138-22 - Street Wall Regulations

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


All #developments# and #enlargements# within the #Special East Harlem Corridors District# shall comply with the #street wall#
regulations of Section 35-651 (Street wall location), as specified and modified in this Section. Where M1 Districts are paired with
R9 or R10 Districts, #developments# and #enlargements# within such districts shall comply with the provisions of paragraph
(b) of this Section. The applicable provisions of Section 35-651 are specified and modified as follows:

(a)    Along #wide streets# other than Park Avenue

       Along all #wide streets# other than Park Avenue, the #street wall# location provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 35-631
       shall apply, except that the minimum base height shall be 60 feet, or the height of the #building#, whichever is less.

(b)    Along Park Avenue

       Along Park Avenue and along #narrow streets# located within 100 feet of Park Avenue, the #street wall# location
       provisions of paragraph (b) of Section 35-631 shall apply, except that the minimum base height shall be 40 feet, or the
       height of the #building#, whichever is less.

(c)    Along all other #streets#

       Along all #streets# not subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, the provisions of paragraph (b) of
       Section 35-631 shall apply, except that the minimum base height shall be 60 feet, or the height of the #building#,
       whichever is less.

(d)    Within #flood zones#

       For #buildings# within the #flood zone#, the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section, as applicable, shall
       be modified as follows:

       (1)    for #developments# or horizontal #enlargements#, or portions thereof, where no transparent materials are
              provided on the #ground floor level street wall# below a height of four feet above the level of the adjoining
              sidewalk pursuant to the provisions of Section 37-34 (Minimum Transparency Requirements), for a continuous
              distance of more than 25 feet, such #street wall# shall be located at least three feet beyond the #street line#; and

       (2)    the area between such #street wall# and the sidewalk, or portions thereof, that do not contain any planting
              pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b)(1) of Section 37-362 (Mitigation elements) for at least 70 percent of
              the linear footage, shall be improved to Department of Transportation standards for sidewalks, be at the same
              level as the adjoining public sidewalk and be accessible to the public at all times. In addition, such area shall
              provide visual mitigation elements in accordance with the provisions of Section 37-362 for at least 70 percent of
              the linear footage of such area per 50 feet of frontage.