32 Today’s City Council approval includes modifications to the COYHO text that was approved by the City Planning Commission in September. A list of the City Council’s modifications can be seen here. See below for a summary of some – but not all – of the COYHO text amendment: Medium and High-Density Areas (R6-R12 districts) • Create new residence districts that allow for 12+ FAR: COYHO creates new R11 and R12 districts (and commercial equivalents), which allow for residential FARs to reach 15.0 and 18.0 respectively if affordable housing is provided in accordance with the “Mandatory Inclusionary Housing” program. Note that COYHO did not map any of these new districts – they will have to be mapped through separate rezoning actions. • Additional FAR and building height for affordable housing (UAP): Where residential uses are permitted and a certain amount of affordable housing is provided, the maximum permitted residential floor area on any site – City-wide – may be increased by up to 20% (depending on the underlying zoning district) and the maximum permitted building heights may be increased. • Residential Conversions: Pre-COYHO regulations limited the applicability of zoning’s liberal conversion rules to buildings: (i) built pre-1961 (or pre-1977 in lower Manhattan); and (ii) located in certain areas of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. COYHO expands the applicability of these regulations to pre-1991 buildings located anywhere in the City where residential uses are permitted. • Floor Area Deductions: COYHO extends the “Quality Housing Floor Area Deductions” – for amenity space, corridors, refuse disposal, etc. – to all multi-family buildings. • Partial elimination of the maximum dwelling unit cap: COYHO will eliminate the maximum dwelling unit cap for new residential buildings located below 96th Street in Manhattan and in Downtown Brooklyn. In all other areas, a maximum dwelling unit cap will apply.
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