98-51 - Height and Setback Regulations on the East Side of the High Line

LAST AMENDED
8/24/2017


(a)   Subarea A

        At least 60 percent of the aggregate length of the eastern #High Line frontage# of a #building# shall set back at the level of the
        #High Line bed#. Not more than 40 percent of the aggregate length of such #High Line frontage# may rise above the level of the
        #High Line bed#. No portion of such #High Line frontage# shall exceed a maximum height of 20 feet above the level of the #High
        Line bed#, as illustrated in Diagram 2 (Street Wall and High Line Frontage Regulations in Subarea A) in Appendix C of this
        Chapter.

(b)    In C6-3A Districts and in Subareas C, F and G

        For #zoning lots# extending less than 115 feet along the eastern side of the #High Line#, no portion of the eastern #High Line
        frontage# of a #building# shall exceed a height of 3 feet, 6 inches above the level of the #High Line bed#.

        For #zoning lots# that extend for at least 115 feet along the eastern side of the #High Line#, no portion of the eastern #High Line
        frontage# of the #building# shall exceed a height of 3 feet, 6 inches above the level of the #High Line bed#, except that a maximum
        of 40 percent of such #High Line frontage# may rise without setback above a height of 3 feet, 6 inches above the level of the #High
        Line bed# provided such portion of the #building# is not located directly between the #High Line# and any #street wall# of a
        #building# that is subject to a maximum height of 45 feet in accordance with paragraph (c) (Subareas C, F and G) of Section 98-
        423 (Street wall location, minimum and maximum base heights and maximum building heights).

        The portions of #buildings# in which #High Line# Service Facilities are provided in accordance with paragraph (b)(4) of Appendix
        E shall be considered permitted obstructions to the height and setback regulations of this paragraph (b).

        However, the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall not apply to any #zoning lot# existing on June 23, 2005 where the greatest
        distance between the eastern side of the #High Line# and a #lot line# east of the #High Line# is 35 feet when measured parallel to
        the nearest #narrow# #street line#.