city of new york speaker - jeffrey shumaker (nyc department of city planning), facades+ nyc 2016
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NYC Department of City Planning
1 Jeffrey Shumaker, Chief Urban Designer
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NYC Department of City Planning
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Our Mission: § Promote housing production, quality & affordability
§ Foster economic development
§ Support coordinated investments in infrastructure & services
§ Plan resilient, sustainable and livable communities across the five boroughs for a more equitable New York City
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A Growing Population
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NewYorkCitypopula1onatanall-1mehighat8.55Mpeople!1900-2040(projected)
Historic Jobs Growth § 3.7M private sector jobs - all-time high! § 104,000 jobs added in 2015 (+2.9%) § Unemployment at 5.4% § New building construction up 20.4%
A Vibrant City § Global center for arts and culture § Record tourism in 2015 – 59.7M visitors (+2.4%) § Subway ridership is up to 136.4 million, up 2%
from last year § 9.1M passengers flew into/out of NYC (+6.5%)
Global Center of Commerce § City’s economy grew 3.4% in 2015, up from 2.4% in 2014 (national rate = 2.4%) § High-paying sectors are expected to grow § Companies continue to be drawn to New York
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A Thriving Economy
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The Housing Crisis
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Supply and Demand Among Extremely Low Income and Very Low Income Renter Households
Demand for housing among low income households is twice as large as the supply
Supply Demand
Demand Exceeds Supply
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Housing New York Zoning for Quality and Affordability
Goals
Affordability Make zoning work better with financial and other programs to create more affordable housing for a wider range
of New Yorkers
Quality Encourage better buildings
that contribute to attractive and livable
neighborhoods
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We can achieve BOTH
SMARTER ZONING
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Quality
• Encourage better ground-floor retail and residential spaces and apartments with adequate ceiling heights
• Change rules that lead to flat, dull apartment buildings to encourage visual variety and features common in traditional apartment buildings
• Maintain rules that work well today, including the essential rules of “contextual” zoning districts and lower-density zoning districts
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EXISTING
Restric4veenveloperesultsinflatfacade
Tightheightlimitsproducelowgroundfloors,oDentooshortforqualityretailspace
Current Rules – Commercial street
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PROPOSAL
Flexibleenvelopeallowsar4cula4ontocreatevisualinterest
5’heightincreaseallowsgroundfloorthatsupportsretailandenlivensstreetscape
With Proposal – Commercial street
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Current Rules – R7A district
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Streetwallbreaksthelineupofadjoiningbuildings
Groundfloorunitsfrontdirectlyonsidewalkateyelevel
Restric4veenvelopeencouragesflatfacade
EXISTING
PROPOSAL
With Proposal – R7A district
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Streetwallalignedwithadjoiningbuildings
Groundfloorunitselevatedabovesidewalkandsetbacksoplan4ngcanbeprovided.
Flexibleenvelopeallowsar4cula4ontocreatevisualinterest
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Previouscornerlotcoveragerulesdiscouragedbuildingsfrom‘wrapping’corner
Previous Corner Buildings
EXISTING
Revisedlotcoverageandtransi4onrulesallowcornerbuildingsthataddressbothstreets
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Corner Buildings With ZQA
PROPOSAL
Why Does Zoning Need To Change?
Current “density factors” were adapted from older regulations
No reason to require a larger average unit size in the highest density districts than in medium-density districts
Minimum unit size (400 sf) limits ability to provide a wider mix of unit sizes in a building
Proposal
Allow same average unit sizes in all medium- and high-density residence districts
Allow unit sizes to be controlled by “density factors” and Building Code
Unit Density Controls District Exis1ngDUF ProposedDUF
R4 900 900
R5 760 760
R6,R7 680 680
R8,R9 740 680
R10 790 680
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Carmel Place (My Micro NY), nARCHITECTS
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NYC Department of City Planning
23 Jeffrey Shumaker, Chief Urban Designer
Thank You!