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What is NYC AC § 25-321?

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This section outlines the applicability of provisions related to construction, reconstruction, alteration, or demolition on landmark sites or in historic districts. It specifies that such work is exempt from the chapter's provisions if a permit was issued or plans approved prior to the designation's effective date. Applies to building owners involved with landmark properties.

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§ 25-321 Applicability.

AC § 25-321

The provisions of this chapter shall be inapplicable to the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of any improvement on a landmark site or in a historic district or containing an interior landmark, or of any landscape feature of a scenic landmark, where a permit for the performance of such work was issued by the department of buildings, or, in the case of a landscape feature of a scenic landmark, where plans for such work have been approved, prior to the effective date of the designation, or amended or modified designation, pursuant to the provisions of section 25-303 of this chapter, first making the provisions of this chapter applicable to such improvement or landscape feature or to the improvement parcel or property in which such improvement or landscape feature is or is to be located.

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