| CITY ISLAND SPECIAL DISTRICT |
Resolution Chapter:  112-00 |
Maps: 4c and 4d |
Adoption Date: 1/20/77 |
The Special City Island District (CD), encompassing
an entire island in Long Island Sound, was adopted to
preserve its nautical heritage and low-rise residential
character, as well as the "village" quality of its commercial center
on City Island
Avenue. The
special district
regulations encourage the traditional
building
form of one or two stories of residences above ground
floor stores in the village center, restrict the size and
illumination of business signs, and establish landscaping
and screening requirements for parking lots.
New residential developments on large waterfront
lots are required to provide a publicly accessible sitting
area next to the shoreline. The only commercial
and manufacturing uses permitted are those that
reflect the island's nautical flavor or serve the retail
needs of residents and visitors.
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| GRAND CONCOURSE SPECIAL DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 122-00 |
Maps: 1d, 3b, 3c, 3d and 6a |
Adoption Date: 9/28/89 |
The Special Grand Concourse District (C), extending
almost the entire length of the boulevard from
East 151st Street to Mosholu Parkway, was created
to protect its distinctive art deco composition and
scale. It does so by establishing bulk and design
regulations and limiting commercial uses to designated
locations. The district consists of a Residential
Preservation Area and three commercial subareas where retail uses do not conflict with the boulevard's
traditional residential character. |
| MIXED USE SPECIAL DISTRICTS (Port Morris: MX-1 and Morrisania: MX-7) |
| Resolution Chapter: 123-00 |
Maps: 3d, 6a, 6b and 6c |
Adoption Date: Port Morris: 12/10/97, Morrisania: 8/19/03 |
The Special Mixed Use District (MX) was established
to encourage investment in, and enhance the vitality of,
existing mixed residential and industrial neighborhoods
and to create opportunities for new mixed use
communities. The district permits new residential
and non-residential uses (commercial, community
facility and light industrial) to be developed as-of right
within the same district and, under certain
conditions, to be located side-by-side or within the
same building. It does so by pairing an M1 district
with an R3 through R10 district, allowing for
maximum flexibility in matching zoning districts
to neighborhood planning goals.
Residential uses are generally subject to the bulk
controls of the governing residence district; commercial
and industrial uses are subject to the M1 district
controls, and community facilities to residential
floor area limits. Most light industrial uses are permitted
in the district as-of-right, others are subject
to restrictions and a few are excluded altogether.
Originally established in 1997, the Special Mixed Use District is mapped in Port Morris and Morrisania in the Bronx, in Fulton Ferry (DUMBO), Flushing/Bedford, Red Hook, Greenpoint-Williamsburg and Atlantic and Howard Avenues in Brooklyn and in Northern Hunters Point Waterfront in Queens.
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| NATURAL
AREA SPECIAL
DISTRICTS |
| Resolution Chapter: 105-00 |
Maps: see table below |
Adoption Date: see table below |
The purpose of the
Special Natural Area
District (NA) is to
guide new development and site alterations in areas
endowed with unique natural characteristics, including
forests, rock outcrops, steep slopes, creeks and
a variety of botanic and aquatic environments. In
the four Special Natural Areas, the City Planning
Commission reviews proposals for new development,
enlargements and site alterations to maximize protection
of natural features. Natural features are protected
by limiting modifications in topography, by preserving
tree, plant and marine life, and natural water
courses, and by encouraging clustered development.
The four Special Natural Area Districts are
| NA-1: |
Emerson Hill, Dongan Hills, Todt Hill, Lighthouse Hill and the central wetlands of Staten Island
Maps: 21b, 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 27a and 27b
Adoption Date: 12/19/74
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| NA 2: |
Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil and Fieldston,
Bronx
Maps: 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d
Adoption Date: 5/21/75
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| NA-3: |
Shore Acres Area, Staten Island
Map: 21d
Adoption Date: 12/1/77
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| NA-4: |
Fort Totten, Queens
Maps: 7d and 11c
Adoption Date: 4/28/83 |
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| PLANNED COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
SPECIAL DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 103-00 |
Maps: 6a, 9b, 10d, 11b, 14c and 15a |
Adoption Date: 7/18/74 |
The Special Planned Community Preservation
District (PC) designation protects the unique character
of well-planned communities that have been
developed as a unit. Those communities characteristically
have large landscaped open spaces and
a superior relationship of buildings, open spaces,
commercial uses, and pedestrian and vehicular circulation.
No demolition, new development, enlargement
or alteration of landscaping or topography is
permitted within the district except by special permit
of the City Planning Commission. Preservation
districts have been mapped in Sunnyside Gardens
and Fresh Meadows in Queens, Parkchester in the
Bronx and Harlem River Houses in Manhattan.
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