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What is NYC ZR § 115-232?

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This section modifies street wall location provisions in Residence, Commercial, and M1 Districts paired with a Residence District. It specifies requirements for street walls along Jamaica Avenue and other frontages, including height and design standards. Applies to property developers and building owners in specified districts.

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§ 115-232 Street wall location

ZR § 115-232

In Residence Districts, Commercial Districts and M1 Districts paired with a Residence District, the underlying street wall location provisions shall be modified as follows:

(a)along Jamaica Avenue, the street wall location provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 35-631 shall apply;

(b)along all other zoning lot frontages, the street wall location provisions of paragraph (b) of Section 35-631 shall apply. However, for the portion of a zoning lot fronting along 164th Street between Jamaica Avenue and Archer Avenue, or fronting along 92nd Road between 164th Street and 165th Street, such street wall location provisions need not apply;

(c)for all Districts, such street walls need only extend to a minimum base height of 40 feet; and

(d)along the following street frontages, for developments with building widths exceeding 100 feet, a minimum of 20 percent of the surface area of such street walls above the level of the second story, or a height of 30 feet, whichever is lower, shall either recess or project a minimum of three feet from the remaining surface of the street wall:

(1)Hillside Avenue, between the Van Wyck Expressway and Parsons Boulevard;

(2)Archer Avenue, between the Van Wyck Expressway and Parsons Boulevard;

(3)Sutphin Boulevard, between Hillside Avenue and Liberty Avenue; and

(4)150th Street, between Hillside Avenue and Liberty Avenue.

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