NYC Zoning Resolution

§ 37-12 — Special Screening for Lower Density Growth Management Areas in Staten Island

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What is NYC ZR § 37-12?

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This section mandates that developments or enlargements with non-residential uses in specific Staten Island districts must include a five-foot-wide planting strip to screen from adjacent residential properties. The planting must consist of evergreen shrubs that meet specified height requirements. Applies to developers in C1, C2, and C4-1 Districts in Staten Island.

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§ 37-12 Special Screening for Lower Density Growth Management Areas in Staten Island

ZR § 37-12

In all C1, C2 and C4-1 Districts in the Borough of Staten Island, all developments or enlargements containing non-residential uses shall be screened from adjoining zoning lots containing only residential uses by a planting strip at least five feet wide along the common side lot line, densely planted with evergreen shrubs at least four feet high at time of planting and of a variety expected to reach a height of six feet within three years. No chain link fences shall be permitted. However, no such screening shall be required where both such buildings front upon a street line that forms the boundary of a block front mapped entirely as a Commercial District.

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