Chapter 8 - Special Hunts Point District (HP)
GENERAL PURPOSES
The “Special Hunts Point District” established in this Resolution is designed to promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the Hunts Point community. These goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:
(a) to provide a buffer of high-performance industrial and other commercial establishments around the residential area;
(b) to encourage the development of food-related businesses and other compatible businesses;
(c) to create a transition between the Hunts Point Food Market and related businesses and the adjacent neighborhood;
(d) to retain jobs in New York City;
(e) to promote the development of retail businesses in the neighborhood;
(f) to provide an opportunity for the physical improvement of Hunts Point; and
(g) to promote the most desirable use of land and thus conserve the value of land and buildings and thereby protect City tax revenues.
General Provisions
In harmony with the general purposes and content of this Resolution and the general purposes of the Special Hunts Point District, the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all developments and enlargements within the Special Hunts Point District. The regulations of all other Chapters of this Resolution are applicable except as modified, supplemented or superseded by the provisions of this Chapter. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Chapter and other regulations of this Resolution, the provisions of this Chapter shall control. However, in flood zones, in the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Chapter and the provisions of Article VI, Chapter 4 (Special Regulations Applying in Flood Zones), the provisions of Article VI, Chapter 4, shall control.
The provisions of Article VI, Chapter 3 (Special Regulations Applying to FRESH Food Stores) shall apply in the Residential Buffer Subdistrict, and shall not apply in the Food Industry Subdistrict. For any food store subject to the provisions of Article VI, Chapter 3, the parking regulations of Section 63-24 (Required Accessory Off-street Parking Spaces in Certain Districts) shall supersede the provisions of Section 108-20 (MODIFICATION OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL BUFFER SUBDISTRICT).
District Plan and Maps
The District Plan for the Special Hunts Point District identifies specific areas comprising the Special District in which special zoning regulations are established in order to carry out the general purposes of the Special Hunts Point District.
These areas shall include the Residential Buffer and the Food Industry Subdistricts.
The District Plan includes the Special Hunts Point District Map located in Appendix A to this Chapter.
The map is hereby incorporated and made part of this Resolution for the purpose of specifying locations where the special regulations and requirements set forth in the text of this Chapter shall apply.
USE REGULATIONS
In the Special Hunts Point District, transient hotels or motels listed under Use Group V shall not be permitted within the areas designated on the Special Hunts Point District Map in Appendix A. Within such areas, Section 74-153 (In M1 Districts) shall not be applicable.
(a) In the Special Hunts Point District, the use regulations of the underlying M1-2 District within the Residential Buffer Subdistrict shall be modified to permit the following uses:
From Use Group III
Community Centers
Libraries
Museums
Non-commercial recreational centers
From Use Group VI
All uses listed under Food and beverage Retailers, with no limitation as to floor area per establishment
Other uses listed under Use Group VI with a size limitation, as denoted with an “S” in the Use Group tables set forth in Section 42-16 (Use Group VI - Retail and Services), inclusive, up to a size limit of 40,000 square feet of floor area per establishment within 500 feet of the center line of Garrison Avenue.
(b) In the Special Hunts Point District, Use Group 18 uses shall not be permitted in the underlying M1-2 District within the Residential Buffer Subdistrict, except that breweries, limited to 10,000 square feet of floor area per establishment, shall be permitted.
In the Special Hunts Point District, in the underlying M1-2 District within the Food Industry Subdistrict, uses listed under Use Groups IV(B) and IX shall be limited to those permitted within M1 Districts in Special Mixed Use Districts, as set forth in Section 123-20 (SPECIAL USE REGULATIONS), inclusive, except that refrigerating plants listed under Use Group IX, shall be permitted.
Enclosure Regulations
In the Special Hunts Point District, all uses listed under Use Groups IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX or X and are not permitted as-of-right within C7 Districts, shall be located within completely enclosed buildings, except that building materials or contractors’ yards listed under Use Group IX(A) may be open or enclosed.
In the Special Hunts Point District, a non-conforming use may be changed only to a conforming use.
The following sections pertaining to non-conforming uses in the Special Hunts Point District shall not apply:
Section 52-32 (Land With Minor Improvements)
Section 52-33 (Manufacturing or Related Uses in Residence Districts), inclusive
Section 52-34 (Commercial Uses in Residence Districts)
Section 52-35 (Manufacturing or Related Uses in Commercial Districts)
Section 52-36 (Non-conforming Commercial Uses in Commercial Districts)
Section 52-37 (Non-conforming Commercial Uses in Manufacturing Districts)
Section 52-43 (Residence Districts Except R1 and R2 Districts)
Section 52-44 (Non-conforming Residential Uses in M1 Districts)
Section 52-45 (Conforming and Non-conforming Residential Uses in M1-1D Through M1-5D Districts)
Section 52-54 (Buildings Designed for Residential Use in Residence Districts)
Section 52-56 (Multiple Dwellings in M1-1D Through M1-5D Districts)
Section 52-62 (Buildings Containing Residences in M1-1D Through M1-5D Districts)
Section 52-72 (Land with Minor Improvements)
Section 52-731 (Advertising signs)
Section 52-732 (Signs on awnings or canopies)
Section 52-74 (Uses Objectionable in Residence Districts)
Section 52-75 (Certain Types of Uses Involving Open Storage or Salvage).
In the Residential Buffer Subdistrict, parking shall be provided at the rate of one space per 300 square feet of floor area for grocery and convenience retailers and specialty food retailers listed under Use Group VI. Cellar space used for retailing shall be included for the purpose of calculating requirements for accessory off-street parking spaces and accessory off-street loading berths.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 43-02 (Street Tree Planting in Manufacturing Districts), all developments or enlargements within the Special Hunts Point District that include uses listed under Use Groups IV(B), IX(B) or X shall provide street trees in accordance with Section 26-41 (Street Tree Planting). The street frontage used to calculate the number of required trees may exclude the street frontage occupied by curb cuts serving uses listed under Use Groups IV(B), IX(B) or X.
