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    Curb cut and parking regulations approved

    Text Amendment  •  Citywide

    Planning proposed amendment to address community concerns about inappropriate curb cuts and front yard parking spaces in residential areas. On April 14, 2010, the City Council approved the Department of City Planning’s Residential Streetscape Preservation text amendment. The amendment contains a host of changes, including applying stricter parking regulations in low-density residential districts, and establishing curb cut regulations in medium- and high-density districts that previously had none. It strengthens front yard planting requirements in low-density districts by closing a loophole that allowed narrow planting strips in driveways to count towards the required plantings. To ensure adequate parking is available, the amendment requires that residential enlargements and conversions in R3 and R4 districts provide additional off-street parking for each additional dwelling unit.

    The text amendment also addressed a recent court decision ruling that a section of the zoning resolution prohibiting curb cuts in residential “B” districts applied only to new developments and not to existing buildings. The curb cut prohibition will now expressly apply to both existing and new buildings in “B” districts, reinforcing the City Planning Commission’s original intent. (read more…)

    Tags : curb cut regulations, Department of City Planning, New York City Housing Authority, parking regulations, Residential Streetscape Preservation Text, The Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Zoning & Franchises Subcommittee
    Date:05/15/2010
    Category : City Council
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    Curb cuts and parking amendments approved

    Text Amendment  •  Citywide

    Text amendment would introduce curb cut prohibitions and limit front yard parking spaces in certain residential districts. On February 24, 2010, the City Planning Commission approved, with modifications, the Department of City Planning’s Residential Streetscape Preservation text amendment. Planning proposed the City-wide amendment in response to community concerns about inappropriate curb cuts and front yard parking spaces in residential districts. Planning seeks to clarify parking requirements and preserve and enhance residential streetscapes.

    The proposed amendment includes a host of modifications such as requiring new parking spaces in all single- and two-family districts to be located within a residential building or to the side or rear of a building. This requirement currently applies to R1 and R2 districts and certain districts in Lower Density Growth Management Areas in Staten Island and the Bronx. In order to ensure that required front yard plantings are of sufficient quality, the amendment would close a loophole that allows narrow strips of plantings located in driveways to count towards the required minimum front yard planting requirements. (read more…)

    Tags : curb cuts, front yard parking spaces, Justice Paul G. Feinman, New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, NYCHA, parking study, Residential Streetscape Preservation Text Amendment, residential streetscapes, The Citizens Housing & Planning Council, the Department of City Planning
    Date:03/15/2010
    Category : City Planning Commission
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