2006 New York Code - East Harlem Zone.

 
    §  22-703  East  Harlem  zone.  a.  There is hereby established in the
  borough of Manhattan an empire zone as follows:
    BEGINNING at the point of intersection  of  the  center  line  of  the
  southbound  roadway  of  Park  Avenue  and the center line of East 132nd
  Street; thence westerly along the center line of East 132nd Street to  a
  point  100  feet to the west of the southbound roadway of Park Avenue as
  measured from its westerly street line; thence southerly  along  a  line
  100  feet  to  the  west  of  the  southbound roadway of Park Avenue and
  running parallel thereto to the point where it meets the center line  of
  East  128th  Street,  said line being the district boundary line between
  the C8-3 and R7-2 zoning districts as it appears  on  Sheet  6a  of  the
  Zoning Map of the New York City Planning Commission as amended effective
  December  twentieth,  nineteen hundred eight-four (A-1415), as contained
  in the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York; thence easterly  along
  the  center  line  of  East 128th Street to the point where it meets the
  center line of the southbound roadway of Park Avenue;  thence  southerly
  along  the  center  line of the southbound roadway of Park Avenue to the
  point where it meets the  center  line  of  East  127th  Street;  thence
  westerly  along the center line of East 127th Street to a point 100 feet
  to the west of the southbound roadway of Park Avenue  as  measured  from
  its  westerly street line; thence southerly along a line 100 feet to the
  west of the southbound roadway  of  Park  Avenue  and  running  parallel
  thereto  to  the  point  where  it  meets  the center line of East 126th
  Street, said line being the district boundary line between the C8-3  and
  R7-2  zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 6a as described aforesaid;
  thence westerly along the center line of East 126th Street to the  point
  where it meets the center line of Madison Avenue; thence southerly along
  the center line of Madison Avenue to the point where it meets the center
  line  of  the block bounded on the north by East 125th Street and on the
  south by East 124th Street; thence easterly along  the  center  line  of
  such  block to a point 100 feet to the west of the southbound roadway of
  Park Avenue as measured from its westerly street line, said  line  being
  the district boundary line between the C4-4 and R7-2 zoning districts as
  it  appears on Sheet 6a as described aforesaid; thence southerly along a
  line 100 feet to the west of the southbound roadway of Park  Avenue  and
  running  parallel thereto to the point where it meets the center line of
  East 116th Street; thence easterly along the center line of  East  116th
  Street  (also designated Luis Munoz Marin Boulevard) to a point 100 feet
  to the east of the northbound roadway of Park Avenue  as  measured  from
  its  easterly street line; thence northerly along a line 100 feet to the
  east of the northbound roadway  of  Park  Avenue  and  running  parallel
  thereto  to  the  point  where  it  meets  the center line of East 124th
  Street; thence easterly along the center line of East 124th Street to  a
  point 100 feet to the west of Third Avenue as measured from its westerly
  street line; thence southerly along a line 100 feet to the west of Third
  Avenue  and  running  parallel  thereto  to the point where it meets the
  center line of East 123rd Street, said line being the district  boundary
  line  between  the R7-2 and C4-4 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet
  6b of the Zoning Map of the New York City Planning Commission as amended
  effective September nineteenth, nineteen hundred  eighty-five  (A-1430),
  as  clarified  by  certain  numbered  dimensions  which  were  added  on
  September twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred eighty-six as contained in  the
  Zoning  Resolution  of  the  City of New York; thence easterly along the
  center line of East 123rd Street to a point 100  feet  to  the  east  of
  Third Avenue as measured from its easterly street line; thence northerly
  along  a  line 100 feet to the east of Third Avenue and running parallel
  thereto to the point where it  meets  the  center  line  of  East  124th
  Street,  said line being the district boundary line between the C4-4 and


  R7-2 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 6b as described  aforesaid;
  thence  easterly along the center line of East 124th Street to the point
  where it meets the center line of Second Avenue; thence northerly  along
  the  center line of Second Avenue to the point where it meets the center
  line of East 125th Street; thence easterly along the center line of East
  125th Street (also designated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  Boulevard)  to
  the  point  where  it  meets  the  center  line  of First Avenue; thence
  northerly along the center line of First Avenue to the  point  where  it
