2006 New York Code - Port Morris Zone.

 
    §  22-702  Port  Morris  zone.  a.  There is hereby established in the
  borough of the Bronx an empire zone as follows:
    BEGINNING at the point where the center line of  the  prolongation  of
  East  157th  Street meets the U.S. pierhead and bulkhead line located on
  the Bronx County side of the Harlem River; thence southerly and easterly
  along the said U.S. pierhead and bulkhead line to  a  point  where  said
  pierhead  and  bulkhead  lines  divide;  thence northerly along the U.S.
  pierhead line of the East River to the point where it meets the easterly
  terminus of East 149th Street; thence  northwesterly  along  the  center
  line of East 149th Street to the point where it meets the center line of
  Southern  Boulevard;  thence southerly along the center line of Southern
  Boulevard to the point where it meets the  center  line  of  East  145th
  Street;  thence  westerly  along the center line of East 145th Street to
  the point where it meets the center line of the  block  bounded  on  the
  west  by  Jackson  Avenue  and  on  the  east  by Concord Street; thence
  southerly along the center line of such block  to  the  point  where  it
  meets the center line of East 144th Street, said line being the district
  boundary  line  between the R7-1 and M1-2 zoning districts as it appears
  on Sheet 6c of the Zoning Map of the New York City  Planning  Commission
  as  amended effective February eighth, nineteen hundred ninety (A-1571),
  as contained in the Zoning Resolution of the City of  New  York;  thence
  westerly  along  the center line of east 144th Street to the point where
  it meets the center line of Jackson Avenue, said line being the district
  boundary line between the R7-1 and M1-2 zoning districts as  it  appears
  on  Sheet  6c  as described aforesaid; thence southerly along the center
  line of Jackson Avenue to the point where it meets the  center  line  of
  St.   Mary's Street; thence westerly along the center line of St. Mary's
  Street to the point where it meets the center line  of  Cypress  Avenue,
  said  line  being  the district boundary lines between the M1-2 and R7-1
  zoning districts and the R6 and R7-1 zoning districts as they appear  on
  sheet  6c as described aforesaid; thence southerly along the center line
  of Cypress Avenue to the point where it meets the center  line  of  East
  139th Street; thence westerly along the center line of East 139th Street
  to  the  point  where  it meets the center line of Morris Avenue; thence
  northerly along the center line of Morris Avenue to the point  where  it
  meets  the  southerly  street line of East 148th Street; thence easterly
  along the southerly street line of East 148th Street to the point  where
  it  meets  the  westerly  street  line of Brook Avenue; thence northerly
  along the westerly street line of Brook Avenue to  the  point  where  it
  meets  the  center  line of East 159th Street; thence easterly along the
  center line of East 159th Street to the point where it meets the  center
  line  of  St.  Ann's  Avenue/Third  Avenue, said line being the district
  boundary line between the R7-2 and R6 zoning districts as it appears  on
  Sheet  6c as described aforesaid; thence northerly along the center line
  of St. Ann's Avenue/Third  Avenue  to  the  point  where  it  meets  the
  westerly  street  line  of  Boston  Road; thence northeasterly along the
  westerly street line of Boston Road to the  point  where  it  meets  the
  northerly  street  line  of  East 166th Street; thence northwesterly and
  then westerly along the northerly street line of East  166th  Street  to
  the  point  where  it  meets  the  easterly street line of Third Avenue;
  thence northerly along the easterly street line of Third Avenue  to  the
  point  where  it  meets  the southerly street line of East 168th Street;
  thence northwesterly along the  southerly  street  line  of  East  168th
  Street  to  the point where it meets the westerly street line of Webster
  Avenue; thence southerly along  the  westerly  street  line  of  Webster
  Avenue  to  the  point  where it meets the westerly street line of Brook
  Avenue; thence southeasterly along the westerly  street  line  of  Brook
  Avenue  to  the  point  where it meets the northerly street line of East


