142-43 - Height and Setback for Shoreline Adjacent Lots in Subarea A2

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

In Subarea A2, as shown on Map 1 (Special Inwood District – Subdistricts and Subareas) in the Appendix to this Chapter, for
#shoreline adjacent lots#, the following height and setback regulations shall apply:

(a)   #Street wall# location

      The #street wall# location provisions of paragraph (a) of Section 35-631 shall apply except that #street walls# shall extend
      to at least the minimum base height set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section, or the height of the #building#, whichever
      is less.

(b)    Base height and setbacks

      The minimum base height shall be 60 feet on all #street# frontages. Within R9A Districts, or C1 or C2 Districts mapped
      within R9A Districts, the maximum base height shall be 105 feet. Within R8 Districts, or C1 or C2 Districts mapped
      within R8 Districts, the maximum base height before setback shall be 105 feet if the #building’s# maximum overall
      height does not exceed 155 feet, or 85 feet if a #building# is developed with a tower in accordance with the regulations of
      paragraph (e) of this Section.

      At a height not lower than the minimum base height nor higher than the maximum base height specified for the
      applicable district, a setback with a minimum depth of 10 feet shall be provided from the #street wall# of the base. Such
      setbacks may be modified in accordance with the provisions of Section 23-433.

(c)   Within 50 feet of the #shoreline#

      Within 50 feet of the #shoreline#, the height of a #building# along 30 percent of the length of a #zoning lot#, as measured
      parallel to Ninth Avenue, shall be limited to a maximum height of 30 feet, and the height along the remaining 70 percent
      may rise to a maximum height of 85 feet.

(d)    Maximum transition height

      After the required setback, #buildings# may rise to a maximum transition height of 155 feet. However, for portions of
      #buildings# exceeding the maximum base height with a gross area of a #story# of 10,000 square feet, or more, exclusive of
      any permitted dormers, setbacks shall be taken at any point above 125 feet to achieve a footprint reduction of 10 percent
      from #stories# below 125 feet. Any portion of a #building# that exceeds the maximum transition height shall be
      considered a tower and subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) of this Section.

(e)   Tower regulations

      Any portion of a #building# that exceeds the maximum transition height shall be subject to the following tower
      provisions:

      (1)    the gross area of any #story# shall not exceed 10,000 square feet, except that any dormers provided within the
             setback area shall not be included in such gross area;

      (2)    the gross area of any #story# located above 205 feet shall not exceed 90 percent of the gross area of that #story#
             located directly below a height of 205 feet;
       (3)    no portion of such tower shall be located within 80 feet of the #shoreline#;

       (4)    the width of such tower shall not exceed 100 feet, as measured parallel to Ninth Avenue. Such width shall be
              measured in plan and shall include the total width of the combined #lot coverage# of all #stories# above 125 feet;
              and

       (5)    the maximum height of such tower shall not exceed 245 feet.

      #Zoning lots# with a #lot area# in excess of 1.5 acres may contain a second tower, provided that the heights of the two
      towers differ by at least 50 feet from each other, and provided that the combined width of the towers does not exceed 140
      feet, as measured parallel to Ninth Avenue. Such width shall be measured in plan and shall include the total width of the
      combined #lot coverage# of all #stories# above 125 feet.