§14-1303. Additional Floor Area.
(1)
Buildings Facing a Street More than Sixty (60) Feet in Width:
Where a building faces upon a street which is more than sixty (60) feet in
width, the gross floor area of the building may be increased by five percent
(5%) of the area of the lot for each one (1) foot of width of the street over
sixty (60) feet; provided, that where a building faces two (2) or more streets,
it shall receive additional gross floor area for the width of the widest street,
and that street only.
(2)
Buildings Constructed Back from Street
Lines: Where a building or any portion thereof is constructed back, at
ground level, at least ten (10) feet from the street line of any street there
shall be permitted fifteen (15) square feet of additional gross floor area for
each square foot between the street line and the building (including areas of
yards); provided:
(.a) That this space may consist of enclosed public
open space;
(.b) That the foregoing shall not apply to any area which
lies further from the street line than fifty percent (50%) of the depth of the
lot.
(3)
Buildings Constructed Away from Rear Lot Line, Not a Street
Line: Where a building or any portion thereof is constructed away, at ground
level, from a rear lot line not a street line, there shall be permitted ten (10)
square feet of additional gross floor area for each square foot between the rear
lot line and the building (including areas of yards);
provided:
(.a) That this space may consist of enclosed public open
space;
(.b) That the foregoing shall not apply to any area which lies
further from the rear lot line than fifty percent (50%) of the depth of the
lot.
(4)
Buildings Constructed With Open Arcades: Where a
building or any portion thereof is constructed so that the ground level is an
open arcade of at least ten (10) feet in unobstructed width which abuts the
sidewalk and is open to public use during the hours which the building is open
to the public, there shall be permitted seven and five-tenths (7.5) square feet
of additional gross floor area for each square foot in said arcade;
provided:
(.a) That this subparagraph shall also apply to buildings
cantilevered to produce an effect similar to an arcade at least ten (10) feet in
unobstructed width;
(.b) That the arcade abut and be parallel to a
public sidewalk, or provide through access between the sidewalk and the arcade
of an abutting building, another public sidewalk or enclosed public open
space;
(.c) That the arcade be at the same grade or level as the
sidewalk it abuts; and shall not be separated from the sidewalk by any steps or
other grade changes which serve as a barrier to its use by the public and which
is located between the outward edge of the arcade, and the
building;
(.d) That at least seventy percent (70%) of the arcade where
it abuts an open area or sidewalk and within ten (10) feet of the open area or
sidewalk contain no structures or fixtures of any kind including fences, seats,
ballards, or planter boxes which impede pedestrian access to the
arcade;
(.e) That within the arcaded space, building support columns
occupy no more than thirty percent (30%) of the arcade area or where it abuts
the sidewalk, columns shall not make up more than thirty percent (30%) of the
surface area of the arcade measured between the sidewalk and the roof of the
arcade;
(.f) That the arcade abut or provide access to at least one (1)
of the following: retail space, building entrances, or enclosed public open
space;
(.g) That this bonus shall not be given for portions of an
arcade used for vehicular access to parking areas, loading docks, or
driveways.
(5)
Open Areas Separated from a Street Line by an Open
Arcade: Where a building or any portion thereof is constructed back, at
ground level, at least ten (10) feet from a street line, to create a continuous
open area which is separated from the street line only by an open arcade, there
shall be permitted fifteen (15) square feet of additional gross floor area for
each square foot of such open area where said street line is of a street which
is fifty (50) feet or more in width,
or
[210] ten (10) square feet of
additional gross floor area for each square foot of such open area where said
street line is of a street which is less than fifty (50) feet in width, subject
to the following provisions:
(.a) The foregoing shall not apply to any
area which lies further from the street line than fifty percent (50%) of the
depth of the lot;
(.b) "Continuous open area" as used in this
subparagraph shall mean an open area or enclosed public open space which is
unobstructed (except for passage through the open arcade) in a straight line
from the building to the street line;
(.c) The additional gross floor
area permitted for the area within said open arcade itself shall in all cases be
governed by subparagraph (4)(.a) through (.g) above;
(6)
Other Open
Areas Provided at Ground Level: Where a building or any portion thereof is
constructed so as to provide open areas at ground level other than those
described in subparagraph (1) through (5) above and not adjacent to a street
line, there shall be permitted five (5) square feet of additional gross floor
area for each square foot of said open area; provided, that this space may
consist of enclosed public open space.
(7)
Buildings Constructed Away
from any Lot Line Above Ground Level Along Streets Less than Fifty (50) Feet in
Width: Where a building or any portion thereof is constructed away from any
lot line (whether or not said lot line is also a street line) at any height
above ground level but not higher than forty (40) feet, there shall be permitted
five (5) square feet of additional gross floor area for each square foot between
the lot line and the building; provided:
(.a) That where a building or any
portion thereof is constructed away from a lot line at successive distances at
different levels, the computation of permitted additional gross floor area shall
be made for each level, beginning at the ground level, and not including, in
each case, areas between the building and the lot line which have already been
used in computing permitted additional gross floor area at another
level;
(.b) Along streets with more restrictive cornice height
limitations the most restrictive limit shall apply;
(.c) For buildings
with more than one (1) street frontage the narrower street width shall control
the cornice height at the building line and the height can be increased to that
of the wider street along forty-five (45) degree recession
plane.
(8)
Buildings Constructed Away from any Lot Line Above Ground
Level Along Streets Fifty (50) Feet or More in Width: Where a building or
any portion thereof is constructed away from any lot line (whether or not said
lot line is also a street line) at any height above ground level but not higher
than the width of the street, there shall be permitted five (5) square feet of
additional gross floor area for each square foot between the lot line and the
building; provided:
(.a) That where a building or any portion thereof
is constructed away from a lot line at successive distances at different levels,
the computation of permitted additional gross floor area shall be made for each
level, beginning at the ground level, and not including, in each case, areas
between the building and the lot line which have already been used in computing
permitted additional gross floor area at another level;
(.b) Along
streets with more restrictive cornice height limitations the most restrictive
limit shall apply;
(.c) For buildings with more than one (1) street
frontage the narrower street width shall control the cornice height at the
building line and the height can be increased to that of the wider street along
a forty-five (45) degree recession plane.
(9)
Retail Space: In
any building where retail commercial space is a permitted use and so long as
this floor area does not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total gross floor
area of the building, this space shall not be deducted from the total allowable
gross floor area of the building, provided that space used for Business or
Professional Offices, personal services or treatment of patients shall not be
considered as retail space for purposes of this Section.
(10)
Areas
Used or Intended to be Used for Parking, Loading or Trash Storage: Any area
used or intended to be used for parking, loading, trash storage or vehicular
access to parking, loading, or trash storage purposes shall not be included as
permitting additional gross floor area under the provisions of subparagraphs (2)
through (9) above.