NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 7-02 — [Major Concession Defined; Specific Uses, Thresholds e.g. Marinas, Spectator Sport Use, Parks.]

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A concession shall be considered a major concession if it will cause one or more of the thresholds given for the specific uses listed below to be exceeded: (a) marinas with over 200 slips; (b) a permanent performance or spectator sport use with over 2,500 seats; (c) for parklands in or adjacent to Community District

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§ 7-02 [Major Concession Defined; Specific Uses, Thresholds e.g. Marinas, Spectator Sport Use, Parks.]

RCNY § 7-02

A concession shall be considered a major concession if it will cause one or more of the thresholds given for the specific uses listed below to be exceeded: (a) marinas with over 200 slips; (b) a permanent performance or spectator sport use with over 2,500 seats; (c) for parklands in or adjacent to Community Districts subject to the comprehensive off-street parking regulations, contained in Article I, Chapter 3 of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York, accessory parking lots with over 150 spaces and, for all other areas, accessory parking lots with over 250 parking spaces on parklands; (d) a use for which a new building of over 20,000 square feet of gross floor area will be constructed when such building will be located on property other than parkland; (e) a use for which a new building of more than 15,000 square feet of gross floor area will be constructed when such building will be located on parkland; (f) an open use which occupies more than 42,000 square feet of open space other than parkland; (g) an open use which occupies over 30,000 square feet of a separate parcel of parkland; (h) a use which in total occupies more than 2,500 square feet of floor area or open space and more than 15 percent of the total square footage of a separate parcel of land that is improved for park purposes, including passive and active recreational use, or that was improved for such purposes at any time during the preceding year; or (i) a concession comprised of two or more components, no one of which exceeds thresholds set forth in paragraphs (a) through (h) above, where at least two of such elements each exceed 85 percent of any applicable threshold set forth in such paragraphs.

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