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What is NYC ZR § 65-42?

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This section allows for the modification of the zoning lot definition to include tax lots with buildings damaged by a severe disaster. This provisional status is aimed at demonstrating compliance with bulk requirements and applies to properties affected by such disasters.

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§ 65-42 Properties with Disaster-Damaged Buildings

ZR § 65-42

In all districts, the definition of zoning lot set forth in Section 12-10 (DEFINITIONS) may be modified to allow a tax lot containing one or more buildings that were damaged by the severe disaster, or where a building or buildings that were damaged by the severe disaster occupied more than one tax lot on the date of the severe disaster, to be provisionally considered a zoning lot for the sole purpose of demonstrating compliance with the bulk requirements of this Resolution, including the provisions of Section 65-31 (Reconstruction and Alteration of Disaster-Damaged Buildings), as applicable.

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