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COMMISSION ON BUILDING DISTRICTS 



greater than the difference between this resolution and the Tenement House 

 Law. An outer court 7 feet wide can be 56 feet long before it will have 

 to be widened out at its extreme end. 



A special exception for outer and inner court provisions was made in 

 lots 30 feet or less in width on account of the extra difficulties of planning 



400 san | 



Building 120' high 

 inoB" District. 



S0'x20'= 400 soft 

 142'* 2«'4*= 400 SO. ft. 



Inner court of 

 equivalent area. 



Fig. 152. 



practicable buildings for such hits. On a lot 30 feet or less in width an 

 outer court in a building five stories or 56 feet need nut he more than 4 

 feet 8 inches wide under this resolution, although under the Tenement 

 House Law it would have to be at least 5 feet wide. For a width of 5 

 feet it could be 40 feet long, but if it were desired to make the outer court 

 60 feet long, the 20 feet of length nearest the open end would have to gradu- 

 ally widen out to 7^j feet. The side yard of such building need not be 

 over 4 feet 8 inches wide through from street to prescribed rear 

 yard. An inner court in such a building under this resolution might be 

 about 6j j by 13 feet, although under the Tenement House Law it would 

 have to be at least 8 by 14 feet, if on the lot line. These narrow lots are 

 virtually put in the B districts except for rear yards. ( See Figure 153.) 



Sec. 13, Par. (b). Idle recreational problem is so important in resi- 

 dential districts that a concession in the yard and court provisions is made 

 in order to obtain additional space for playground use. An individual 

 developer or a group of property owners may, by giving up 10 per cent 

 additional of their space, be relieved from the yard and court requirements 

 of the district in which they are located and follow the yard and court 

 requirements of the next less restricted district instead. The 10 per cent 

 given up for recreational use might he provided in the center of the block 

 in addition to the required yard space or it might he in any lot or lots run- 

 ning through to any hounding street, or it might In' on an adjoining lot. 

 Of course, this 10 per cent would have to be in addition to any yard and 

 court provisions required in this resolution and also in addition to the 

 requirements of the Tenement Flouse Law if the)- were greater than those 

 in this resolution. 



Sec. 14. Pars, (a l and (b). < >n a residence street, a tenement or apart- 

 ment house on an interior lot in a D district covering 60 per cent of its 

 lot and four stories or 44 feet in height on a lot 100 feet deep would have 

 a rear yard 20 feet deep: an outer court would have to be at least 7 

 feet 4 inches wide and not over 44 feel long for such width. If the 

 outer court were longer the open end would have to he wider: an inner 



