107-23 - Waterfront Esplanade

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


When a #zoning lot# containing a portion of the #waterfront esplanade#, as shown on the District Plan (Map 3 in Appendix A)
is #developed#, the location and design of the #waterfront esplanade# shall be certified by the City Planning Commission and
such #waterfront esplanade# shall conform to the guidelines and standards established by the Department of City Planning in
consultation with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Parks and Recreation.

The #waterfront esplanade# shall be built and maintained by the owner of a #zoning lot# on which the esplanade is shown on
the District Plan, except where such #zoning lot# has been #developed# prior to September 11, 1975. Where such #waterfront
esplanade# is not accessible to the public, the Commission may require the owner of the #zoning lot# to provide public access to
such a #waterfront esplanade# from a public right-of-way through the #zoning lot#.

The #waterfront esplanade# shall be either built at the same time that the #zoning lot# is #developed# or the Commission may
allow the owner to comply with Section 107-24 (Special Regulations for Arterials or Railroad Rights of Way).

The owner of a #zoning lot# may request the City to take an easement on the property. If the City of New York acquires an
easement for public access to any #designated open space# on which a #building# has been, is being or could be in the future
constructed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, the City's acquisition of an easement shall not affect the
qualifications of the #designated open space# for satisfying #lot area# requirements, #yard# requirements, #floor area# or #lot
coverage# restrictions or #open space# requirements as provided in Section 107-224 (Qualification of designated open space as
lot area for bulk computations) and shall not be deemed to create a #non-compliance#.