The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
First Hearing on
Proposed Restric-
tons to Be Held
Next Week.. Sec
ton South Of I'D
Street to Be Con.
,sidered from All
!Angles

sThs Commission on Building Districts
aAd Restrictions will hold It's first public
hearing, required by law. Oh its tentative
report In City Hail on Monday. March
~. Although the first session Of the
commissioa will be devoted particularly
= that part Of Manhattan below Twen-
ty.third street. considerations affecting
the whole borough will BE- heard.
The " waterfronts. the financial dis.
tfiet and the central loft district are
all In the unrestricted district. The
~oon0estsd East Side Is indicated ~ n
business district. Some " the streets
IN the Chelsea section are restricted to
r~e01dential purposes. wails others are
indicated as business streets. A large
portion Of the Washington Square and
Greenwich Village sections ar. p protected
either against factories or against both
factories and business.
The downtown oNlce district below
Leonard street and between Trinity
place and Church street on the wes'
and Lafayette. Gold and Pearl streets
on the east. Is restricted to "A height
limit OF w and y half times the street
width. The warehouse districts on both
waterfronts and the manufacturing loft
and business district In the central pog.
ton Of the island are restricted TO a
height liml, OF two times the stree;
width. The residential sections OF the
lower Easi Side. greenwich Village.
Washington Square and Chelsea nave all
been subjected 10 a he ght limit Of one
ana a half times tire street width.
For the purpose Of computing III.
height limit NO street IL considered az
having a width Of less than my feet
or Of more than 100 feet. The iimita-
ton applies in each case TO the height
Of the street wall. Back If the street
wall tn. building may BE- butt higher.
but no, beyond the line formed by tn
extension of "A line drawn from the CEN
tire OF the street TO the limiting neigh,
OF the street wall. This permits the
construction OF mansards or Of vertical
wallis provided they are set back In "A
prescribed ratio So as TO keep within
setback provisions. It will allow any
height Of building hack Of the street
Ane that will not interfere with the pre-
ocSibed angle Of light. Towers cover
Ing not over - p.r = Of the lot and
unlimited NJ to height ARE permitted IN
all the height districts throughout the
city, provided they conform 10 certain
regulations as TO setback from lot lines
In the two and u half times district
OF u SHINY lbbl street llt bNIill'lSS 'tn
70 up $50 feet. or about twelve stories.
at the building line. and 10y n setback
Of twelve feet - that heivht can 10
up Ave stories higher. on n 100 foot
street buildings can ~ UP $50 feet. or
about twenty stories. With a s-tbach ri
twelve feet they could go up five stories
higher.
II the two times district on a sixty
toot street the buildings can 20 IN io0
feet. or about ten stories. With n
twelve foot setback they can 90 UP o
stories higher. In the one ana a hall
times district on a sixty foot street
huildir-S can 20 IN ninety feet or about
cinh, stories. With u twelve folt setback
hey can 60 M three stories higher. In
the two times district OF a TOO foot
street buildings can 20 W 200 feet. or
abou, sixteen stories. In the one and a
half times d'>iric, on \ ;: ert OF the
samc width they can 20 up 100 feet. or
about twelve stories.
Manhattan contains only two kinds ot
area distrirts--thc -" and "B' dis
tPicts The only di~crnucc between the
area provisions Of Tho ~ and "R" dis
tric's IL with reference 10 the cour: