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TIMES SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD: <br />ITS ZONING AND ITS USES <br />Zoning <br />The Times Square neighborhood is zoned for General Central Commercial uses, <br />reflecting the importance of. Times Square as a central core for the City `and region. <br />These C6 zones vary: while Broadway, Sixth and Seventh Avenues are zoned C6-6 <br />(15 FAR), the midblocks and Eighth Avenue are zoned C6-5 or C6-4, for a lower FAR <br />of 10. Uses permitted in C6 districts typically include all residential uses as well as <br />commercial -and wholesale uses. <br />-To the west of_Eighth-Avenue the predominant zoning is RB, -with a C1-5 <br />overlay along 9 Avenue for our control bloc,;.s.. R8 permits general residential uses of <br />a 4.8-6.0 FAR. C1-5 commercial districts'permit local neighborhood commercial uses <br />at an FAR of 2.0. <br />Special Districts <br />Special Midtown District <br />Times Square lies within one special zoning district and directly abuts another. <br />In fact,,the eastern boundary of one of these districts and the western boundary of <br />the other meet in the center of Eighth Avenue. <br />Eighth Avenue can thus be viewed as the transition between two special <br />districts: one- encouraging commercial development and the other attempting .to <br />preserve a low -scale residential community. That duality is reflected in the opinions <br />of residents and businesses about the status and future of the Eighth Avenue strip. <br />There are those who view Eighth Avenue as a .. <br />development corridor, which <br />began to be such with the building of Worldwide Plaza but which remains under. -built, <br />with a number of vacant buildings and parking lots. There are others who see the area <br />as one that can and should continue to serve the economic development needs of the <br />theatre and entertainment industries as well as other related needs of the city. Still <br />others think it can and -should be enhanced as a residential avenue. Whatever their <br />perspective, few see the concentration of adult use establishments as being beneficial <br />to either the preservation or the development of the area. <br />The area of the Times Square Business Improvement District lies almost entirely <br />within the boundaries of the Special Midtown District (Sect. 81 of the NYC Zoning <br />Resolution). Within that, a large proportion of the BID is included within the Theater <br />EVER00207 21 <br />