NYC Zoning Resolution

§ 33-123 — Community facility buildings or buildings used for both community facility and commercial uses in all other Commercial Districts

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This section establishes the maximum floor area ratio for zoning lots containing community facility uses or a combination of community facility and commercial uses in specified commercial districts. The statute outlines various floor area ratios depending on the district classification. Applies to building owners and operators in designated commercial zones.

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§ 33-123 Community facility buildings or buildings used for both community facility and commercial uses in all other Commercial Districts

ZR § 33-123

C1-6 C1-7 C1-8 C1-9 C2-6 C2-7 C2-8 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8

In the districts indicated, the maximum floor area ratio for a zoning lot containing community facility uses, or for a zoning lot containing both commercial and community facility uses, shall not exceed the floor area ratio set forth in the following table:

Districts

Maximum Floor Area Ratio

C3

1.00

C4-1 C7-1

2.00

C8-1

2.40

C4-2A C4-3A C7-2

3.00

C1-6A C2-6A C4-4A C4-4L C4-5A C7-3

4.00

C4-5D

4.20

C4-2 C4-3 C8-2

4.80

C4-5X C7-4

5.00

C6-1A

6.00

C1-6 C1-7 C2-6 C4-2F C4-4 C4-4D C4-5 C4-8 C6-1 C6-2 C7-5 C8-3 C8-4

6.50

C1-8A C2-7A C6-3A

7.50

C7-6

C1-8X C2-7X C6-3D C6-3X

9.00

C1-8 C1-9 C2-7 C2-8 C4-6 C4-7 C4-9 C5-1 C5-2 C5-4 C6-3 C6-4 C6-5 C6-8 C7-7

10.00

C4-11 C6-11 C7-8

C4-12 C5-3 C5-5 C6-6 C6-7 C6-9 C6-12 C7-9

15.00

For zoning lots containing both commercial uses and community facility uses, the total floor area used for commercial uses shall not exceed the amount permitted for zoning lots containing only commercial uses in Section 33-122.

In addition, the following provisions shall apply:

(a)In C1 through C6 Districts, except districts with a residential equivalent of R10, R11 or R12 Districts, for any zoning lot containing philanthropic or non-profit institutions with sleeping accommodations, the total floor area used for such community facility use shall not exceed the amount as set forth in paragraphs (b) or (c) of Section 24-111 (Maximum floor area ratio for certain community facility uses) applying the equivalent Residence District as specified in Section 34-112 (Residential bulk regulations in other C1 or C2 Districts or in C3, C4, C5 or C6 Districts) for the Commercial District in which such use is located, unless modified pursuant to Section 74-903 (Certain community facility uses in R3 to R9 Districts and certain Commercial Districts).

(b)The maximum floor area ratio for any zoning lot used partly for commercial use and partly for philanthropic or non-profit institutions with sleeping accommodations in C1 through C6 Districts, except districts with a residential equivalent of R10, R11 or R12 Districts, shall not exceed the amount permitted for a zoning lot containing commercial uses by the applicable district regulations. However, for the districts in which the allowable floor area ratio, as set forth in paragraphs (b) or (c) of Section 24-111 exceeds the amount permitted for a zoning lot containing commercial uses, the provisions of paragraph (b) or (c) of Section 24-111, as applicable, shall be used to compute the maximum floor area permissible for the zoning lot unless modified pursuant to Section 74-903.

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