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What is NYC RCNY § 41-15?

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(a) In order to determine the amount of Floor Area of an Affordable Housing Unit in a Generating Site, the square footage within the inside face of the walls enclosing such Affordable Housing Unit, (which is all floor surfaces within the Affordable Housing Unit, including closets, and the partitions that separate rooms

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§ 41-15 Measuring Affordable Floor Area.

RCNY § 41-15

(a)In order to determine the amount of Floor Area of an Affordable Housing Unit in a Generating Site, the square footage within the inside face of the walls enclosing such Affordable Housing Unit, (which is all floor surfaces within the Affordable Housing Unit, including closets, and the partitions that separate rooms that are within the same Affordable Housing Unit), shall be measured. Such measurement must exclude (i) the thickness of exterior walls, (ii) the thickness of partitions separating such Affordable Housing Unit from any other Dwelling Units, Rooming Units or other spaces, and (iii) the portions of such Affordable Housing Unit that do not qualify as Floor Area.

(b)Floor Area of a Dwelling Unit or Rooming Unit in a Generating Site that is not an Affordable Housing Unit, other than any Superintendent's Unit, must be measured in the same manner.

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