33-451 - In certain specified Commercial Districts

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024

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In the districts indicated, any #buildings# or portions thereof which in the aggregate occupy not more than 40 percent of the
#lot area# of a #zoning lot# or, for #zoning lots# of less than 20,000 square feet, the percent set forth in Section 33-454 (Towers
on small lots), may penetrate an established #sky exposure plane#. (Such #building# or portion thereof is hereinafter referred to
as a tower.) At any given level, except where the provisions set forth in Section 33-455 (Alternate regulations for towers on lots
bounded by two or more streets) or 33-456 (Alternate setback regulations on lots bounded by two or more streets) or 33-457
(Tower setbacks on narrow blocks) are applicable and where the option is taken to be governed by such provisions, such tower
may occupy any portion of the #zoning lot# not located less than 15 feet from the #street line# of a #narrow street#, or less than
10 feet from the #street line# of a #wide street#, provided that the aggregate area so occupied within 50 feet of a #narrow street#
shall not exceed 1,875 square feet and the aggregate area so occupied within 40 feet of a #wide street# shall not exceed 1,600
square feet.

If all of the #buildings# on a #zoning lot# containing such tower do not occupy at any level more than the maximum percent of
the #lot area# set forth in this Section or Section 33-454 for towers, the tower may occupy any portion of the #zoning lot#
located 20 feet or more from the #street line# of a #narrow street# or 15 feet or more from the #street line# of a #wide street#,
provided that the aggregate area so occupied within 50 feet of a #narrow street# shall not exceed 2,250 square feet and the
aggregate area so occupied within 40 feet of a #wide street# shall not exceed 2,000 square feet.

Unenclosed balconies, subject to the provisions of Section 24-166 (Balconies), are permitted to project into or over open areas
not occupied by towers.