123-623 - Maximum floor area ratio for zoning lots containing mixed use buildings

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

For #zoning lots# containing #mixed use buildings#, the following provisions shall apply.

(a)   Maximum #floor area ratio#

       (1)    #Manufacturing# or #commercial# #uses#

              The maximum #floor area ratio# permitted for #manufacturing# or #commercial# #uses# shall be the applicable
              maximum #floor area ratio# permitted for #manufacturing# or #commercial# #uses# under the provisions of
              Section 43-12, in accordance with the designated M1 District.

       (2)    #Community facility uses#

              The maximum #floor area ratio# permitted for #community facility uses# shall be the applicable maximum #floor
              area ratio# permitted for #community facility uses# in #Residence Districts# under the provisions of Section 24-10
              (FLOOR AREA AND LOT COVERAGE REGULATIONS), inclusive, in accordance with the designated
              #Residence District#.

       (3)    #Residential uses#

              The maximum #floor area ratio# permitted for #residential uses# shall be the maximum #floor area ratio#
              permitted in Section 123-622 (Maximum floor area ratio for zoning lots containing only residential buildings).

       (4)    Maximum #floor area# in #mixed use buildings#

              The maximum total #floor area# in a #mixed use building# shall be the maximum #floor area# permitted for either
              the #commercial#, #manufacturing#, #community facility# or #residential use#, as set forth in this Section,
              whichever permits the greatest amount of #floor area#.

              However, where the #Residence District# designation is an R3, R4 or R5 District, the maximum total #floor area#
              in a #mixed use building# shall be the greater of the maximum #floor area ratio# for non-residential #uses#
              permitted by the designated M1 District, or the following #floor area ratios#:

              (i)    for #qualifying residential sites# within the #Greater Transit Zone#, 2.50;

              (ii)   for #qualifying residential sites# outside the #Greater Transit Zone#:

                     (a)    1.50 for R3 Districts;

                     (b)     2.00 for R4 Districts; and

                     (c)    2.50 for R5 Districts.

(b)    Floor area bonus for a public plaza or arcade

       Any #floor area# bonus for a #public plaza# or #arcade#, permitted under the applicable district regulations, shall apply
       to a #zoning lot# containing a #mixed use building#, provided that any given #public plaza# or #arcade# shall be counted
       only once in determining a bonus.

       However, on #waterfront blocks#, as defined in Section 62-11, #floor area# bonuses for a #public plaza# or #arcade# shall
       not apply.