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What is NYC ZR § 32-431?

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This section regulates the placement of primary business entrances, show windows, and signs on zoning lots with single frontage in relation to nearby residential districts. It specifies minimum distance requirements based on the length of the street frontage and allows for applications to reduce these distances. Applies to property owners in commercial districts adjacent to residential areas.

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§ 32-431 For zoning lots with single frontage

ZR § 32-431

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In all districts, as indicated, for zoning lots with single frontage, no primary business entrance, show window or sign shall be located on that portion of the street frontage within a distance of 20 feet from frontage on the same side of the street in a Residence District.

However, where the street frontage of such zoning lot or portion thereof within the Commercial District is less than 30 feet in length, the minimum distance shall be reduced to 10 feet. For zoning lots with a frontage of more than 30 feet, an application may be made to the Board of Standards and Appeals to reduce such minimum distance to 10 feet, as provided in Section 73-50 (Special Provisions Applying Along District Boundaries).

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