  meets  the  centerline  of  East 127th Street; thence westerly along the
  center line of East 127th Street to the point where it meets the  center
  line  of Second Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of Second
  Avenue to the point where it meets the center line of East 128th Street;
  thence westerly along the center line of East 128th Street  to  a  point
  105  feet  to  the  east  of  Third Avenue as measured from its easterly
  street line; thence southerly along a line 105 feet to the east of Third
  Avenue and running parallel thereto to the  point  where  it  meets  the
  center  line of East 127th Street, said line being the district boundary
  line between the M3-1 and R7-2 zoning districts as it appears  on  Sheet
  6a as described aforesaid; thence easterly along the center line of East
  127th  Street  to  a  point  250  feet  to  the west of Second Avenue as
  measured from its westerly street line; thence southerly  along  a  line
  250  feet  to  the west of Second Avenue and running parallel thereto to
  the point where it meets the center line of the  block  bounded  on  the
  north  by  East 127th Street and on the south by East 126th Street, said
  line being the district boundary  line  between  R7-2  and  M1-2  zoning
  districts  as  it  appears  on  Sheet  6b as described aforesaid; thence
  easterly along the center line of such block to the point where it meets
  the center line of Second Avenue, said line being the district  boundary
  line  between  the R7-2 and M1-2 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet
  6b as described aforesaid; thence southerly along  the  center  line  of
  Second  Avenue to the point where it meets the center line of East 126th
  Street; thence westerly along the center line of East 126th Street to  a
  point  100  feet to the east of the northbound roadway of Park Avenue as
  measured from its easterly street line; thence northerly  along  a  line
  100  feet  to  the  east  of  the  northbound roadway of Park Avenue and
  running parallel thereto to the point where it meets the center line  of
  the  block  bounded  by  East  128th  Street to the north and East 127th
  Street to the south, said line being the district boundary line  between
  the  M1-2  and  R7-2  zoning  districts  as  it  appears  on Sheet 6a as
  described aforesaid; thence easterly along the center line of such block
  to a point 160 feet to the east of the northbound roadway of Park Avenue
  as measured from its easterly street line, said line being the  district
  boundary  line  between the M1-2 and R7-2 zoning districts as it appears
  on Sheet 6a as described aforesaid; thence northerly along  a  line  160
  feet  to  the  east of the northbound roadway of Park Avenue and running
  parallel thereto to the point where it meets the  center  line  of  East
  128th  Street,  said  line  being the district boundary line between the
  M1-2 and R7-2 zoning districts as it appears on Sheet  6a  as  described
  aforesaid; thence westerly along the center line of East 128th Street to
  a  point 80 feet to the east of the northbound roadway of Park Avenue as
  measured from its easterly street line; thence northerly along a line 80
  feet to the east of the northbound roadway of Park  Avenue  and  running
  parallel  thereto  to  the  point where it meets the center line of East
  129th Street, said line being the district  boundary  line  between  the
  M1-2  and  R7-2  zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 6a as described
  aforesaid; thence easterly along the center line of East 129th Street to
  a point 122 feet to the east of the northbound roadway of Park Avenue as
  measured from its easterly street line; thence northerly  along  a  line


  122  feet  to  the  east  of  the  northbound roadway of Park Avenue and
  running parallel thereto to the point where it meets the center line  of
  the  block  bounded  by  East  131st  Street on the north and East 130th
  Street  on the south, said line being the district boundary line between
  the M1-2 and R7-2  zoning  districts  as  it  appears  on  Sheet  6a  as
  described aforesaid; thence easterly along the center line of such block
  to  a point 80 feet to the west of Lexington Avenue as measured from its
  westerly street line, said line being the district boundary line between
  the M1-2 and R7-2  zoning  districts  as  it  appears  on  Sheet  6a  as
  described  aforesaid;  thence northerly along a line 80 feet to the west
  of Lexington Avenue and running parallel thereto to the point  where  it
  meets the center line of East 131st Street, said line being the district
  boundary  line  between the M1-2 and R7-2 zoning districts as it appears
  on Sheet 6a as described aforesaid; thence  westerly  along  the  center
  line of East 131st Street to the point where it meets the center line of
  the southbound roadway of Park Avenue; thence northerly along the center
  line  of the southbound roadway of Park Avenue to the point and place of
  beginning.
