§ 87-43 Open Parking Areas
ZR § 87-43
Open parking areas shall be permitted only in the following locations:
on Parcel 1, as shown on Map 1 in the Appendix to this Chapter, a parking lot shall be permitted east of the Major Deegan Expressway street line;
on Parcel 5, as shown on Map 1, a parking lot shall be permitted anywhere within the parcel only if a commercial or public utility vehicle storage use, including accessory motor fuel pumps listed under Use Group IX(C), is developed or enlarged as the primary use on the parcel;
on Parcel 6, a parking lot shall be permitted within 130 feet of the southern boundary of the parcel with East 138th Street; and
on all parcels, open, unscreened, in tandem (one behind the other), accessory off-street parking spaces shall be permitted on private roads, including fire apparatus access roads provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 87-61 (Special Provisions for Certain Fire Apparatus Access Roads), provided that all parking spaces comply with the Department of Transportation standards for on-street parking.
For such open parking lots, the provisions of paragraph (c) of Section 25-621 (Location of parking spaces in certain districts) shall not apply. In addition, on Parcel 1, for parking lots located east of the Major Deegan Expressway street line, or, on Parcel 5, for parking lots used solely as a commercial or public utility vehicle storage use, including accessory motor fuel pumps listed under Use Group IX(C), the provisions of Sections 37-90 (PARKING LOTS) and 62-655 (Planting and trees) shall be modified to permit fencing, excluding chain link fencing, in lieu of all planting requirements, provided that the surface area of such fencing is not more than 50 percent opaque and provided that the height does not exceed six feet. The provisions of Sections 37-90 and 62-555 shall not apply to any parking lots provided within private roads, including fire apparatus access roads provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 87-61.
