23-426 - Additional height and setback provisions

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


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In the districts indicated, the following additional regulations shall apply:

(a)    For any #zoning lot# located in a Historic District designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, any applicable
       maximum height regulations of Section 23-42, inclusive, or as modified in any applicable Special District, may be
       modified as follows: the maximum base height may vary between the maximum set forth in Sections 23-422, 23-424, and
       23-425, and the height of an adjacent #building# before setback, if such height is higher than the maximum base height.

(b)    For #buildings# containing #multiple dwelling residences# with #street wall# widths exceeding 150 feet, as measured
       parallel to the #street line#, a minimum of 20 percent of the entire surface area of each #street wall# shall either recess or
       project a minimum of three feet from the #street wall#. The depth of required recesses or projections of a #building# shall
       be measured from the #street wall#.