NYC Zoning Resolution

§ 81-542 — Retention of floor area bonus for plazas or other public spaces

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What is NYC ZR § 81-542?

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This section allows for the retention of a maximum floor area bonus for publicly accessible open areas or other public amenities on a specified zoning lot in the Penn Center Subdistrict, even if the lot is within the Special Midtown District. Applies to property owners in the designated area.

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§ 81-542 Retention of floor area bonus for plazas or other public spaces

ZR § 81-542

For the zoning lot bounded by West 34th Street, Seventh Avenue, West 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue, which contains at least 7,000 square feet of existing publicly accessible open areas or other bonused public amenity in the Penn Center Subdistrict, the maximum allowed floor area bonus for all existing publicly accessible open areas or other public amenities on the zoning lot may be retained at the amount allowed prior to October 31, 2001, subject to all other provisions of this Resolution, notwithstanding inclusion of such zoning lot within the Special Midtown District.

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