117-531 - Street wall location

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

(a)    On a #wide street#, and on a #narrow street# within 50 feet of its intersection with a #wide street#, the #street wall#
        provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 35-631 (Street wall location) shall apply, except that the #street wall# shall extend
        to at least the applicable minimum base height specified in the table in Section 117-532 (Setback regulations for
        buildings that exceed the maximum base height), or the height of the #building#, whichever is less.

(b)    On a #narrow street# between 50 and 100 feet of its intersection with a #wide street#, the #street wall# location
       provisions of paragraph (b) of Section 35-631 shall apply, except that the #street wall# shall extend along the entire
       width of the #narrow street# frontage

        Beyond 100 feet of the intersection of a #wide street#, the #street wall# location provisions of paragraph (b) of Section
        35-631 shall apply.

(c)    In the locations specified on Map 3 (Sidewalk Widening and Street Wall Location) in Appendix C of this Chapter, a
        #building# shall comply with the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section, as applicable, except that #street
        walls# shall be located as specified on Map 3. The #street wall# of a #building# may be set back only in the areas
        indicated on Map 3 as "Permitted #Street Wall# Setback Locations," provided that the additional sidewalk widening
        resulting from such setback is accessible to the public, in accordance with the provisions of Section 117-553 (Mandatory
        sidewalk widening design requirements), and located adjacent to a public sidewalk or mandatory sidewalk widening.

(d)    For any #building# fronting on Queens Plaza South in Area A-1, Area B or Area D, as shown on Map 1 (Designated
        Districts within the Queens Plaza Subdistrict) of Appendix C, any #street wall# along Queens Plaza South shall be set
        back five feet from the #street line#, except as otherwise specified on Map 3.
(e)    For any #building# on a #zoning lot# located on Jackson Avenue between 42nd Road and Queens Plaza South, the
        #street wall# fronting on Jackson Avenue may be set back five feet from the #street line# only upon certification of the
        Chairperson of the City Planning Commission to the Department of Buildings that the Jackson Avenue sidewalk
        adjacent to the #zoning lot# will be landscaped in accordance with a plan acceptable to the Department of
        Transportation and the Chairperson. Such plan shall include five planting beds that shall contain a mixture of
        deciduous and evergreen shrubs, ground covers and flowers. Such planting beds shall be installed and maintained by the
        owner of the #building#. The #street wall# of any subsequent #development# or #enlargement# shall be located no
        closer to nor further from the #street line# than the #street wall# of an adjacent existing #building#.