43-46 - Height and Setback Provisions for Districts With an A Suffix

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024


For M Districts with an A suffix, a #building or other structure# shall not exceed the maximum base heights or maximum
#building# height set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section. A setback is required for all portions or #buildings or other
structures# that exceed the maximum base height specified in paragraph (a) and shall be provided in accordance with paragraph
(b). In districts without a maximum height limit, the tower provisions set forth in paragraph (c) shall apply.

(a)    Maximum base heights and maximum #building# heights

       The table below sets forth the maximum base heights and maximum #building or other structure# heights.

       MAXIMUM BASE HEIGHT AND MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT

                                                                 Maximum Height of #Buildings
                                           Maximum Base Height (in
                          District                                    or other Structures# (in
                                                feet)
                                                                      feet)
                          M1-1A M2-1A M3-
                                      45                              65
                               1A
                          M1-2A M2-2A M3-
                                      65                              95
                               2A
                          M1-3A M2-3A 95                              125
                          M1-4A M2-4A 125                             155
                          M1-5A             155                       205
                          M1-6A             155                       245
                          M1-7A             155                       325
                          M1-8A M1-9A 155                             N/A

       In addition, for #zoning lots# with a #lot area# greater than or equal to 20,000 square feet, a #building# may exceed the
       maximum building heights established in such table by 25 percent.

(b)    Any portion of a #building# above the maximum base height shall provide a setback with a depth of at least 10 feet from
       any #street wall# fronting on a #wide street# and a depth of at least 15 feet from any #street wall# fronting on a #narrow
       street#. However, such setback requirement may be modified as follows:

       (1)    the depth of such required setback may be reduced by one foot for every foot that the #street wall# is located
              beyond the #street line#, but in no event shall a setback of less than seven feet in depth be provided, except as
              otherwise set forth in this Section. To allow #street wall# articulation, where a #street wall# is divided into
              different segments and located at varying depths from the #street line#, such permitted setback reduction may be
              applied to each #street wall# portion separately;

       (2)    the depth of such required setbacks may include the depth of recesses in the #street wall# of the #building# base,
              provided that the aggregate width of any such recessed portion of a #street wall# with a setback less than seven
              feet, does not exceed 30 percent of the #aggregate width of #street wall# at any level;

       (3)    these setback provisions are optional for any #building that either is located beyond 50 feet of a #street line# or
              oriented so that lines drawn perpendicular to it, in plan, would intersect a #street line# at an angle of 65 degrees or
              less. In the case of an irregular #street line#, the line connecting the most extreme points of intersection shall be
              deemed to be the #street line#; and

       (4)    dormers may penetrate a required setback area, provided that the aggregate width of all dormers at the maximum
              base height does not exceed 40 percent of the width of the #street wall# of the highest #story# entirely below the
              maximum base height#. Such dormers need not decrease in width as the height above the maximum base height
              increases.
(c)    Towers

       For #buildings# in M1-8A and M1-9A Districts, no maximum height limit shall apply. However, any portion of a
       #building# above a height of 350 feet shall have a maximum #lot coverage# of 50 percent of the #lot area# of the #zoning
       lot#.