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What is NYC ZR § 144-56?

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This section outlines the requirements for a Transportation Management Plan specific to the Special Brooklyn Navy Yard District. The plan must document existing parking, utilization rates, transportation options, and measures to encourage alternative transportation. It is filed with the Department of City Planning and affects property owners within the district.

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§ 144-56 Transportation Management Planning

ZR § 144-56

In lieu of the requirements of Section 44-21 (General Provisions), a Transportation Management Plan may be prepared for the Special Brooklyn Navy Yard District that documents:

(a)existing parking within the Special District;

(b)parking and bicycle parking utilization rates;

(c)transportation mode choice;

(d)plans, if any, for additional parking within the Special District;

(e)public transportation options in and around the Special District;

(f)indoor and outdoor bicycle parking facilities, including any covered outdoor bicycle spaces; and

(g)measures being employed and planned to incentivize alternate means of transportation.

Any Transportation Management Plan shall be filed with the Department of City Planning and made available to the public via a website. The Transportation Management Plan shall be updated not less than every three years with surveys or other data collection undertaken not less than annually to document changes in parking facilities and utilization; the average number of employees and visitors arriving at the Special Brooklyn Navy Yard District and their modes of arrival; bike parking availability and utilization of both open and enclosed facilities; transit options, and new technologies and strategies for managing the number of private vehicles accessing the Special District. Such updates shall be submitted to the Department of City Planning and made available to the public via a website and the submission to the Department of City Planning shall be accompanied by an affidavit from the owner or ground tenant stating that the Transportation Management Plan remains in effect or, if it is no longer in effect, the date on which the Transportation Management Plan terminated.

Any development or enlargement occurring after the date a Transportation Management Plan has terminated will be subject to the requirements of Section 44-21.

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