M1 M2 M3

Use Group 17 consists primarily of manufacturing uses that:

(1)        can conform to high performance standards by controlling objectionable influences; and

(2)        in so doing, can limit their impact on adjacent residential areas; and

(3)        normally generate a great deal of traffic, both pedestrian and freight.

A.        Service or wholesale establishments

Building materials or contractors' yards, open or enclosed, including sales, storage, or handling of building materials, with no limitation on lot area per establishment, except that lumber yards shall be limited to 20,000 square feet of lot area per establishment, and provided that any yard in which such use is conducted is completely enclosed on all sides by a solid opaque fence or wall (including opaque solid entrance and exit gates) of suitable uniform material and color, at least eight feet in height and constructed in accordance with rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Commissioner of Buildings

Produce or meat markets, wholesale

B.        Manufacturing establishments

Adhesives, excluding manufacture of basic components

Advertising displays

Aircraft, including parts

Apparel or other textile products from textiles or other materials, including hat bodies, or similar products

Automobiles, trucks, or trailers, including parts or rebuilding of engines

Beverages, non-alcoholic

Boats less than 200 feet in length, building or repair, open or enclosed, provided that such use or portion thereof may be conducted outside a completely enclosed building only if located at a distance greater than 200 feet from a Residence District boundary, or if effectively screened by a wall or fence at least eight feet in height with no boat building located less than 30 feet from a Residence District boundary

Bottling work, for all beverages

Brushes or brooms

Cameras or other photographic equipment, except film

Canvas or canvas products

Carpets

Ceramic products, including pottery, small glazed tile, or similar products

Chemicals, compounding or packaging

Cork products

Cosmetics or toiletries

Cotton ginning, or cotton wadding or linters

Electrical appliances, including lighting fixtures, irons, fans, toasters, electric toys, or similar appliances

Electrical equipment assembly, including home radio or television receivers, home movie equipment, or similar products, but not including electrical machinery

Electrical supplies, including wire or cable assembly, switches, lamps, insulation, dry cell batteries, or similar supplies

Film, photographic

Food products, except slaughtering of meat or preparation of fish for packing

Fur goods, not including tanning or dyeing

Glass products from previously manufactured glass

Hair, felt, or feather products, except washing, curing or dyeing

Hosiery

Ice, dry or natural

Ink or inked ribbon

Jute, hemp, sisal or oakum products

Laboratories, research, experimental or testing

Leather products, including shoes, machine belting, or similar products

Luggage

Machines, business, including typewriters, accounting machines, calculators, card-counting equipment, or similar products

Machinery, miscellaneous, including washing machines, firearms, refrigerators, air-conditioning, commercial motion picture equipment, or similar products

Machine tools, including metal lathes, metal presses, metal stamping machines, woodworking machines, or similar products

Mattresses, including rebuilding or renovating

Metal finishing, plating, grinding, sharpening, polishing, cleaning, rust-proofing, heat treatment, or similar processes

Metal stamping or extrusion, including costume jewelry, pins and needles, razor blades, bottle caps, buttons, kitchen utensils, or similar products

Motorcycles, including parts

Musical instruments, including pianos or organs

Novelty products

Optical equipment, clocks or similar precision instruments

Orthopedic or medical appliances, including artificial limbs, braces, supports, stretchers, or similar appliances

Paper products, including envelopes, stationery, bags, boxes, shipping containers, bulk goods, tubes, wallpaper printing, or similar products

Perfumes or perfumed soaps, compounding only

Pharmaceutical products

Plastic products, including tableware, phonograph records, buttons, or similar products

Printing or publishing, with no limitation on floor area per establishment

Rubber products, such as washers, gloves, footwear, bathing caps, atomizers, or similar products, excluding manufacture of natural or synthetic rubber

Scenery construction

Shoddy

Silverware, plate or sterling

Soap or detergents, packaging only

Sporting or athletic equipment, including balls, baskets, cues, gloves, bats, racquets, rods, or similar products

Statuary, mannequins, figurines, or religious art goods, excluding foundry operations

Steel products, miscellaneous fabrication or assembly, including steel cabinets, doors, fencing, metal furniture, or similar products

Textiles, spinning, weaving, manufacturing, dyeing, printing, knit goods, yarn, thread or cordage

Tobacco, including curing or tobacco products

Tools or hardware, including bolts, nuts, screws, doorknobs, drills, hand tools or cutlery, hinges, house hardware, locks, non-ferrous metal castings, plumbing appliances, or similar products

Toys

Umbrellas

Upholstering, bulk, excluding upholstering shops dealing directly with consumers

Vehicles, children's, including bicycles, scooters, wagons, baby carriages, or similar vehicles

Venetian blinds, window shades, or awnings, with no limitation on production or on floor area per establishment

Wax products

Wood products, including furniture, boxes, crates, baskets, pencils, cooperage works, or similar products

C.        Miscellaneous uses

Agriculture, including greenhouses, nurseries or truck gardens

Docks for passenger ocean vessels, other than gambling vessels

Docks for sightseeing, excursion or sport fishing vessels, other than gambling vessels, with no limitation on vessel or dock capacity

Docks for vessels not otherwise listed other than docks for gambling vessels

Public transit, railroad or electric utility substations, open or enclosed, with no limitation as to size

Railroads, including rights-of-way, freight terminals, yards or appurtenances, or facilities or services used or required in railroad operations, but not including passenger stations

Truck weighing stations, open or enclosed

Trucking terminals or motor freight stations with no limitation on lot area per establishment

D.        Special uses in M1-5B Districts

M1-5B

(1)        Joint living-work quarters for artists in buildings in M1-5B Districts, provided:

(a)        Such building was erected prior to December 15, 1961.

