation or repair services [PRC-B]
Banks, including drive-in banks [PRC-B]
Bicycle sales [PRC-B]
Book stores [PRC-B]
Candy or ice cream stores [PRC-B]
Carpet, rug, linoleum or other floor covering stores, limited to 10,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B1]
Cigar or tobacco stores [PRC-B]
Clothing or clothing accessory stores, limited to 10,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B]
Clothing rental establishments, limited to 10,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B]
Docks for ferries, other than #gambling vessels#, limited to an aggregate operational passenger load, per #zoning lot#, of 150 passengers per half hour. In Community District 1 in the Borough of Brooklyn, docks for ferries with a vessel capacity of up to 399 passengers shall be allowed, provided that such docks are certified by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 62-813 (Docking facilities for ferries or water taxis in certain waterfront areas). The maximum dock capacity is the U. S. Coast Guard-certified capacity of the largest vessel using the dock [PRC-H]
Docks for water taxis, with a vessel capacity of up to 99 passengers. In Community District 1 in the Borough of Brooklyn, such docks shall be certified by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 62-813 (Docking facilities for ferries or water taxis in certain waterfront areas). The maximum dock capacity is the U. S. Coast Guard-certified capacity of the largest vessel using the dock
Docks or mooring facilities for non-commercial pleasure boats [PRC-H]
Dry goods or fabrics stores, limited to 10,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B]
Eating or drinking establishments with entertainment, but not dancing, with a capacity of 200 persons or fewer4 [PRCB]
Eating or drinking establishments with musical entertainment but not dancing, with a capacity of 200 persons or fewer [PRC-B]
Electrolysis studios [PRC-B]
Fishing tackle or equipment, rental or sales [PRC-B1]
Florist shops [PRC-B]
Frozen food lockers1 [PRC-B]
Furniture stores, limited to 10,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B1]
Furrier shops, custom [PRC-B]
Gift shops [PRC-B]
Interior decorating establishments, provided that #floor area# used for processing, servicing or repairs shall be limited to 750 square feet per establishment [PRC-B]
Jewelry or art metal craft shops [PRC-B]
Leather goods or luggage stores [PRC-B]
Loan offices1 [PRC-B1]
Locksmith shops1 [PRC-B]
Medical or orthopedic appliance stores [PRC-B]
Meeting halls1 [PRC-D]
Millinery shops [PRC-B]
Music stores [PRC-B]
Newsstands, open or enclosed [PRC-B]
Optician or optometrist establishments [PRC-B]
Paint stores [PRC-B]
Pet shops [PRC-B]
Photographic equipment or supply stores [PRC-B]
Photographic studios [PRC-B]
Picture framing shops [PRC-B]
Record stores [PRC-B]
Seed or garden supply stores [PRC-B]
Sewing machine stores, selling household machines only [PRC-B]
Shoe stores [PRC-B]
Sporting or athletic stores [PRC-B]
Stamp or coin stores [PRC-B]
Telegraph offices [PRC-B]
Television, radio, phonograph or household appliance stores, limited to 10,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B]
Toy stores [PRC-B]
Travel bureaus [PRC-B]
Typewriter stores [PRC-B]
Wallpaper stores [PRC-B]
Watch or clock stores or repair shops [PRC-B] - Public Service Establishments5
Court houses [PRC-C]
Electric or gas utility substations, open or enclosed, limited in each case to a site of not more than 10,000 square feet1
Fire or police stations [PRC-C]
Public utility stations for oil or gas metering or regulating1
Solar energy systems
Telephone exchanges or other communications equipment structures. In all districts the height above #curb level# of such structures not existing on December 15, 1961, shall not exceed that attributable to #commercial buildings# of equivalent #lot coverage#, having an average floor to floor height of 14 feet above the lobby floor which may be as much as 25 feet in height. For the purpose of making this height computation, the gross area of all floors of the #building# including accessory mechanical equipment space except the #cellar# shall be included as #floor area#. Such height computation for the structure shall not preclude the ability to utilize unused #floor area# anywhere on the #zoning lot# or by special permit, subject to the normal provisions of the Resolution.
