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What is NYC ZR § 137-22?

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This section outlines restrictions on community facilities with sleeping accommodations in Special Coastal Risk Districts. It specifies limitations on ambulatory diagnostic or treatment health care facilities and mandates adherence to maximum floor area ratios applicable to R3-2 Districts. Applies to property owners in designated coastal risk areas.

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§ 137-22 Community Facility Use

ZR § 137-22

In Special Coastal Risk Districts, community facilities with sleeping accommodations shall not be permitted.

In lower density growth management areas in Special Coastal Risk District 3, the regulations for community facility uses of the underlying districts shall be modified as follows:

(a)ambulatory diagnostic or treatment health care facilities shall be limited on any zoning lot to 1,500 square feet of floor area, including cellar space; and

(b)all community facility uses shall be subject to the maximum floor area ratio, and special floor area limitations, applicable to R3-2 Districts set forth in Section 24-162 (Maximum floor area ratios and special floor area limitations for zoning lots containing residential and community facility uses in certain districts).

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