93-514 - Eastern Rail Yard Subarea A1

LAST AMENDED
6/6/2024


(a)   Location of #buildings#

       #Buildings# shall be located only in the following areas:

       (1)    east of the southerly prolongaton of the eastern sidewalk widening line of Hudson Boulevard East;

       (2)    west of the southerly prolongation of the western sidewalk widening line of Hudson Boulevard West and within
              220 feet of West 33rd Street;

       (3)    west of the southerly prolongation of the eastern sidewalk widening line of Hudson Boulevard East and within
              220 feet of West 30th Street, provided that either:

               (i)    such area contains only #uses# listed under Use Group III; or
                (ii)   where such area includes #residential use#, such #residential use# shall be located only in a #building#, or
                       portion of a #building#, located west of the southerly prolongation of the western sidewalk widening
                       line of Hudson Boulevard West, and such #building# may also include #uses# listed under Use Group
                       III. In addition, #uses# listed under Use Group III may be located in a #building# separate from any
                       #building# containing #residential use#, provided that any such separate #building# may not be located
                       closer than 50 feet east of the southerly prolongation of the western sidewalk widening line of Hudson
                       Boulevard West.

       (4)     for any #building# located at or above the elevation of the #High Line bed# which faces the #ERY High Line#,
                the #street wall# shall not be located closer than five feet to the edge of the #ERY High Line# and such five foot
                separation shall remain unobstructed, from the level of the #High Line bed# adjacent to such #building# to the
                sky. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any #building# located partly within 335 feet of the Tenth Avenue
                #street line#, any portion thereof of up to 280 feet in width, as measured parallel to West 30th Street, may be
                located above the #High Line bed# at a height of 60 feet or more measured from the #High Line bed#, provided
                such portion has a maximum width of 200 feet along the West 30th Street #street line# and a maximum average
                width of 240 feet. Structural columns and related architectural features placed within the maximum width of
                200 feet along the West 30th Street #street line# supporting such portion of the #building# may be located
                within five feet of the southern edge of the #ERY High Line#, and such columns and related architectural
                features shall, when viewed in elevation along West 30th Street, occupy no more than 50 percent of the
                measured area of such elevation located within the maximum width of 200 feet along the West 30th Street
                #street line#, from the mean level of the adjoining public sidewalk to a height of 60 feet above the level of the
                #High Line bed#. A maximum of 30 percent of such measured area may be constructed of opaque materials.
                Additionally, such columns and related architectural features shall, when viewed in elevation along West 30th
                Street, occupy no more than 45 percent of the measured area of such elevation located within the maximum
                width of 200 feet along the West 30th Street #street line#, from the level of the #High Line bed# to a height of
                25 feet above the level of the #High Line bed#.

(b)    Height and setback

       No setbacks shall be required for any #building# wall facing Eleventh Avenue, West 30th Street or West 33rd Street.
       Along Tenth Avenue, a #street wall# with a minimum height of 60 feet is required to extend along at least 70 percent of
       the Tenth Avenue frontage of the #zoning lot# not occupied by the public plaza required pursuant to Section 93-71.
       Such #street wall# shall align with any existing #street wall# facing Tenth Avenue. Existing #street walls# shall be treated
       in a manner that provides for visual articulation.

(c)   Length of #building# walls

       The provisions of paragraph (d) of Section 93-42 limiting the length of #building# walls above a height of 500 feet shall
       not apply.