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What is NYC ZR § 66-222?

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This section allows certain uses listed under Use Group VI within 30 feet of the easement volume in Residence Districts. These uses can be situated at the ground floor or the two lowest stories of buildings near mass transit stations, provided they have separate access from residential areas. Applies to building owners with zoning lots near mass transit easements.

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§ 66-222 Special use allowances around easement volumes

ZR § 66-222

In all Residence Districts, uses listed under Use Group VI shall be permitted within a distance of 30 feet from the outermost edge of the easement volume:

at the ground floor level of a building on a zoning lots with an easement volume serving an at- or below-grade mass transit station, or

at the two lowest stories of a building on a zoning lot with an easement volume serving an above-grade mass transit station.

Such uses may be permitted so long as that in buildings that include residential uses, such uses are located in a portion of the building that has separate access to the outside with no opening of any kind to the residential portion of the building, and that such uses are not located directly over any story containing dwelling units.

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