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COMMERCIAL PARKING 

Parking requirements for commercial areas are necessarily  detailed because of the tremendous variety of commercial establishments and of shopping centers in the five boroughs, and the great differences in their practical parking needs. For example, a local shopping center in the lower Bronx will not need the same amount of off-street parking space as a large suburban shopping center in outer Queens or Staten Island which is accessible only by automobile. Nor will a furniture store have the same parking needs as a supermarket. 

Commercial parking requirements vary according to:
1. Location-high parking requirements in less congested outlying areas of the City; low requirements in congested central areas.
2. Type of business establishment and its size. 

All commercial districts are divided into five parking requirement levels-high, medium, low, very low, or exempt. Requirements also vary according to the type of individual business establishment and its parking needs. 

DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR DIFFERENT CENTERS 
1. High requirement districts (C1-1, C2-1, C3-1, C4-1) Located in low-density outlying residential neighborhoods with high automobile ownership and dispersed shopping centers, e.g. Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island; Glen Oaks, Queens.
2. Medium requirement districts (C1-2, C2-2, C4-2, C8-1)
Low to medium density developments where generally automobile shopping is predominant, e.g. White Plains Road, North Bronx; Avenue L, Canarsie. 

New shopping centers are designed to meet the needs of the automobile shopper.