§ 117-531 Street wall location
ZR § 117-531
(a)On a wide street, and on a narrow street within 50 feet of its intersection with a wide street, the street wall provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 35-631 (Street wall location) shall apply, except that the street wall shall extend to at least the applicable minimum base height specified in the table in Section 117-532 (Setback regulations for buildings that exceed the maximum base height), or the height of the building, whichever is less.
(b)On a narrow street between 50 and 100 feet of its intersection with a wide street, the street wall location provisions of paragraph (b) of Section 35-631 shall apply, except that the street wall shall extend along the entire width of the narrow street frontage Beyond 100 feet of the intersection of a wide street, the street wall location provisions of paragraph (b) of Section 35-631 shall apply.
(c)In the locations specified on Map 3 (Sidewalk Widening and Street Wall Location) in Appendix E of this Chapter, a building shall comply with the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, as applicable, except that street walls shall be located as specified on Map 3. The street wall of a building may be set back only in the areas indicated on Map 3 as "Permitted Street Wall Setback Locations," provided that the additional sidewalk widening resulting from such setback is accessible to the public, in accordance with the provisions of Section 117-553 (Mandatory sidewalk widening design requirements), and located adjacent to a public sidewalk or mandatory sidewalk widening.
(d)For any building fronting on Queens Plaza South in Area A-1 or Area B, as shown on Map 1 (Designated Districts within the Queens Plaza Subdistrict) of Appendix E, any street wall along Queens Plaza South shall be set back five feet from the street line, except as otherwise specified on Map 3.
(e)For any building on a zoning lot located on Jackson Avenue between 42nd Road and Queens Plaza South, the street wall fronting on Jackson Avenue may be set back five feet from the street line only upon certification of the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission to the Department of Buildings that the Jackson Avenue sidewalk adjacent to the zoning lot will be landscaped in accordance with a plan acceptable to the Department of Transportation and the Chairperson. Such plan shall include five planting beds that shall contain a mixture of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, ground covers and flowers. Such planting beds shall be installed and maintained by the owner of the building. The street wall of any subsequent development or enlargement shall be located no closer to nor further from the street line than the street wall of an adjacent existing building.
