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In the districts indicated, street walls shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

(a)        For all locations, except as specified on Map 3 (Street Wall Location) in Appendix A of this Chapter, the street wall of a building shall be located on the street line and extend along at least 70 percent of the street frontage of the zoning lot. No street wall location rules shall apply to the remaining portion of the street frontage of the zoning lot; however, any street walls provided in such portion shall be located on the street line or recessed within an outer court. All required street walls shall rise without setback to at least the minimum base height specified in Section 115-233 (Street wall height), or the height of the building, whichever is less. For zoning lots bounded by more than one street line, these street wall location requirements shall apply on all such street lines.

(b)        Map 3 (Street Wall Location) in Appendix A of this Chapter, specifies the street frontages where the regulations set forth in this paragraph (b) apply.

(1)        The street wall shall be located on the street line and extend along the entire street frontage as specified on Map 3, and shall rise without setback to at least the minimum base height specified in Section 115-233, or the height of the building, whichever is less. This requirement shall also apply along that portion of any street line that intersects such street frontage, specified on Map 3, within 50 feet of such intersection.

(2)        To allow articulation of street walls at the intersection of two street lines with mandatory street wall requirements, up to 50 percent of the area bounded by the two street lines and lines parallel to and 20 feet from such street lines may be unoccupied by a building.

(3)        Where corner articulation is specified on Map 3, the following regulations shall apply:

(i)        Where base corner articulation is specified, the building shall occupy, at every level up to the level of the setback provided pursuant to Section 115-233, not less than 50 percent and not more than 75 percent of the area bounded by the two street lines and lines parallel to and 20 feet from such street lines.

(ii)        Where tower corner articulation is specified, no articulation is required where all portions of the building that exceed a height of 60 feet are located at least 10 feet from a wide street line and at least 15 feet from a narrow street line. Where a building rises without setback along those street lines where no setback is required, as specified on Map 4 (Street Wall Height), in Appendix A of this Chapter, the building shall cover, at every level above the setback provided pursuant to Section 115-233, not less than 50 percent and not more than 75 percent of the area bounded by:

(a)        the street line of the street where no setback is required;

(b)        a line 10 feet from and parallel to a wide street with a setback requirement or 15 feet from and parallel to a narrow street with a setback requirement; and

(c)        lines parallel to and 20 feet from such lines.

(4)        No street wall location requirements shall apply to any open space fronting on Sutphin Boulevard between 94th and 95th Avenues provided pursuant to the Jamaica Gateway Urban Renewal Plan, as shown on Map 3.

(5)        For building walls facing Archer Avenue on Blocks 9988 and 9994, the street walls required pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall not be located along the Archer Avenue street line, but shall instead be located along the northern boundary of the Public Place mapped on each such block. However, if the Public Place is not mapped on Block 9994, then the street wall shall be located on a line perpendicular to 147th Place and passing through a point 51.77 feet distant (as measured along the southwesterly street line of 147th Place) from the corner of the northeasterly street line of Archer Avenue and the southwesterly street line of 147th Place. To accommodate the development of a one story building which may be located within each Public Place, such street walls shall have no building entrances or windows up to a height of 30 feet within 100 feet of 147th Place on Block 9994 and within 100 feet of 146th Street on Block 9988.

(c)        In all locations where street walls are required, recesses, not to exceed three feet in depth from the street line, shall be permitted on the ground floor where required to provide access to the building.

Above a height of 12 feet, up to 30 percent of the aggregate width of required street walls may be recessed beyond the street line, provided any such recesses deeper than 10 feet along a wide street, or 15 feet along a narrow street, are located within an outer court. Furthermore, no recesses shall be permitted within 30 feet of the intersection of two street lines except to articulate the street walls as set forth in this Section.

Existing buildings may be vertically enlarged by up to one story or 15 feet, without regard to the street wall location requirements of this Section.