The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

the district considered are 100 feet In
width Broadway below Thirty-fourth
street has a width of Is feet. All of
Lexington avenue and that part Of Mad
ison avenue below F'orty-second street
also havc a width Of as feet. That part
of Madison avenue above f'orty-second
and that part of Avenue A below Twen-
ty-ninth street have n width Of so feet.
Vanderbilt avenue has a width of 60 feet
All the streets have a width OF 60 fee,
except Twenty-third, Thirty-fourth. For
ty%-second and Fifty-seventh. which have
a width OF 100 feet.
On Fifth avenue from Thirty-second
street to Fifty-oighth street the height
OF buildings is restricted to one and one
quarter times the street width, or to 1875
feet. This is equivalent to n height
limit at the street line of about ten
stories.
The use districts in this section have
been designed principally for the protec-
ton OF the uptown SHOPPING districts
against Industry and the preservation Of
the high class residential areas. The
chief features Of the ise districts be-
tween Twenty-third and Fifty-ninth
streets are: The protection of Firth
avenue against all factory buildings {.
the restriction of the entire area north
Of 1hirty-fourth street between Second
ttu CfNfniH AVENUES anu fIOSt oI 'nt
area north OF Forty-second street be-
tween seventh and Tenth avenues
against manufacturing the exclusion of
factories below Thirty-fourth street from
all the avenues between broadway and
Second avenue the exclusion of factories
from certain streets and avenues In the.
Chelsea section the restriction OF the
Murray Hill district to exclusive resi-
dental use the restriction Of Park
avenue north of FifScth street to exclu-
sive residential Hse the preservation Of
the streets between Fifth and sixth
avenues from Forty-eighth 10 Fifty-ffth
street for exclusive residential use. and
the protection of the streets between
Lexington and Madison avenues from
Fffty-ii:st TO Fitty-sixth street against
both business and industry.
The sectiou under consideration con-
tains only two kinds OF area Districts
the -" and ~ districts. Tho only
d ference between the area provisions Of
the "A" and u districts Is with refer
.nce to the court and yard requirements
IL the case Of on-rteidential buildings,
and more particularly warehouses.
Tho ~ districts contain only the land
IN the vicinity ~ the watetfrouts ON
the North River II embraces the area
IVES; of the line formed by Tenth avenue.
Tweniy-ninth street. Ninth avenue,
Thirty.third street. Tenth avenue. Forty
second street and Eleventh avenue. on
the East River II includes the territt/N
EAST of the line formed by AveuGe y.
Twenty-ninth street and First avenue.
All Of the area hetaeen these two lines
In in the ~" districts.
In the "A" districts no building not
used for residential suipo'es II required
to have a yard In the "B" districts all
non-reslicntial buildings are governed by
like area provisions irrespective Of the
fact whether they are or are not ware
houses.
Subject to thcSs conditions and the
provisions Of the tenement house law,
yards must Increase ~ size with the
height Of the building, being not less
than two inches in least dimension for
every foot OF height above the curb
level. No yard is required behind n
part Of q building less than !" feet
from a street i!ac Courts. like yards.
must also increase in size with height
Of building The area ~ inner courts
at any height Is fixed at not less than
the square of the depth Of the yard re-
quired at that height. The least di-
mensiou of any court must at every
point be at least equal TO one inch for
every foo, of building height above the
curb level. These provisions apply to
both residential and non-residential
buildings.
Irrespective Of height all stores. fac
tories and loft buildings may Al pres
ent cover loo per cent. Of the lot area
Office buildings ON interior lots may
cover 90 per cent OF the lot area,
Three other hearings are planned for
this week. Tomorrow the first will
be held. covering the district south OF
Tw~enty-third street. ON Wednesday the