| Proposal:
High Line Adjacency Controls:
Development sites located between Tenth Avenue and the High Line would be subject to additional bulk controls. These controls would facilitate the reuse of the High Line as a public open space by preserving views, light, and air and by providing regular public access points from ground level to the High Line level.
Tenth Avenue
Building Frontages
Consistent with the existing built character of walk-up apartment buildings and high streetwall loft buildings, bulk controls along Tenth Avenue would mandate a mix of low and high streetwalls and would help preserve light, air, and views for the High Line open space. Under these frontage regulations, the street wall of a building along Tenth Avenue could rise to between 35 feet and 45 feet in height for 25% of its Tenth Avenue frontage. This lowered streetwall would be required to be located at a street intersection. The remaining 75% of the street wall could rise to the maximum allowable building height.
NOTE: Tenth Avenue controls
would apply only to developments that occupy at
least 170 feet of the block front on Tenth Avenue
High Line Building
Frontages
To create a varied experience along the length of the High Line open space, portions of buildings would be required to set back from the High Line while other portions of buildings would be permitted to rise directly adjacent to, and connect with, the High Line. A maximum of 40% of a building’s High Line frontage would be permitted to rise to the maximum allowable building height directly adjacent to the High Line structure. The remaining 60% (minimum) of a building’s High Line frontage would be permitted to rise no higher than the level of the High Line before setting back a minimum of 25 feet.
NOTE: High Line controls
described above would apply only to developments
that occupy at least 120 feet of the eastern High Line frontage.
High Line Adjacency Controls: Required Open
Space
A minimum of 20% of the lot area would be required
to be reserved as landscaped open space. To provide
a visual extension of the High Line, the required
open space would be located adjacent to and at
a height not to exceed the level of the High
Line. The required open space could not front
on Tenth Avenue and could be used as a public
or private space.
High Line Adjacency
Controls: West Side of
the High Line
Within 15 feet of the west side of the High Line
structure, buildings could rise no higher than
the level of the High Line.
For lots that occupy more than 60 feet of narrow street frontage, an additional 15 foot setback would be required at the base height.
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