Terminal facilities at river crossings for access to electric, gas, or steam lines1
Water or sewage pumping stations1 - Clubs
Non-commercial clubs, without restrictions on activities or facilities except for any activity or #use# listed within the definitions of either #adult physical culture establishments# or #physical culture or health establishments# in Section 12-10 [PRC-D] - #Accessory Uses#
1
In C5 Districts, a #use# in Use Group 6, marked with an asterisk, shall not be located on the ground floor of a #building# unless such #use# is at least 50 feet from the #street wall# of the #building# in which it is located, as provided in Section 32-423 (Limitation on ground floor location)
2 Eating or drinking places with #accessory# drivethrough facilities shall be permitted in C1,Districts only as provided in Section 73-243, and shall not be permitted in C5 Districts
3 Food stores with 2,000 square feet or more of #floor area# per establishment are classified in parking requirement category A and food stores with less than 2,000 square feet of #floor area# are classified in parking requirement category B, pursuant to Section 36-21 (General Provisions)
4
Permitted in C1-1, C1-2, C1-3, C1-4, C2-1, C2-2, C2-3, C2-4, C3 and C5 Districts, only as provided in Section 73-241
5
In a C6-1A District, #uses# in Use Group 6D are not permitted
(4/30/12)
C2 C6* C8
Use Group 7 consists primarily of home maintenance or repair services which:
- fulfill recurrent needs of residents in nearby areas;
- have a relatively small service area and are, therefore, widely distributed throughout the City; and
- are incompatible in primary retail districts since they break the continuity of retail frontage.
- Transient Accommodations
#Motels#, #tourist cabins# or #boatels# [PRC-H]
In C2 Districts, each #motel# or #tourist cabin# shall be located on a #zoning lot# in whole or in part within a 1,000 foot radius of the entrance or exit of a limited-access expressway, freeway, parkway or highway, all of which prohibit direct vehicular access to abutting land and provide complete separation of conflicting traffic flows, measured from the centerline of the entrance or exit ramp at its intersection with the nearest adjacent #street# - Retail or Service Establishments
Bicycle rental or repair shops [PRC-B1]
Electrical, glazing, heating, painting, paper hanging, plumbing, roofing or ventilating contractors' establishments, limited to 2,500 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B1]
Exterminators [PRC-B1]
Funeral establishments [PRC-H]
Gun repairs [PRC-B1]
Monument sales establishments, with incidental processing to order, but not including the shaping of headstones [PRC-C]
Moving or storage offices, with storage limited to items for retail sale and to 1,500 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B1]
Refreshment stands, drive-in [PRC-H]
Sailmaking establishments [PRC-C]
Sign painting shops, limited to 2,500 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B1]
Taxidermist shops [PRC-B1]
Trade embalmers [PRC-B1]
Venetian blind, window shade or awning shops, custom, limited to 2,500 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B1]
Window cleaning contractors' establishments, including floor waxing and other similar building maintenance services [PRCB1] - Wholesale Establishments
Wholesale establishments, with not more than 1,500 square feet of #accessory# storage per establishment [PRC-B1] - Auto Service Establishments
Automobile glass and mirror shops [PRC-B1]
Automobile seat cover or convertible top establishments, selling or installation [PRC-B1]
Electric vehicle charging stations and automotive battery swapping facilities [PRC-B1]
Tire sales establishments, including installation services [PRC-B1] - #Accessory Uses#
(5/8/13)
C2 C4 C6 C8
Use Group 8 consists primarily of amusement or service establishments which:
- are appropriate in local service districts to serve nearby residential areas; or
- depend on a wide service radius and may appropriately be located in secondary or major commercial centers.
