For the purposes of this Section, Watts Street, West Broadway, Centre Street, and Great Jones Street shall be considered wide streets.

The applicable height and setback regulations are modified as follows:

(a)        Street wall location

Along all street frontages, the street wall regulations applicable to Quality Housing buildings on a wide street in a C6 District, as set forth in Section 35-651 (Street wall location), shall apply. On through lots, the additional regulations set forth in paragraph (b) of Section 35-655 shall not apply.

For the purposes of applying such regulations, the minimum base height a street wall shall rise to, without setback, shall be those set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section.

(b)        Base heights and maximum building heights

The table below sets forth the minimum and maximum base height, and maximum building height for all buildings.

A setback is required for all portions of a building that exceed the maximum base height specified for the applicable district and shall be provided in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

MINIMUM BASE HEIGHT, MAXIMUM BASE HEIGHT,
AND MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHTS

However, for any zoning lot located in a Historic District designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the minimum and maximum base heights may be modified as follows:

(1)        the minimum base height of a street wall may vary between the minimum height set forth in the table above, and the height of the street wall of an adjacent building before setback, if such height is lower than the minimum base height; and

(2)        the maximum base height of a street wall may vary between the maximum base height set forth in the table above, and the height of the street wall of an adjacent building before setback, if such height is higher than the maximum base height.

(c)        Setbacks

At a height not lower than the minimum base height or higher than the maximum base height specified for the applicable district in the table in paragraph (b) of this Section, a setback shall be provided in accordance with paragraph (c) of Section 23-662 (Maximum height of buildings and setback regulations) shall apply to such setbacks.

(d)        Dormers

As an alternative to the dormer provisions of paragraph (c) of Section 23-623, dormers may be a permitted obstruction within a required front setback distance above a maximum base height, provided that the aggregate width of all dormers at the maximum base height does not exceed 40 percent of the width of the street wall of the highest story entirely below the maximum base height. Such dormers need not decrease in width as the height above the maximum base height increases.