74-77 - Artists’ Centers

LAST AMENDED
8/12/1969


In C6-1, C6-2, C6-3 or C6-4 Districts, for alterations or additions to existing #buildings#, to be occupied as living and working
quarters by #artists# engaged in the visual or performing arts, with or without related community studio space, the City
Planning Commission may permit #residential# and non-#residential uses# to be arranged within the #building# without regard
for the regulations set forth in Section 32-42 (Location Within Buildings). For alterations of such #buildings# but not for
additions, the Commission may permit modifications of the regulations set forth in Sections 23-81 to 23-87, inclusive, relating
to Court Regulations and Minimum Distance between Windows or Walls or Lot Lines and may permit modification of the
requirements set forth in Sections 23-40 to 23-47, inclusive, relating to #rear# and #side yard# regulations.
As a condition precedent to the grant of such special permit, the Commission shall make the following findings:

(a)    that the location, design and construction of such #building# particularly suit it to use as an #artists'# center, and that full
        realization of these advantages requires modification of the regulations controlling arrangement of #residential# and
        non-#residential uses# within the #building#, or modification of the #court# regulations or the required distance
        between #legally required windows# and existing walls or #lot lines#, or modification of the #rear# and #side yard#
        requirements; and

(b)    that an organization has been established for assuring that the #dwelling units# will be occupied by persons who qualify
        as #artists#.

For the purposes of this Section, non-#commercial# studio space for use in common by artists residing in the #building# may be
classified as a #community facility use#.