- Amusements
*Billiard parlors or pool halls [PRC-D]
*Bowling alleys, limited to not more than 16 lanes per establishment [PRC-D]
Model car hobby center, including racing, limited to not more than 8,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment [PRC-D]
Theaters [PRC-D]
In C2-5, C2-6, C2-7, C2-8, C4-5, C4-6, C4-7, C6 and C8- 4 Districts, in order to prevent obstruction of #street# areas, a new motion picture theater, in a new or existing #building#, shall provide a minimum of four square feet of waiting area within the #zoning lot# for each seat in such theater. The required waiting space shall be either in an enclosed lobby or open area that is covered or protected during inclement weather and shall not include space occupied by stairs or space within 10 feet of a refreshment stand or of an entrance to a public toilet. Such requirements shall not apply to any additional motion picture theater created by the subdivision of an existing motion picture theater. - Retail or Service Establishments
*Automobile driving schools [PRC-B]
Ice vending machines, coin-operated, including those machines that are self-contained, dealing directly with the ultimate consumer. Such self-contained machines shall be limited to 1,600 pounds capacity solely for the use of such self-contained machines
Lumber stores, limited to 5,000 square feet of #floor area# per establishment exclusive of that #floor area# used for office and display area, and provided that not more than 400 square feet of #floor area# shall be used for cutting of lumber to size [PRC-B1]
*Pawn shops [PRC-B1]
Television, radio, phonograph or household appliance repair shops [PRC-B]
*Upholstering shops dealing directly with consumers [PRC-B1] - Automotive Service Establishments
Automobile rental establishments, except that in the #Long Island City area#, as defined in Section 16-02 (Definitions), the number of automobiles that may be stored in such establishments in C2, C4 or C6 Districts shall not exceed 100 spaces and the maximum size in square feet of such storage area shall not exceed 200 times the number of parking spaces provided, exclusive of entrance/exit ramps
#Public parking garages# or #public parking lots# with a capacity of 150 spaces or less, subject to the provisions set forth for #accessory# off-street parking spaces in Sections 36-53 (Width of Curb Cuts and Location of Access to the Street), 36-55 (Surfacing) and 36-56 (Screening), and provided that such #public parking lots# are not permitted as of right in C6-1A Districts and such #public parking garages# are not permitted as of right in C2-5, C2-6, C2-7, C2-8, C4-5, C4-5A, C4-5X, C4-6, C4-7, C6, C8-4, M1-4, M1-5, M1-6, M2-3, M2-4 or M3-2 Districts. #Public parking garages# may be open or enclosed, provided that no portion of such #use# shall be located on a roof other than a roof which is immediately above a #cellar# or #basement#.
In the #Manhattan Core#, these #uses# are subject to the provisions of Article I, Chapter 3, and in the #Long Island City area#, as defined in Section 16-02 (Definitions), such #uses# are subject to the provisions of Article I, Chapter 6. - Public Service Establishments
Prisons [PRC-H] - #Accessory Uses#
* In a C4 District, a #use# in Use Group 8, marked with an
asterisk shall not be located on the ground floor of a
#building# unless such #use# is at least 50 feet from the
#street wall# of the #building# in which it is located, as
provided in Section 32-423 (Limitation on ground floor
location)
(2/26/98)
C2 C4 C5 C6 C8
Use Group 9 consists primarily of business and other services which:
- serve a large area and are, therefore, appropriate in secondary, major or central commercial shopping areas, and
- are also appropriate in local service districts, since these are typically located on the periphery of major or secondary centers.
