13-231 - Location of curb cuts

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

For #accessory# off-street parking facilities, automobile rental establishments and #public parking lots#, curb cuts are required
for entry and exit to such parking facilities. Such curb cuts:

(a)    shall not be permitted within 50 feet of the intersection of any two #street lines#, except where the Commissioner of
        Buildings certifies that such location:

        (1)    is not hazardous to traffic safety;
       (2)    is not likely to create traffic congestion; and

       (3)    will not unduly inhibit surface traffic or pedestrian flow.

       The Commissioner of Buildings may refer such matter to the Department of Transportation, or its successor, for a
       report;

(b)   shall not be located within two and one-half feet of any #side lot line# of the #zoning lot#, or prolongation thereof;

(c)   for #accessory# off-street parking facilities and automobile rental establishments, shall not be located on a #wide street#,
       except where authorized pursuant to Section 13-441 (Curb cuts); and

(d)   for #public parking lots#, shall not be permitted on the following #wide streets#, except where authorized pursuant to
       Section 13-441:

       (1)    14th Street, from Fourth Avenue to Seventh Avenue;

       (2)    Avenue of the Americas, from 23rd Street to 32nd Street;

       (3)    Canal Street, from the Bowery to West Broadway;

       (4)    Church Street, from Park Place to Worth Street;

       (5)    Delancey Street, from Clinton Street to the west side of Orchard Street;

       (6)    Fifth Avenue;

       (7)    Seventh Avenue, from 23rd Street to 32nd Street; and

       (8)    Worth Street, from Centre Street to Church Street.