    There are two subzones: (1) BEGINNING at a point on the center line of
  East 119th Street and located 250 feet to the east of Pleasant Avenue as
  measured from its easterly street line; thence southerly  along  a  line
  250  feet to the east of Pleasant Avenue and running parallel thereto to
  the point where it meets the center line of East 116th Street, said line
  being the district boundary  line  between  the  M2-2  and  R7-2  zoning
  districts  as  it  appears  on  Sheet  6b as described aforesaid; thence
  easterly along the center line of East 116th Street to the  point  where
  it  meets  the U.S. pierhead line as it appears on Sheet 6b as described
  aforesaid; thence northerly along the U.S. pierhead line  to  the  point
  where said pierhead line would meet the center line of East 119th Street
  if  such  center  line  were  extended to the U.S. pierhead line; thence
  westerly along the canter line of East 119th Street and  such  extension
  to the point and place of beginning.
    (2)  BEGINNING  at a point on the center line of East 111th Street and
  located 100 feet to the east of  Second  Avenue  as  measured  from  its
  easterly street line; thence southerly along a line 100 feet to the east
  of  Second  Avenue  and  running  parallel thereto to the point where it
  meets the center line of the block bounded on the north  by  East  110th
  Street  and  on  the  south  by  East  109th Street, said line being the
  district boundary line between the M1-4 and R7-2 zoning districts as  it
  appears  on  Sheet  6b as described aforesaid; thence easterly along the
  center line of such block to the point where it meets the center line of
  First Avenue, said line being the district  boundary  line  between  the
  M1-4  and  R7-2  zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 6b as described
  aforesaid; thence northerly along the center line of First Avenue to the
  point where it meets the  center  line  of  East  110th  Street;  thence
  easterly  along  the center line of East 110th Street to the point where
  it meets the center line of  a  street  named  "A  New  Street";  thence
  northerly  along the center line of "A New Street" to the point where it
  meets the center line of East 111th Street; thence  westerly  along  the
  center line of East 111th Street to the point and place of beginning.
    b.  The  chairperson  of the economic development corporation shall be
  the zone certification officer of the East Harlem empire zone.
    c. The administrative board of the East Harlem 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 East Harlem 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.
    i.  Upon approval by the commissioner of the New York state department
  of economic development of the request to revise the boundaries  of  the
  East  Harlem  empire  zone,  the  boundaries  of  the  zone set forth in
  subdivision a of this section shall be superseded by the  boundaries  of
  the zone set forth in subdivision j of this section.
    j.  There  is hereby established in the borough of Manhattan an empire
  zone as follows:
    (1) BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the center line of  East
  124th  Street  and  the  center  line of Second Avenue; thence northerly
  along the center line of Second Avenue to the point where it  meets  the
  center  line  of  East  125th  Street (also designated Dr. Martin Luther
  King, Jr. Boulevard); thence easterly along  the  center  line  of  East
  125th  Street  to  the  point  where  it  meets the center line of First
  Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of First  Avenue  to  the
  point  where  it  meets  the  center  line  of East 127th Street; thence
  westerly along the center line of East 127th Street to the  point  where
  it  meets  the  center line of Second Avenue; thence northerly along the
  center line of Second Avenue to the point where it meets the center line
  of East 128th Street; thence westerly along  the  center  line  of  East
  128th  Street  to  the  point  where it meets the easterly side of Third
  Avenue; thence southerly along the easterly street line of Third  Avenue
  to the point where it meets the center line of East 126th Street; thence
  westerly  along  the center line of East 126th Street to a point located
  100 feet to the east  of  the  northbound  roadway  of  Park  Avenue  as
  measured  from  its  easterly street line; thence northerly along a line
  100 feet to the east of  the  northbound  roadway  of  Park  Avenue  and
  running  parallel thereto to the point where it meets the center line of
  the block bounded by East 128th Street  to  the  north  and  East  127th
  Street  to the south, said line being the district boundary line between
  the M1-2 and R7-2 zoning districts as it appears  on  Sheet  6a  of  the


  Zoning Map of the New York City Planning Commission as amended effective
  December  eleventh,  two  thousand one; thence easterly along the center
  line of such block to a point located  160  feet  to  the  east  of  the
  northbound  roadway  of Park Avenue as measured from its easterly street
  line, said line being the district boundary line between  the  M1-2  and
  R7-2  zoning districts as it appears on Sheet 6a as described aforesaid;
  thence northerly along a line 160 feet to the  east  of  the  northbound
