99-23 - Authorization to Waive Midblock Transition Portion Height Limitation

LAST AMENDED
12/5/2024


For a #zoning lot# in the Upper East Side Historic District, which #zoning lot# also contains a #landmark building# or #style
building# to be preserved or, where a #zoning lot# is not located in the Upper East Side Historic District and the #zoning lot#
contains a #building# to be preserved which the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated as a landmark or certifies
in a report by the staff or the Commission to be comparable to a #style building#, the City Planning Commission may authorize
the waiver of the maximum #building# height requirements of Section 99-22 (Special Height and Setback Regulations) provided
the City Planning Commission finds that:

(a)   the #development# or #enlargement# complies with the goals and purposes of the #Special Madison Avenue Preservation
      District#, as specified in Section 99-00 (GENERAL PURPOSES);

(b)    the #development# or #enlargement# will not alter either the character of the neighborhood or the character sought to be
       achieved by the Special District;

(c)   the #development# or #enlargement# will have a harmonious relationship with the #building# to be preserved; and

(d)    the Landmarks Preservation Commission reports that a program for continued maintenance of the #building# to be
       preserved has been established.