136-322 - Sidewalk widening

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

For #buildings# #developed# or #enlarged# after September 7, 2017, where the #development# or horizontal #enlargement#
fronts upon designated #streets# as shown on Map 8 (Sidewalk Widenings) in the Appendix to this Chapter, the provisions of
this Section shall apply.

A sidewalk widening is a continuous, paved open area along the #street line# of a #zoning lot#, located within the #zoning lot#.
A sidewalk widening shall be provided along #streets# as shown on Map 8, to the extent necessary, so that a minimum sidewalk
width of 13 feet or 18 feet, as applicable, is achieved, including portions within and beyond the #zoning lot#. Such depth shall be
measured perpendicular to the #street line#. Sidewalk widenings shall be improved as sidewalks to Department of
Transportation standards, at the same level as the adjoining public sidewalk and shall be directly accessible to the public at all
times. No #enlargement# shall be permitted to decrease the depth of such sidewalk widening to less than such minimum
required depth.

Lighting shall be provided with a minimum level of illumination of not less than two horizontal foot candles throughout the
entire mandatory sidewalk widening. Lighting fixtures installed by the Department of Transportation within the #street#
adjacent to such sidewalk widening shall be included in the calculation of the required level of illumination.

Where a continuous sidewalk widening is provided on the #zoning lot#, along the entire #block# frontage of a #street#, the
boundary of the sidewalk widening within the #zoning lot# shall be considered to be the #street line# for the purposes of
Sections 136-20 (SPECIAL BULK REGULATIONS) and 136-31 (Special Height and Setback Regulations Within Subdistrict
A).