142-44 - Height and Setback for Shoreline Adjacent Lots in Subarea A3

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


In Subarea A3, as shown on Map 1 (Special Inwood District – Subdistricts and Subareas) in the Appendix to this Chapter, for
#shoreline adjacent lots#, the height and setback regulations of this Section shall apply:

(a)    Base along West 207th Street and Ninth Avenue

       Along the West 207th Street and Ninth Avenue frontages, the #street wall# location provisions of paragraph (b) of
       Section 35-631 shall apply except that the #street wall# shall extend up to a minimum base height of 60 feet, or the height
       of the #building#, whichever is less, and a maximum base height of 105 feet. The boundary of any easement required for a
       #street# or sidewalk widening pursuant to Section 142-64 shall be considered the #street line# for the purpose of this
       Section.

       At a height not lower than the minimum base height nor higher than the maximum base height, 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.

(b)    Within 50 feet of the #shoreline#

       Within 50 feet of the #shoreline#, the maximum #building# height shall be 85 feet.

(c)    Within 30 feet of former West 208th Street

       Within 30 feet of Former West 208th Street, as shown on Map 1 in the Appendix to this Chapter, the height of a
       #building# along 30 percent of the length of a #zoning lot#, as measured along the former extent of West 208th Street,
       shall not exceed 30 feet, and the height of the remaining 70 percent may rise to a maximum height of 85 feet.

(d)    Maximum transition height

       Within the portion of the #zoning lot# that is beyond 100 feet of West 207th Street, after the required setback,
       #buildings# may rise to a maximum transition height of 145 feet. No towers shall be permitted above such maximum
       transition height.
       Within the portion of the #zoning lot# that is within 100 feet of West 207th Street, after the required setback,
       #buildings# may rise to a maximum transition height of 175 feet. Any portion of a #building# that exceeds such
       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 255 feet shall not exceed 90 percent of the gross area of that #story#
              located directly below a height of 255 feet; and

       (3)    the maximum height of such tower shall not exceed 295 feet.