82-11 - Special Provisions for Optional Arcades

LAST AMENDED
2/9/1994


Any #development# located on a #zoning lot# with a #lot line# which coincides with either of the following #street lines# - the
east side of Broadway between West 61st and West 65th Streets or the east side of Columbus Avenue between West 65th and
West 66th Streets - may contain an #arcade# as defined in Section 12-10, except that:

(a)    the #arcade# shall extend the full length of the #zoning lot# along the #street lines# described above; however, the
        required #arcade# along the east side of Columbus Avenue may be terminated at a point 40 feet south of West 66th
        Street;

(b)    the exterior face of #building# columns shall lie along the #street lines# described above;

(c)   the minimum depth of the #arcade# shall be 15 feet (measured perpendicular to the exterior face of the #building#
       columns located on the #street line#) and the minimum height of the #arcade# along the center line of its longitudinal
       axis shall not be less than 20 feet;

(d)    the #arcade# shall contain no permanent obstruction within the area delineated by the minimum width and height
        requirements of this Section except for the following:

        (1)    unenclosed cafes, provided that there is at least a six foot wide unobstructed pedestrian way adjacent to the
                #street wall#. In no event may such cafes be enclosed at any time; and

        (2)    structural columns not exceeding two feet by three feet provided that the longer dimension of such columns is
                parallel to the #street line#, that such columns are spaced at a minimum of 17 feet on center, and that the space
                between such columns and the face of the #street wall# is at least 13 feet wide. No other columns shall project
                beyond the face of the #street wall# ;

(e)   no #signs# may be affixed to any part of the #arcade# or #building# columns except on a parallel to the #street wall#
       projecting no more than 18 inches therefrom parallel to the #street line# along which the #arcade# lies; and

(f)   the #arcade# shall be illuminated only by incandescent lighting to a standard of average eight foot-candle intensity with a
       minimum five foot-candle intensity at any point within the #arcade#.