Special permits
A special permit is a discretionary action by the City Planning Commission (CPC), subject to ULURP review, or the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA), which may modify use, bulk…
Zoning Text changes
Zoning Text Amendments are changes to the text of the Zoning Resolution - the actual written rules for different zoning districts. Text Amendments on their own do not require the…
Zoning Map changes
A zoning map amendment entails changing the zoning designation on the zoning map(s), which could affect one lot, many blocks or an entire neighborhood. Almost all rezonings by their nature…
City Planning Comission (CPC)
The City Planning Commission (CPC) is a Mayoral controlled commission responsible for the conduct of planning relating to "the orderly growth and development of the city." The Chairperson of the…
Zoning amendments
Zoning amendments are proposed changes to the Zoning Resolution (see Zoning Map & Zoning Text changes) and per the City Charter can be proposed by any taxpayer, community board, borough…
Industrial Business Zone (IBZ)
Industrial Business Zones (IBZs) were established under the Bloomberg administration to serve as havens for industrial businesses and uses, with a committment from the City that they would not seek…
Special Districts
A special district is a tailored zoning district that overrides the underlying zoning rules in order to advance particular goals - such as permitting more uses than would normally be…
Community Facility
A community facility use provides educational, health, recreational, religious or other services for the community it serves and is generally allowed as-of right in most zoning districts.
Mixed-Used (Mx)
A mixed use (MX) district is a special purpose district in a former manufacturing district, that has been rezoned to allow manufacturing and residential use. In practice, residential uses tend…
Manufacturing
A manufacturing district, designated by the letter M, is a zoning district in which manufacturing uses, most commercial uses and some community facility uses are permitted. Profit-driven rezonings from manufacturing…
