81-674 - Ground floor use provisions

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024


(a)   Within the Vanderbilt Corridor Subarea

        For #buildings# #developed# or #enlarged# on the ground floor on #zoning lots# located within the Vanderbilt Corridor Subarea,
        as shown on Map 2 (East Midtown Subdistrict and Subareas) in Appendix A of this Chapter, where a #building# fronts upon a
        designated retail #street#, as shown on Map 3 (Retail and Street Wall Continuity), any portion of such #building’s# ground floor
        level frontage along such designated retail #street# allocated to above- or below-grade public realm improvements provided in
        accordance with a special permit pursuant to Section 81-632 (Special permit for transfer of development rights from landmarks to
        the Vanderbilt Corridor Subarea) or Section 81-633 (Special permit for Grand Central public realm improvements) shall be
        excluded from the retail continuity requirements of Section 81-42 (Retail Continuity Along Designated Streets).

(b)    Within the Grand Central Core Area

        For #buildings# #developed# or #enlarged# on the ground floor after August 26, 1992, in the Grand Central Core Area, as shown
        on Map 2, #building# lobby entrances shall be required on each #street# frontage of the #zoning lot# where such #street# frontage
        is greater than 75 feet in length, except that if a #zoning lot# has frontage on more than two #streets#, #building# entrances shall be
        required only on two #street# frontages. Each required #building# entrance shall lead directly to the #building# lobby. #Buildings#
        #developed# from May 13, 1982, to August 25, 1992, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 81-47 (Major Building
        Entrances).

        Required #building# entrances on opposite #street# frontages shall be connected directly to the #building# lobby by providing a
        through #block# connection in accordance with paragraph (h) of Section 37-53 (Design Standards for Pedestrian Circulation
        Spaces), except that such through #block# connection shall be located at least 50 feet from the nearest north/south #wide street#.

        Each required #building# entrance shall include a #building# entrance recess area, as defined in paragraph (b) of Section 37-53,
        except that for #developments# or #enlargements# with frontage on Madison Avenue, Lexington Avenue or 42nd Street, the width
        of a #building# entrance recess area shall not be greater than 40 feet parallel to the #street line# and there may be only one
        #building# entrance recess area on each such #street# frontage.