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What is NYC ZR § 32-131?

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This section classifies uses as Use Group III, detailing allowances for community facilities with and without sleeping accommodations across various commercial districts. It specifies permitted uses, limitations, and conditions for facilities such as educational institutions, health institutions, and non-profit organizations. Applies to building owners involved in community facility development.

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§ 32-131 Use Group III – general use allowances

ZR § 32-131

The following tables include uses classified as Use Group III and set forth their allowances by Commercial District. Such uses are categorized as community facilities with and without sleeping accommodations, as provided in paragraphs A and B of this Section. Notations found in the tables are further described in Section 32-10 (USE ALLOWANCES).

A. Community Facilities with Sleeping Accommodations

USE GROUP III(A) – COMMUNITY FACILITIESWITH SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS

● = Permitted ♦ = Permitted with limitations ○ = Special permit required – = Not permitted S = Size restriction P = Additional conditions U = Open use allowances

Uses

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

C7

C8

PRC

Educational Institutions

College or school student dormitories and fraternity or sorority student houses

E2

Faith-based Institutions and Facilities

Monasteries, convents or novitiates

●P

N/A

Rectories or parish houses with sleeping accommodations

Seminaries with sleeping accommodations

*

Health Institutions and Facilities

Long-term care facilities

E3

Non-profit hospital staff dwellings

Other Institutions and Facilities

Community centers or settlement houses with sleeping accommodations

B3

Non-commercial clubs with sleeping accommodations

Philanthropic or non-profit institutions with sleeping accommodations

●S

B. Community Facilities without Sleeping Accommodations

USE GROUP III(B) – COMMUNITY FACILITIESWITHOUT SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS

Colleges or universities, including professional schools but excluding business colleges or trade schools

Schools

G

Houses of worship

Parish houses without sleeping accommodations

Seminaries without sleeping accommodations

Ambulatory diagnostic or treatment health care facilities

A3

Non-profit or voluntary hospitals and related facilities, except animal hospitals

E1

Proprietary hospitals and related facilities, except animal hospitals

Community centers or settlement houses without sleeping accommodations

Libraries

Museums

Non-commercial art galleries

Non-commercial clubs without sleeping accommodations

Non-commercial recreation centers

Philanthropic or non-profit institutions without sleeping accommodations, excluding ambulatory diagnostic or treatment health care facilities

Welfare centers

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