87-322 - Base heights and transition heights

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


In the Core Subdistrict, the following base heights, required setbacks and maximum transition heights shall apply. Towers are
permitted above the maximum heights set forth in this Section only in accordance with Section 87-323 (Tower provisions).

(a)    Base heights

        (1)     Within 50 feet of the #shore public walkway# for #street walls# fronting on, or within 50 feet of, the #shore
                public walkway#, the maximum base height shall be 85 feet, except that:

                 (i)    on Parcels 1, 2, 3 and 4, as shown on Map 1 in the Appendix to this Chapter, for #street walls# fronting
                         on a #shore public walkway#, at least 30 percent of the #aggregate width of street walls# fronting on the
                         #shore public walkway#, or a contiguous #street wall# width of 60 feet, whichever is greater, shall not
                        exceed a maximum height of 45 feet. In addition to being applied along the #shore public walkway#,
                        such lowered #street wall# may be applied along intersecting #streets# within 100 feet of the #shore
                        public walkway#; and

                (ii)   on Parcels 5 and 6, as shown on Map 1, such maximum base height shall be 45 feet.



        (2)    Beyond 50 feet of the #shore public walkway# and beyond 50 feet of the #Major Deegan Expressway street line#

                Along all other frontages beyond 50 feet of the #shore public walkway# and beyond 50 feet of the #Major
                Deegan Expressway street line#, the #street wall# shall rise without setback to a minimum base height of 60 feet,
                or the height of the #building#, whichever is less, and may rise to a maximum base height of 105 feet.



        (3)    Along, and within 50 feet of, the #Major Deegan Expressway street line#

                Along, and within 50 feet of, the #Major Deegan Expressway street line#, the #street wall# shall rise without
                setback to a minimum base height of 15 feet, or the height of the #building#, whichever is less, and may rise to a
                maximum base height of 105 feet.

(b)    Required setbacks

        Above such maximum base height, #street walls# shall be set back a minimum of 30 feet from the #street line# along the
        #shore public walkway# on Parcel 1, 15 feet from such #street line# along the #shore public walkway# on any other
        parcels, and a minimum of 10 feet from the #street line# along all other #streets#. Such setbacks may be modified
        pursuant to the provisions of Section 23-433, except that on Parcel 1 along the #shore public walkway# dormers may
        not exceed a depth of 15 feet.

        In addition, on Parcels 1, 2, 3 and 4, in locations where the maximum base height is limited to 45 feet, #street walls#
        above such maximum base height shall be set back a minimum of 30 feet from the #street line#, and a minimum of seven
        feet from any portion of the #street wall# below such height.


(c)   Maximum transition heights

        For #street walls# fronting on, or within 50 feet of, the #shore public walkway#, #street walls# above a required setback
        may rise to a maximum transition height of 125 feet and, along all other frontages, #street walls# above a required
        setback may rise to a maximum transition height of 155 feet. Such transition heights may only be exceeded where towers
        are provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 87-323 (Tower provisions).