NYC Zoning Resolution

§ 44-423 — Calculating floor area in parking facilities with lift systems, or in automated parking facilities

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This section defines how to calculate floor area in enclosed accessory off-street parking facilities and public parking garages that utilize lift systems or automation. Each tray used for vehicle storage exceeding certain height exemptions is counted as floor area, with a minimum of 153 square feet or the tray's actual size. Applies to property owners managing such parking facilities.

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§ 44-423 Calculating floor area in parking facilities with lift systems, or in automated parking facilities

ZR § 44-423

For enclosed accessory off-street parking facilities, or public parking garages, for the purposes of determining floor area in an automated parking facility, or an attended parking facility with parking lift systems, each tray upon which a vehicle is stored at a height that exceeds the permitted exemption set forth in the definition of floor area in Section 12-10, or as otherwise modified in this Resolution, as applicable, shall be considered floor area in an amount of 153 square feet, or the size of such lifted tray, whichever is greater.

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