  roadway  of  Park Avenue and running parallel thereto to the point where
  it meets the center line of East  128th  Street,  said  line  being  the
  district  boundary line between the M1-2 and R7-2 zoning districts as it
  appears on Sheet 6a as described aforesaid; thence  westerly  along  the
  center  line of East 128th Street to a point located 80 feet to the east
  of the northbound roadway of Park Avenue as measured from  its  easterly
  street  line;  thence  northerly along a line 80 feet to the east of the
  northbound roadway of Park Avenue and running parallel  thereto  to  the
  point  where  it  meets  the center line of East 129th Street, said line
  being the district boundary  line  between  the  M1-2  and  R7-2  zoning
  districts  as  it  appears  on  Sheet  6a as described aforesaid; thence
  easterly along the center line of East 129th Street to a  point  located
  122  feet  to  the  east  of  the  northbound  roadway of Park Avenue as
  measured from its easterly street line; thence northerly  along  a  line
  122  feet  to  the  east  of  the  northbound roadway of Park Avenue and
  running parallel thereto to the point where it meets the center line  of
  the  block  bounded  by  East  131st  Street on the north and East 130th
  Street on the south, said line being the district boundary line  between
  the  M1-2  and  R7-2  zoning  districts  as  it  appears  on Sheet 6a as
  described aforesaid; thence easterly along the center line of such block
  to the point where it  meets  the  westerly  street  line  of  Lexington
  Avenue;  thence  northerly  along  the westerly street line of Lexington
  Avenue to the point where it meets the center line of East 131st Street,
  thence westerly along the center line of East 131st Street to the  point
  where it meets the center line of the southbound roadway of Park Avenue;
  thence northerly along the center line of the southbound roadway of Park
  Avenue to the point where it meets the center line of East 132nd Street;
  thence westerly to the point where it meets the westerly side of Madison
  Avenue;  thence  southerly  along the westerly side of Madison Avenue to
  the point where it meets the center line of East  126th  Street;  thence
  westerly  along  the  southerly  side  of East 126th Street to the point
  where it meets the center line of Fifth Avenue; thence southerly to  the
  point  where  it  meets  the  center  line  of East 124th Street; thence
  easterly along the center line of East 124th Street to the  point  where
  it meets the westerly side of Madison Avenue; thence southerly along the
  westerly  side  of Madison Avenue to the point where it meets the center
  line of East 120th Street; thence westerly along the center line of East
  120th Street to the point where  it  meets  the  center  line  of  Fifth
  Avenue;  thence  southerly  along the center line of Fifth Avenue to the
  point where it meets the  center  line  of  East  115th  Street;  thence
  easterly  along  the center line of East 115th Street to the point where
  it meets the westerly side of Madison Avenue; thence southerly along the
  westerly side of  Madison  Avenue  to  the  point  where  it  meets  the
  southerly side of East 112th Street; thence westerly along the southerly
  side of East 112th Street to the point where it meets the center line of
  Fifth  Avenue; thence southerly along the center line of Fifth Avenue to
  the point where it meets the center line of East  102nd  Street;  thence
  easterly  along  the center line of East 102nd Street to the point where
  it meets the westerly side of Lexington Avenue; thence  southerly  along
  the  westerly  side  of Lexington Avenue to the point where it meets the
  center line of East 96th Street; thence easterly along the  center  line


  of  East  96th Street to the point where it meets the U.S. pierhead line
  as it appears on Sheet 6b of  the  Zoning  Map  of  the  New  York  City
  Planning Commission as amended effective December eleventh, two thousand
  one; thence northerly along the U.S. pierhead line to the point where it
  meets  the  center  line of East 111th Street; thence westerly along the
  center line of East 111th Street to the point where it meets the  center
  line  of  First  Avenue; thence northerly along the center line of First
  Avenue to the point where it meets the center line of East 114th Street;
  thence easterly to the U.S. pierhead line as it appears on Sheet  6b  as
  described  aforesaid;  thence  northerly to the point where it meets the
  center line of East 121st Street, if  the  center  line  of  East  121st
  Street  were  to  be extended to the U.S. pierhead line; thence westerly
  along the center line of East 121st Street to the point where  it  meets
  the  center line of First Avenue; thence northerly along the center line
  of First Avenue to the point where it meets  the  center  line  of  East
  124th Street; thence westerly along the center line of East 124th Street
  to the point and place of beginning.
    (2) The East Harlem empire zone shall include the following blocks and
  lots:  Block 1761, Lots 10, 28, 65; Block 1766, Lot 20; Block 1782, Lots
  40, 50, 70, 80; Block 1794, Lot 80; Block 1803, Lot 60; Block 1811, Lots
  50, 60, 127, 132, 142, 153; Block 1813, Lots 106, 9999; and Block  1819,
  Lots 10, 203.