143-13 - Joint Living-Work Quarters for Artists

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024


#Conversions# to #joint living-work quarters for artists# shall not be permitted after December 15, 2021, within the #Special
SoHo-NoHo Mixed Use District#.

For #developments#, #enlargements#or #conversions#, for the purposes of applying Section 123-22 (Additional Conditions for
Certain Uses), #joint living-work quarters for artists# shall not be considered an existing #manufacturing# or #commercial use#.

For #joint living-work quarters for artists# existing on December 15, 2021, any #conversion# to a #residence# shall only be
permitted upon certification by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission to the Commissioner of the Department of
Building that instruments in a form acceptable to the City are executed and recorded and that, thereafter, a contribution has
been deposited in the #SoHo-NoHo Arts Fund#. The execution and recording of such instruments and the payment of such
non-refundable contribution shall be a precondition to the filing for or issuing of any building permit allowing the
#conversion# a #joint living-work quarters for artists# to a #residence#.

The contribution amount shall be $100.00 per square foot of #floor area# to be #converted# from a #joint living-work quarters
for artists# to a #residential use# as of December 15, 2021, and shall be adjusted by the Chairperson annually. Such adjustment
shall occur on August 1 of each calendar year, based on the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban
consumers as defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the 12 months ended on June 30 of that year. The contribution
amount shall be determined based upon the rate which is in effect at the time the contribution is received.