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What is NYC ZR § 37-621?

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This section regulates the elimination or reduction in size of non-bonused open areas that share a zoning lot with bonused plazas. Such changes require certification from the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission, ensuring compliance with the original standards for the granted floor area bonus. Applies to property owners managing open areas adjacent to bonused plazas.

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§ 37-621 Elimination or reduction in size of non-bonused open area

ZR § 37-621

Any existing open area for which a floor area bonus has not been utilized that occupies the same zoning lot as an existing plaza, residential plaza or urban plaza, for which a floor area bonus has been utilized, may be reduced in size or eliminated only upon certification of the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission that all bonused amenities comply with the standards under which such floor area bonus was granted.

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