  162nd Street; thence westerly along the northerly street  line  of  East
  162nd  street  to  the  point where it meets the westerly street line of
  Grant Avenue; thence northerly along the westerly street line  of  Grant
  Avenue  to  the  point  where it meets the southerly street line of East
  163rd Street; thence westerly along the southerly street  line  of  East
  163rd  street  to  the point where it meets the center line of Concourse
  Village West/Sheridan Avenue; thence southerly along the center line  of
  Concourse  Village West/Sheridan Avenue to a point 541 feet to the south
  of the southerly street line of East 161st Street, said line  being  the
  district  boundary  line  between  the R7-1 and R8 zoning districts, the
  C4-6 and C8-3 zoning districts and the R8 and C8-3 zoning  districts  as
  they  appear on Sheet 3b of the Zoning Map of the New York City Planning
  Commission as amended effective March sixth, nineteen hundred ninety-two
  (A-1632) and Sheet 6a of the Zoning Map of the New  York  City  Planning
  Commission  as  amended effective January twenty-first, nineteen hundred
  ninety-three (A-1648), as contained in the Zoning Resolution of the City
  of New York; thence easterly along a line 541 feet to the south of  East
  161st  Street  and  running parallel thereto to the point where it meets
  the center line of Concourse Village East/Morris Avenue, said line being
  the district boundary line between the C8-3 and the R8 zoning  districts
  as it appears on Sheet 6a as described aforesaid; thence northerly along
  the  center  line  of  Concourse Village East/Morris Avenue to the point
  where it meets the center line of East 161st Street, said line being the
  district boundary line between the C8-3 and R8 zoning  districts  as  it
  appears  on  Sheet  6a as described aforesaid; thence easterly along the
  center line of East 161st  Street  to  the  point  where  it  meets  the
  westerly  street  line  of  Third  Avenue;  thence  southerly  along the
  westerly street line of Third Avenue to the point  where  it  meets  the
  northerly  street  line  of East 152nd Street; thence westerly along the
  northerly street line of East 152nd Street to the point where  it  meets
  the  westerly  street line of Melrose Avenue; thence southerly along the
  westerly street line of Melrose Avenue to the point where it  meets  the
  northerly  street  line  of East 149th Street; thence westerly along the
  northerly street line of East 149th Street to the point where  it  meets
  the southeastern prolongation of the northerly street line of East 151st
  Street;  thence northwesterly along the southeastern prolongation of the
  northerly street line of East 151st Street and the northerly street line
  of East 151st Street to the point where it  meets  the  easterly  street
  line  of  Gerard Avenue; thence northerly along the easterly street line
  of Gerard Avenue to the point where it meets the northerly  street  line
  of  East  162nd  Street; thence northwesterly along the northerly street
  line of East 162nd Street to the point where it meets the center line of
  River Avenue; thence southerly along the center line of River Avenue  to
  the point where it meets the center line of East 161st Street, said line
  being  the  district  boundary  line  between  the  R7-1  and  R8 zoning
  districts as it appears on  Sheet  3b  as  described  aforesaid;  thence
  westerly  along  the center line of East 161st Street to the point where
  it meets the center line of Ruppert Place, said line being the  district
  boundary  line  between the C8-3 and R7-1 zoning districts as it appears
  on Sheet 3b as  described  aforesaid;  thence  southwesterly  along  the
  center line of Ruppert Place to the point where it meets the center line
  of East 157th Street, said line being the district boundary line between
  the  R7-1  and C8-3 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 3b and Sheet
  6a as described aforesaid; thence westerly along the center line of East
  157th Street and its prolongation to the point and place of beginning.
    There is one subzone: BEGINNING at the point of  intersection  of  the
  easterly  street  line  of  Park Avenue and the southerly street line of
  East 174th Street; thence southerly along the easterly  street  line  of


  Park  Avenue  to  the  point where it meets the northerly street line of
  Claremont Parkway; thence easterly along the northerly  street  line  of
  Claremont  Parkway  to the point where it meets the westerly street line
  of  Fulton  Avenue;  thence  northerly along the westerly street line of
  Fulton Avenue to the point where it meets the southerly street  line  of
  the  Cross  Bronx Expressway; thence westerly along the southerly street
  line of the Cross Bronx Expressway; to the  point  where  it  meets  the
  easterly  street  line  of Washington Avenue; thence southerly along the
  easterly street line of Washington Avenue to the point  where  it  meets
  the  southerly  street  line of East 174th Street; thence westerly along
  the southerly street line of East 174th Street to the point and place of
  beginning.
    b. The chairperson of the economic development  corporation  shall  be
  the zone certification officer of the Port Morris empire zone.
    c.  The  administrative  board of the Port Morris empire zone shall be
  comprised of:
    1. the commissioner of the department of small business services;
    2. the president of the economic development corporation;
    3. the commissioner of social services;
    4. the commissioner of the  department  of  housing  preservation  and
  development;
    5.  the  member or members of the city council whose districts include
  the Port Morris zone;
    6. a member appointed by the president of the borough  of  the  Bronx.
  Such  member  shall  serve  for  a  term  of  two years from the date of
  appointment  and  shall  be  removable  without  cause  by  the  borough
  president;
    7.  a  representative  of  the local chamber of commerce or like group
  appointed by the mayor. Such member shall serve for a term of two  years
  from the date of appointment and shall be removable without cause by the
  mayor; and
    8. a representative of a local community group appointed by the mayor.
  Such  member  shall  serve  for  a  term  of  two years from the date of
  appointment and shall be removable without cause by the mayor.
    d. The commissioner of the department of small business services shall
  be the chairperson of the board. The administrative board  shall  choose
  at  its  first meeting one of its members who shall be treasurer and may
  appoint a secretary.
    e. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum of such board.
    f. Whenever any act is authorized to be done or any  determination  or
  decision  made  by the board, the act, determination or decisions of the
  majority of the board shall be held to  be  the  act,  determination  or
  decision  of  the  board.    g. Members of the board shall serve as such
  without compensation but shall be reimbursed for  actual  and  necessary
  out-of-pocket  expenses  in  connection  with  attendance  at  regularly
  scheduled meetings of the board.
    h. The board shall meet at least four times each year.