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Originally Posted by aquablue
The diagram states that we are getting the shorter version.
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I understand the diagram, but DOB filings are constantly subject to change. Most projects have multiple filings and revisions based on various zoning vagaries.
For example, when you plan a 50 floor tower, but only have the air rights for a 40 floor tower, you file to DOB for the 40 floor tower, and then can build a 50 floor tower, as long as you revise before certificate of occupany has been filed (so you would have to prove that you've assembled sufficient additional air rights to make up for the difference).
Or, to take the case of 432 Park, the first zoning documents were for a lowrise box. That doesn't mean that a lowrise box will be built, but it was (for whatever complex reason known only to the zoning lawyers) the first step in initiating the land use approvals process.
It's actually more the exception, rather than the rule, to have initial zoning documents match the final built structure.
That's why zoning documents are helpful, but far from definitive. They're more like individual clues to a larger mystery.
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