117-44 - Mandatory Subway Improvements

LAST AMENDED
2/2/2011


For the purposes of mandatory subway improvements, any tract of land consisting of two or more contiguous lots of record
under single ownership or control as of March 1, 1986, shall be considered a single #zoning lot#.

Subway improvements are required for qualifying #developments# or #enlargements#, as follows:

(a)    #Zoning lots# with at least 5,000 square feet of #lot area#

        #Developments# or #enlargements# on #zoning lots# with 5,000 square feet or more of #lot area# located on Block 1
        and fronting on a sidewalk containing a sidewalk entrance to the Queens Boulevard Line, Court Sq-23 St Station, shall
        relocate the stairway or entrance(s) to such subway onto the #zoning lot#, in accordance with the provisions of Section
        37-40 (OFF-STREET RELOCATION OR RENOVATION OF A SUBWAY STAIR), with the exception that, in
        addition to the waivers provided by Section 37-44, the additional standards for location, design and hours of public
        accessibility contained in Section 37-41 may be waived upon a finding by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
        that such standards are undesirable or unnecessary to ensure a good overall design.

(b)    #Zoning lots# with at least 10,000 square feet of #lot area#
       For the purposes of this paragraph (b), the #floor area# of the #development# or #enlargement# shall be the total
       amount of #floor area# constructed after August 14, 1986.

       #Developments# or #enlargements# on Blocks 1, 2 or 3, identified in Appendix B (Court Square Subdistrict Plan Map
       and Description of Improvements) of this Chapter, containing at least 70,000 square feet of #floor area# on #zoning
       lots# of at least 10,000 square feet of #lot area# shall provide mandatory subway improvements as described, in
       Appendix B, in paragraph (a) for Block 1, paragraph (b) for Block 2 and paragraph (c)(1) for Block 3.

       In addition, on Block 3, any #development# or #enlargement# containing at least 300,000 square feet of #floor area# or
       any #development# or #enlargement# on a #zoning lot# of at least 30,000 square feet of #lot area# shall provide all the
       mandatory subway improvements for the Block, as described in paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) for Block 3.