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What is NYC ZR § 127-22?

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This section outlines special yard regulations for waterfront zoning lots, requiring compliance with specific provisions for waterfront yards based on predominant uses. Modifications to grading requirements may be certified by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission. Applies to property developers in waterfront zoning areas.

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§ 127-22 Special Yard Regulations

ZR § 127-22

On waterfront zoning lots, the waterfront yard provisions of Section 62-33 (Special Yard and Lot Coverage Regulations on Waterfront Blocks) shall apply, except as modified as follows:

for all waterfront zoning lots, as defined in Section 62-11 (Definitions), whose developments are comprised predominantly, as defined in Section 62-11, of uses in listed under Use Groups IV(B), IX or X, a waterfront yard, as also defined in Section 62-11, shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 62-332 (Rear yards and waterfront yards); and

the grading requirements of paragraph (b) of Section 62-332 (Rear yards and waterfront yards) may be modified pursuant to a certification by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission as set forth in Section 127-61 (Certification for Interim Grading Conditions).

On zoning lots that are not waterfront zoning lots, no yard regulations shall apply.

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