81-44 - Curb Cut Restrictions

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


Along all avenues in Midtown and along 57th, 53rd, 42nd and 34th Streets, no driveway curb cuts for parking facilities or loading berths
shall be permitted except for the following:

(a)    the Commissioner of Buildings may approve a curb cut where there are no alternative means of access to off-street loading berths
       from other #streets# bounding the #zoning lot#; or

(b)    the City Planning Commission may authorize curb cuts where such curb cuts are needed for required loading berths. Such loading
       berths must be adjacent to a fully enclosed maneuvering area on the #zoning lot# at least equal in area to the area of the required
       loading berth and arranged so as to permit head-in and head-out truck movements to and from the #zoning lot#. The City Planning
       Commission will refer such applications to the Department of Transportation for their comment.

In addition, for #zoning lots# with frontage along such avenues and #streets# in Midtown where curb cuts are prohibited, the
Commissioner of Buildings may waive required off-street loading berths pursuant to the provisions set forth in Section 13-33
(Modification of Loading Berth Requirements).

Where a curb cut is permitted as indicated in this Section, the maximum width of such curb cut shall be 15 feet for one-way traffic and 25
feet for two-way traffic. These curb cut requirements shall be in addition to any other applicable City rules or regulations concerning
driveway curb cuts.

The above exceptions do not apply to Fifth Avenue, or between 43rd and 50th Streets, to Seventh Avenue or Broadway and no curb cuts
shall be permitted in these cases. Between 43rd and 50th Streets, access to #accessory# off-street loading berths or off-street parking
facilities shall not be permitted on Seventh Avenue or Broadway or, except where the length of a #narrow street# #block# frontage between
the #street lines# of Seventh Avenue and Broadway exceeds 75 feet but is less than 125 feet, within 50 feet of the Seventh Avenue or
Broadway #street line#. #Interior lots# between 43rd and 50th Streets with a #street# frontage only on Seventh Avenue or Broadway shall
not contain loading berths.