(b)        The lot coverage of such building does not exceed 5,000 square feet except that in buildings with frontage along Broadway the lot coverage shall not exceed 3,600 square feet. However, such quarters may also be located in a building occupying more than 5,000 square feet of lot area if the entire building was held in cooperative ownership by artists on September 15, 1970. Joint living-work quarters for artists are permitted in other buildings or other structures only by special permit of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 74-782, by minor modification of the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 42-141 (Modification by certification of the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission of uses in M1-5B Districts), paragraph (e), or by authorization of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 42-142 (Modification by authorization of the City Planning Commission of use regulations in M1-5B Districts).

(c)        In M1-5B Districts in buildings occupying less than 3,600 square feet of lot area, joint living-work quarters for artists may not be located below the floor level of the second story unless modified by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 42-141, Section 74-781 (Modification by special permit of the City Planning Commission of uses in M1-5B Districts), or by authorization of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 42-142.

(d)        In buildings occupying more than 3,600 square feet of lot area, joint living-work quarters for artists may not be located below the floor level of the second story unless modified by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Sections 42-141, 74-781 or by authorization of the City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 42-142.

(e)        At least 30 percent of the gross roof area of a building containing 15 joint living-work quarters for artists shall be provided for recreational use. For each additional joint living-work quarters for artists, 100 square feet of additional roof area shall be provided for recreational use up to a maximum of 50 percent of the gross roof area. This recreational area shall be accessible to all the occupants of said building and their guests. No fees shall be charged to the occupants or their guests. The provisions of this Section may be modified pursuant to Section 42-141.

(f)        In any building which, as a result of zoning map change CP-23167 is zoned M1-5B, any existing occupant of a joint living-work quarters for artists which cannot meet the qualifications of the Department of Cultural Affairs may remain as a lawful use. This lawful use is non-transferable and ceases immediately upon the vacating of such space. Such occupants must register with the Department of Cultural Affairs not later than August 31, 1983, in order to preserve their lawful status in their existing space.

(g)        In a building for which an alteration permit for joint living-work quarters for artists was requested prior to April 27, 1976, such alterations may comply with the regulations effective prior to such date.

(2)        Commercial and manufacturing uses below the floor level of the second story provided, in M1-5B Districts, in any buildings, only uses listed in Use Groups 7, 9, 11, 16, 17A, 17B, 17C or 17E shall be allowed below the floor level of the second story of such buildings unless modified by the Chairperson of the City Planning Commission, pursuant to Sections 42-141 or 74-781;

(3)        In addition to the above restrictions, the following uses are not permitted as of right in any building or other structure or on any tract of land in M1-5B Districts:

(a)        All eating or drinking places as listed in Use Groups 6A, 6C, 10A or 12A of more than 5,000 square feet of floor space, except that any eating or drinking place which is listed in Use Group 6A, which had obtained an alteration permit prior to July 14, 1976, is permitted.

(b)        Eating or drinking places of less than 5,000 square feet with entertainment other than musical entertainment but not dancing, with a capacity of 200 persons or less as listed in Use Group 6C, and with entertainment or dancing as listed in Use Groups 10A or 12A. However, such uses are permitted:

(i)        provided that there is entertainment but not dancing, with a capacity of 200 persons or less as listed in Use Group 6C, only by special permit of the Board of Standards and Appeals in accordance with Section 73-241; or

(ii)        with entertainment and a capacity of more than 200 persons or establishments of any capacity with dancing as listed in Use Group 12A only by special permit of the Board of Standards and Appeals in accordance with Section 73-244.

(c)        Non-commercial clubs as listed in Use Groups 6E and 14B.

(d)        All uses listed in Use Group 8A except that theaters are permitted only by special permit of the Board of Standards and Appeals in accordance with standards set forth in Section 73-202. However, this provision shall not apply to theaters with a capacity of less than 100 seats.

(e)        Banquet halls, wedding chapels, and catering establishments.

(f)        All other uses listed in Use Group 12A.

(g)        All uses listed in Use Group 13 except that theaters are permitted only by special permit of the Board of Standards and Appeals in accordance with standards set forth in Section 73-202. However, this provision shall not apply to theaters with a capacity of less than 100 seats.

(4)        (a)        Any use which became non-conforming after April 27, 1976, shall be governed by Article V (Non-Conforming Uses and Non-Complying Buildings), except that in M1-5B Districts, Section 52-37 is hereby suspended and replaced by paragraph D.(4)(b) of this Section.

(b)        In M1-5B Districts, any non-conforming use listed in Use Groups 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 or 15 may be changed, initially or in any subsequent change, only to a conforming use or a use listed in Use Group 6.

(5)        Museums or non-commercial art galleries, subject to the bulk regulations applicable for manufacturing uses, and subject to the provisions of this Section.

In any building, a museum or non-commercial art gallery is permitted on the ground floor where a use in Use Group 6 is permitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs D.(2) or D.(4) of this Section and, above the ground floor where joint living-work quarters for artists are permitted, pursuant to paragraph D.(1) of this Section.

E.        Accessory uses