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What is NYC ZR § 107-661?

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This section allows the City Planning Commission to modify open space requirements for residential developments on zoning lots that include designated open space. The modification permits more than 50 percent of the required open space to be used for specific facilities, provided they meet amenity standards. Applies to developers of residential properties with designated open space.

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§ 107-661 Modification of permitted obstructions

ZR § 107-661

For developments containing residences on zoning lots partly within designated open space, the City Planning Commission, on application, may modify the requirements of Section 107-45 (Required Open Space for Residences) to permit more than 50 percent of the required open space, not within the designated open space, to be occupied by driveways, private streets, open accessory off-street parking spaces or open accessory off-street loading berths, if the Commission finds that such facilities are so arranged and landscaped as to afford an acceptable standard of amenity for the development and its surroundings.

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