37-76 - Mandatory Allocation of Frontages for Permitted Uses

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024


(a)   Ground floor level uses

      The frontage of all new #building# walls fronting on a #public plaza#, or fronting on an #arcade# adjoining a #public
      plaza#, exclusive of such frontage occupied by #building# lobbies and frontage used for subway access, shall be subject to
      the following #use# provisions:

      (1)    The underlying #use# regulations shall be modified as follows:

              (i)    #dwelling units# shall not be permitted;

             (ii)    #uses# listed under Use Group III(A) shall not be permitted;

             (iii)   #uses# listed under Use Group IV shall be limited to those listed under Public Service Buildings, and
                     Renewable Energy and Green Infrastructure;

             (iv)    guest rooms or suites associated with Transient Accommodations listed under Use Group V shall not be
                     permitted; and

              (v)    #uses# listed under Use Group VII shall be limited in size to 5,000 square feet per establishment;

      (2)    All #uses# occupying such frontage shall:

              (i)    be directly accessible from the major portion of the #public plaza#, an adjoining #arcade#, or a #street#
                     frontage shared by the establishment and the #public plaza#;

             (ii)    have a minimum depth of 15 feet, measured perpendicular to the wall adjoining the #public plaza#; and

             (iii)   occupy such frontage for the life of the increased #floor area# of the bonused #development#.

      The remaining frontage may be occupied by other #uses#, lobby entrances or vertical circulation elements, in accordance
      with the district regulations.

      As an alternative, where retail or service establishments located in an existing #building# front upon a #public plaza# or
      an #arcade# adjoining a #public plaza#, at least 50 percent of the total frontage of all #building# walls fronting on the
      #public plaza#, or fronting on an #arcade# adjoining a #public plaza#, exclusive of such frontage occupied by #building#
      lobbies and frontage used for subway access, shall be allocated for occupancy at the ground floor level by #uses# permitted
      in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) subject to the provisions of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section, as permitted by the
      applicable district regulations.

(b)   Public entrances

      A public entrance to the principal use of the #building# associated with the #public plaza# shall be located within 10 feet
      of the major portion of the #public plaza#. Frontage on the #public plaza# that is occupied by a #building# entrance or
      lobby shall not exceed 60 feet or 40 percent of the total aggregate frontage of the new #building# walls on the major and
       minor portions of the #public plaza#, whichever is less, but in no case shall #building# entrances or lobbies occupy less
       than 20 feet of frontage on the #public plaza#.

(c)   Transparency

       All new #building# walls fronting on the major and minor portions of the #public plaza# shall be treated with clear,
       untinted transparent material for 50 percent of the surface area below 14 feet above the #public plaza# level, or the ceiling
       level of the ground floor of the #building#, whichever is lower. Any non-transparent area of a new or existing #building#
       wall fronting on the major or minor portion of a #public plaza# shall be treated with a decorative element or material or
       shall be screened with planting to a minimum height of 15 feet above the #public plaza#.