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The New York City Department of City Planning passed the 1961 Zoning Resolution in October 1960, [7] and the new zoning rules became effective in December 1961, superseding the 1916 Zoning Resolution. [8] The new zoning solution used the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) regulation instead of setback rules. A building's maximum floor area is regulated ...
Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) is a process mandated by the 1975 revision of the New York City Charter that is invoked when a proposed development will affect certain legal protections afforded to the existing area and/or its inhabitants.
The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is the department of the New York City government that enforces the city's building codes and zoning regulations, issues building permits, licenses, registers and disciplines certain construction trades, responds to structural emergencies and inspects over 1,000,000 new and existing buildings.
Early postcard picturing the Equitable Building Graph of the 1916 New York City zoning ordinance with an example elevation for an 80-foot street in a 2½-times height district. In 1916, New York City adopted the first zoning regulations to apply citywide as a reaction to construction of the Equitable Building (which still stands at 120 Broadway ...
The Charter of the City of New York, Chapter 378 of the Laws of 1897, With Amendments adopted by the Legislatures of 1898 and 1899. Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 1899 – via HathiTrust. The Greater New York Charter of 1901. New York: The Lawyers' Co-Operative Publishing Company. 1901 – via HathiTrust.
Albany City Hall, the seat of local government in New York's capital city. In New York, each city is a highly autonomous incorporated area [3] that, with the exceptions of New York City [8] and Geneva, [15] is contained within one county. Cities in New York are classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as incorporated places. [16]
New York Zoning Law and Practice, 4th ed. West Group, 1999–present. WorldCat (OCLC) Catalog Record Salkin, Patricia E., Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, 2014 ed. Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2010–present.
The seal of New York City, adopted in an earlier form in 1686, bears the legend SIGILLVM CIVITATIS NOVI EBORACI, which means simply "The Seal of the City of New York". Eboracum was the Roman name for York, the titular seat of James II as Duke of York .