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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019

THE CITY RECORD

Housing buildings; and the development or enlargement:
1 will comply with the maximum base height and maximum building height of the applicable zoning district set forth in Table 1
of paragraph b of Section 23-664;
2 in R6, R7, R8 and R9-1 Districts, where the zoning lot meets the criteria set forth in paragraph a3 of Section 23- 664 will comply with the maximum base height and maximum building height of the applicable zoning district set forth in Table 2 of paragraph c of Section 23-664; or 3 in R6, R7, R8 and R9-1 Districts, where the zoning lot meets the criteria set forth in paragraph a4 of Section 23- 664 and is located within 150 feet of the types of transportation infrastructure listed in paragraphs c2i through c2iv of Section 23-664, will comply with the maximum base height and maximum building height of the applicable zoning district set forth in Table 2 of paragraph c of Section 23-664.
Such 150-foot measurement shall be measured perpendicular to the edge of such infrastructure.
All Quality Housing buildings shall also comply with additional provisions set forth in Article II, Chapter 8.
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In the districts indicated without a letter suffix, the optional Quality Housing bulk regulations permitted as an alternative, pursuant to paragraph b of this Section, shall not apply to:
1 Article VII, Chapter 8 Special Regulations applying to Large Scale Residential Developments;, except that they may be permitted as an alternative to apply within Large Scale Residential Developments located:
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in C2-5 Districts mapped within R9-1 Districts in Community District 3 in the Borough of Manhattan.

2 Special Purpose Districts
Housing buildings, all associated floor area exemptions shall apply.
Chapter 8
The Quality Housing Program 28-00
GENERAL PURPOSES
The Quality Housing Program is established to foster the provision of multifamily housing and certain community facilities that:
a are compatible with existing neighborhood scale and character;
b provide on-site amenity spaces to meet the needs of its residents;
and c are designed to promote the security and safety of its residents.
28-01
Applicability of this Chapter The Quality Housing Program is a specific set of standards and requirements that, in conjunction with the bulk provisions for Quality Housing buildings set forth in Article II, Chapter 3, and Article III, Chapter 5, as applicable, apply to buildings containing residences, long-term care facilities or philanthropic or non-profit institutions with sleeping accommodations, or some combination thereof as follows:
a In R6A, R6B, R7A, R7B, R7D, R7X, R8A, R8B, R8X, R9A, R9D, R9X, R10A or R10X Districts, and in the equivalent Commercial Districts listed in Sections 34-111 and 34- 112, all such buildings shall comply with the Quality Housing Program standards and requirements as set forth in this Chapter.
b In other R6, R7, R8, R9 or R10 Districts, and in the equivalent Commercial Districts listed in Sections 34-111 and 34-112, all developments and enlargements of such buildings utilizing the Quality Housing bulk regulations in Article II, Chapter 3, shall comply with the Quality Housing Program standards and requirements set forth in this Chapter.
c
In R5D Districts, only the requirements set forth in Sections 28-12
Refuse Storage and Disposal, 28-23 Planting Areas and 28-43
Location of Accessory Parking shall apply.

Special Grand Concourse Preservation
d In R6 through R10 Districts, and in the equivalent Commercial Districts listed in Sections 34-111 and 34-112, for developments and enlargements of community facility buildings containing long-term care facilities or philanthropic or non-profit institutions with sleeping accommodations, or portions of buildings containing such uses, where such buildings utilize the bulk regulations for Quality Housing buildings in Article II, Chapter 3, in R6 through R10 Districts with a letter suffix, or the height and setback regulations for Quality Housing buildings in Article II, Chapter 3, in R6
through R10 Districts without a letter suffix, the Quality Housing Program standards and requirements of this Chapter shall apply, except that the provisions of Section 28-12 shall be optional.

Special Harlem River Waterfront District
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However, such optional Quality Housing bulk regulations are permitted as an alternative to apply in the following Special Purpose Districts:
Special 125th Street District;
Special Downtown Brooklyn Special Downtown Far Rockaway District Special Downtown Jamaica District;
Special East Harlem Corridors District;

Special Limited Commercial District;
Special Long Island City Mixed Use District;
Special Lower Manhattan District, as modified in Section 91-05;
Special Ocean Parkway District;
Special Transit Land Use District; or Special Tribeca Mixed Use District.
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d In the districts indicated, for Quality Housing buildings in which, at least 50 percent of the dwelling units are incomerestricted housing units, or, at least 50 percent of the total floor area is a long-term care facility or philanthropic or non-profit institution with sleeping accommodation, the applicable bulk regulations of this Chapter may be modified for zoning lots with irregular site conditions or site planning constraints by special permit of the Board of Standards and Appeals, pursuant to Section 73-623 Bulk modifications for certain Quality Housing buildings on irregular sites.
R6 R7 R8 R9 R10
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In the districts indicated, where a Special Purpose District modifies the bulk regulations for Quality Housing buildings set forth in this Chapter, the additional provisions for Quality Housing buildings set forth in Article II, Chapter 8 shall continue to apply. In addition, where any Special Purpose District that requires elements of Article II, Chapter 8 to apply to non-Quality
The provisions of Article VII, Chapter 8 Special Regulations Applying to Large-Scale Residential Developments, are not applicable to Quality Housing buildings.

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he provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to dwelling units converted, pursuant to Article I, Chapter 5, unless such conversions meet the requirements for residential developments of Article II Residence District Regulations.
ARTICLE VII

ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 8
Special Regulations Applying to Large-Scale Residential Developments 78-00
GENERAL PURPOSES, DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL
PROVISIONS
78-01
General Purposes The regulations set forth in this Chapter are designed to deal with certain types of problems which arise only in connection with largescale residential developments and to promote and facilitate better site planning and community planning through modified application of the district regulations in such developments.
For large-scale residential developments involving several zoning lots but planned as a unit, the district regulations may impose unnecessary rigidities and thereby prevent achievement of the best possible site plan within the overall density and bulk controls. For such developments, the