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What is NYC ZR § 25-811?

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This section mandates the provision of enclosed accessory bicycle parking spaces based on the type of use, with specific requirements for residential and community facility uses. The statute outlines calculations for required spaces, including exemptions for smaller buildings. Applies to building owners and property operators in all districts.

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§ 25-811 Enclosed bicycle parking spaces

ZR § 25-811

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In all districts, as indicated, enclosed accessory bicycle parking spaces shall be provided for at least that amount specified for the applicable use set forth in the table in this Section. For the purposes of calculating the number of required bicycle parking spaces, any fraction of a space 50 percent or greater shall be counted as an additional space. For residences, the accessory bicycle parking requirement shall be calculated separately for separate buildings or building segments.

For the purposes of applying such provisions to rooming units, three rooming units shall be considered the equivalent of one dwelling unit. Where any building or zoning lot contains two or more uses having different bicycle parking requirements as set forth in the table, the bicycle parking requirements for each type of use shall apply to the extent of that use.

Where an enclosed accessory group parking facility is provided, the required number of bicycle parking spaces for the use to which such facility is accessory shall be the amount set forth for such use in the table, or one for every 10 automobile parking spaces that are enclosed within a building or other structure or located on the roof of a building, whichever will require a greater number of bicycle parking spaces.

REQUIRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMUNITY FACILITY USES

Type of Use

Bicycle Parking Spaces Required in Relation to Specified Unit of Measurement

FOR RESIDENTIAL USES

Single-family detached residences listed under Use Group II

None required

All other types of residences listed under Use Group II, except affordable independent residences for seniors

1 per two dwelling units

Affordable independent residences for seniors listed under Use Group II

1 per 10,000 square feet of floor area

FOR COMMUNITY FACILITY USES 1

College or school student dormitories or fraternity and sorority student houses listed under Use Group III(A)

1 per 2,000 square feet of floor area

Colleges, universities, or seminaries listed under Use Group III(B)2

(a)Classrooms, laboratories, student centers or offices

(b)Theaters, auditoriums, gymnasiums or stadiums

1 per 5,000 square feet of floor area

1 per 20,000 square feet of floor area

Libraries, museums or non-commercial art galleries listed under Use Group III(B)

Monasteries, convents or novitiates listed under Use Group III(A); houses of worship listed under Use Group III(B);, rectories or parish houses listed under Use Group III(A) or III(B); all uses listed under Use Group I

All other uses listed under Use Group III not otherwise listed in this table

1 Non-profit hospital staff dwellings shall be subject to the requirements for Use Group II residential uses

2 Up to half of required spaces may be provided as unenclosed bicycle parking spaces pursuant to the requirements of Section 25-83 (Restrictions on Operation, Size and Location of Enclosed Bicycle Parking Spaces)

However, the bicycle parking requirements set forth in the table shall be waived for bicycle parking spaces that are accessory to:

(c)college or school student dormitories or fraternity and sorority student houses where the number of required bicycle parking spaces is five or less; or

(d)all other community facility uses not otherwise listed in the table where the number of required bicycle parking spaces is three or less.

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