- Retail or Service Establishments
Automobile, motorcycle, #trailer# or boat showrooms or sales, with no repair services and with no preparation of vehicles or boats for delivery [PRC-C]
*Banquet halls [PRC-D]
*Blueprinting or photostatting establishments [PRC-B1]
*Business schools or colleges [PRC-B1]
*Catering establishments [PRC-B1]
*Clothing or costume rental establishments [PRC-B]
Docks for sightseeing, excursion or sport fishing vessels, other than #gambling vessels#, limited to the following aggregate dock capacities per #zoning lot#:
200 in C2 Districts; 500 in C4-1, C4-2, C4-3, C4-4, C8- 1, C8-2, C8-3 Districts; 2,500 in C4-4A, C4-5, C4-6, C4-7, C5, C6, C8-4 Districts.*Gymnasiums, used exclusively for basketball, handball, paddleball, racketball, squash and tennis. [PRC-B]
"Dock capacity" is the U.S. Coast Guard certified capacity of the largest vessel using a dock. "Aggregate dock capacity" is the sum of the dock capacities of all docks on the #zoning lot# [PRC-H]
*Medical or dental laboratories for research or testing, or the custom manufacture of artificial teeth, dentures or plates, not involving any danger of fire or explosion nor offensive noise, vibration, smoke or other particulate matter, odorous matter, heat, humidity, glare or other objectionable effects [PRC-B1]
*Musical instrument repair shops [PRC-B1]
Plumbing, heating or ventilating equipment showrooms, without repair facilities [PRC-B1]
*Printing establishments, limited to 2,500 square feet of #floor area# per establishment for production [PRC-B1]
Public auction rooms [PRC-D]
*Studios, art, music, dancing or theatrical [PRC-B]
*Trade, or other schools for adults, not involving any danger of fire or explosion nor of offensive noise, vibration, smoke or particulate matter, dust, odorous matter, heat, humidity, glare or other objectionable effects [PRC-B1]
*Typewriter or other small business machine sales, rental or repairs [PRC-B1]
*Umbrella repair shops [PRC-B]
*Wedding chapels [PRC-D] - Wholesale Establishments
Hair products for headwear, wholesaling including styling [PRC-B1]
Photographic developing or photographic printing establishments, limited to 2,500 square feet of #floor area# per establishment except that such #floor area# limitation shall not apply in C6 Districts provided such #use# conforms to the performance standards for M1 Districts and to the applicable regulations of Chapter 19 (Fire Prevention Code) of the Administrative Code [PRC-B1] - #Accessory Uses#
* In C4 or C5 Districts, a #use# in Use Group 9, marked with
an asterisk shall not be located on the ground floor of a
#building# unless such #use# is at least 50 feet from the
#street wall# of the #building# in which it is located, as
provided in Section 32-423 (Limitation on ground floor
location)
(3/26/14)
C4 C5 C6 C8
Use Group 10 consists primarily of large retail establishments (such as department stores) that:
- serve a wide area, ranging from a community to the whole metropolitan area, and are, therefore, appropriate in secondary, major, or central shopping areas; and
- are not appropriate in local shopping or local service areas because of the generation of considerable pedestrian, automobile or truck traffic.
- Retail or Service Establishments
Carpet, rug, linoleum or other floor covering stores, with no limitation on #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B1]
Clothing or clothing accessory stores, with no limitation on #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B]
Department stores [PRC-B]
Depositories for storage of office records, microfilm or computer tapes, or for data processing [PRC-G]
Docks for ferries, other than #gambling vessels#, with no restriction on passenger load. In Community District 1 in the Borough of Brooklyn, such docks shall be certified by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission, pursuant to Section 62-813 (Docking facilities for ferries or water taxis in certain waterfront areas) [PRC-H]
Dry goods or fabric stores, with no limitation on #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B]
Eating or drinking places, without restrictions on entertainment or dancing, but limited to location in hotels [PRC-D]
Furniture stores, with no limitation on #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B1]
Office or business machine stores, sales or rental [PRC-B1]
Photographic or motion picture production studios [PRC-D]
Radio or television studios [PRC-D]
Television, radio, phonograph or household appliance stores, with no limitation on #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B]
Variety stores, with no limitation on #floor area# per establishment [PRC-B] - Wholesale Establishments
Wholesale offices or showrooms, with storage restricted to samples [PRC-B1] - #Accessory Uses#