32-10 Uses Permitted As-Of-Right
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
Use Groups 1 and 2, as set forth in Sections 22-11 and 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 Staten Island):
(a) any zoning lot in a C4-1 District, where such district occupies at least four acres within a block; or
(b) 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.
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
Use Group 3, as set forth in Section 22-13.
C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C8
Use Group 4, as set forth in Section 22-14.
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
* In a C1-1, C1-2, C1-3 or C1-4 District, a transient hotel shall not be permitted
** In a C2-1, C2-2, C2-3 or C2-4 District, each transient hotel 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.
C1 C2 C4 C5 C6 C8
Use Group 6 consists primarily of retail stores and personal service establishments which:
(1) provide for a wide variety of local consumer needs; and
(2) have a small service area and are, therefore, distributed widely throughout the City.
Public service establishments serving small areas are also included. Retail and service establishments are listed in two subgroups, both of which are permitted in all C1 Districts.
The uses listed in subgroup A are also permitted within a large-scale residential development to provide daily convenience shopping for its residents.
A. Convenience Retail or Service Establishments
Bakeries, provided that floor area used for production shall be limited to 750 square feet per establishment [PRC-B]
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]
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]
C. 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 [PRC-B]
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]
D. 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
E. 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]
F. 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 drive-through 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
C2 C6* C8
Use Group 7 consists primarily of home maintenance or repair services which:
(1) fulfill recurrent needs of residents in nearby areas;
(2) have a relatively small service area and are, therefore, widely distributed throughout the City; and
(3) are incompatible in primary retail districts since they break the continuity of retail frontage.
A. 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
B. 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 [PRC-B1]
C. Wholesale Establishments
Wholesale establishments, with not more than 1,500 square feet of accessory storage per establishment [PRC-B1]
D. 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]
E. Accessory Uses
* In a C6-1A District, uses in Use Group 7 are not permitted