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What is NYC ZR § 81-42?

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This section outlines the application of ground floor level streetscape provisions for designated retail streets, categorizing them as Tier C street frontages. It specifies additional regulations for retail streets within certain subdistricts, which are subject to specific retail requirements. Applies to building owners in designated retail areas.

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§ 81-42 Retail Continuity Along Designated Streets

ZR § 81-42

The underlying ground floor level streetscape provisions of Section 32-30 (STREETSCAPE REGULATIONS), inclusive, shall apply, except that ground floor level street frontages along streets, or portions thereof, designated on Map 3 (Retail and Street Wall Continuity) in Appendix A of this Chapter shall be considered Tier C street frontages.

Additional regulations apply along designated retail streets located within the boundaries of the Penn Center Subdistrict, the East Midtown Subdistrict, the Theater Subdistrict or the Fifth Avenue Subdistrict and uses along such designated streets shall be subject to the respective subdistrict retail requirements in Sections 81-531, 81-674, 81-72 and 81-82.

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