Official Journal of the City of New York - April 8, 2019
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Source: Official Journal of the City of New York
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019
THE CITY RECORD
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EXISTING
ARTICLE XI
SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS
Chapter 7
Special Long Island City Mixed Use District
117-40
COURT SQUARE SUBDISTRICT
117-421
Special bulk regulations
a The height and setback regulations of the underlying C5-3
District shall apply, except that:
1
no building or other structure shall exceed a height of 85 feet above the base plane within the area bounded by 23rd Street, 44th Road, a line 60 feet east of and parallel to 23rd Street, and a line 75 feet north of and parallel to 45th Road 45th Avenue; and
2
on Blocks 1 and 3, the street wall of a building or other structure shall be located on the street line or sidewalk widening line, where applicable, and extend along the entire street frontage of the zoning lot up to at least a height of 60 feet and a maximum height of 85 feet before setback, except any portion of a building on Block 3 fronting upon 23rd Street may rise to a maximum height of 125 feet before setback. Recesses, not to exceed three feet in depth from the street line, shall be permitted on the ground floor where required to provide access to the building.
Above the level of the second story, up to 30 percent of the aggregate width of street walls may be located beyond the street line, provided no such recesses are within 15 feet of an adjacent building.
Above a height of 85 feet the highest applicable maximum street wall height, the underlying height and setback regulations shall apply. However, the underlying tower regulations shall be modified:
i
to permit portions of buildings that exceed a height of 85 feet to be set back at least five feet from a wide street line, provided no portion of such building that exceeds a height of 85 feet is located within 15 feet of a side lot line., and
ii
so that the provisions of Section 33-451 In certain specified Commercial Districts regulating the aggregate area of a tower within 50 feet of a narrow street shall not apply to any building or portion of such building on Block 3 fronting upon 45th Avenue.
The provisions of this paragraph c2 shall not apply to enlargements on zoning lots existing on June 30, 2009, where such zoning lot includes an existing building to remain with at least 300,000 square feet of floor area.
Appendix B
Court Square Subdistrict Plan Map and Description of Improvements
PROPOSED
