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What is NYC ZR § 62-80?

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This section outlines the requirements for applications to the Department of Buildings, Department of City Planning, or Department of Business Services for zoning lots. It mandates the inclusion of a survey detailing various waterfront elements and compliance documentation for public access areas. Applies to property owners with zoning lots near waterfronts.

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§ 62-80 SPECIAL REVIEW PROVISIONS

ZR § 62-80

An application to the Department of Buildings, Department of City Planning or Department of Business Services, involving a zoning lot subject to the provisions of this Chapter, shall include a survey of the zoning lot showing the following elements, as applicable, and documentation showing compliance with all requirements for waterfront public access areas:

(a)pierhead line;

(b)bulkhead line;

(c)shoreline, including its length;

(d)upland lot, including its area;

(e)seaward lot, including its area;

(f)area of the portion of the zoning lot seaward of the shoreline;

(g)existing piers, platforms or floating structures, including water coverage and surface elevation or height, as applicable;

(h)previously established and recorded visual corridors and waterfront public access areas or any other public access area on the zoning lot or on adjoining zoning lots;

(i)visual corridors or waterfront public access areas required on the zoning lot by a Waterfront Access Plan set forth in Section 62-90; and

(j)existing bulkheads and stabilized portions of natural shore showing seaward and landward edges, as well as their top elevations.

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