74-851 - Floor area bonus for covered pedestrian space

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


For the #development# or #enlargement# of a #commercial#, #community facility# or #mixed building#, for each square foot of
#covered pedestrian space# provided on a #zoning lot#, the total #floor area# permitted on that #zoning lot# under the
provisions of Section 33-12 (Maximum Floor Area Ratio) may be increased as set forth in the following table:

PERMITTED ADDITIONAL FLOOR AREA PER SQUARE FOOT OF COVERED PEDESTRIAN SPACE


                                                                                  Maximum (in square
                          District                    Basic (in square feet)
                                                                                  feet)


                          C5-3 C5-5 C6-6 C6-7
                                                      11                          14
                          C6-9 C6-11 C6-12


                          C4-7 C5-2 C5-4 C6-4
                                                      8                           11
                          C6-5 C6-8


In no event shall the resulting #floor area ratio# exceed the amount set forth in Section 33-12 by more than 20 percent. Any
#floor area# bonus earned by providing a #covered pedestrian space# may be applied to increase the #residential# #floor area# of
a #mixed building#, provided the maximum #floor area ratio# for the #residential# portion does not exceed 12.0.

Any portion of the #covered pedestrian space# that is within 10 feet of a #street line# or #lot line# and that is extended along
such #street line# or #lot line# on either side of an entrance to it from an adjoining #street#, #arcade#, #publicly accessible open
area#, #court#, #yard# or other #covered pedestrian space#, may receive only that #floor area# bonus accorded to an #arcade#.

The basic #floor area# bonus may be increased by providing one or more of the following additional amenities:

(a)    An escalator, providing pedestrian access from sidewalk level to any floor level containing #uses# specified in paragraph
       (c) of Section 74-852 (Design requirements for covered pedestrian spaces). Such escalator may be either within or directly
       accessible from the #covered pedestrian space#. The basic #floor area# bonus may be increased by 1.5 square feet per
       square foot of #covered pedestrian space# for each floor level connected by such escalator. However, the #floor area#
       bonus earned for the total #covered pedestrian space# by providing such escalator shall not exceed the allowable
       maximum set forth in the table.
(b)    Where the height over at least one-third of the #covered pedestrian space# in one location is increased by more than one
       #story# of the #building# above the required height, the basic #floor area# bonus for that portion may be increased by 1.5
       square feet per square foot of such raised portion for each such #story#. However, the #floor area# bonus earned for the
       total #covered pedestrian space# by providing such additional height shall not exceed the allowable maximum set forth in
       the table.

(c)    Where direct access from the #covered pedestrian space# to a subway station mezzanine or concourse is provided and
       such connection is major, necessary, and kept open to the general public for the same hours as the #covered pedestrian
       space# or as specified by the Commission, an additional bonus of two square feet of #floor area# per square foot of
       #covered pedestrian space# may be permitted over the amount specified in the table.