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What is NYC ZR § 31-14?

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This section defines C4 General Commercial Districts as areas that serve as major and secondary shopping and business centers, accommodating a variety of retail, office, and recreational uses while excluding non-retail operations that generate significant trucking. Applies to property owners and operators within designated commercial districts.

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§ 31-14 C4 General Commercial Districts

ZR § 31-14

These districts comprise the City's major and secondary shopping and business centers, which provide for shopping needs and services over a wide area, and which have a substantial number of large stores generating considerable traffic. These districts are also designed to provide for the wide range of office, amusement and recreation, service, production and related uses normally found in major and secondary shopping centers but to exclude non-retail uses which generate a large volume of trucking.

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