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| City Planning Rezonings in the Bronx |
| The Department of City Planning is responsible for the City's physical and socioeconomic planning, including land use and
environmental review. The following are recent City Planning rezoning studies and proposals in the Bronx.
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| Community Data Portal |
| City Planning’s new user-friendly community data portal provides public access to useful data and resources on a community
district level.
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| Community District Profiles |
| The Department of City Planning provides land use maps and population information in profiles of NYC's 59 community districts. |
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| Community Facilities Zoning |
| The City Council has approved an application filed by the Dept. of City Planning and the City Council Land Use Committee to
amend the Zoning Resolution with regard to community facilities. The amendments will affect zoning regulations on a Citywide
basis, and will result in changes to the use, bulk, and parking regulations for community facilities.
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| (E)designations Text Amendment |
| The City Council has approved a Citywide text amendment to Section 11-15 and related sections of the Zoning Resolution, proposed
by the Department of City planning, to update the regulations governing Environmental “(E)” designations. This text amendment
is being closely coordinated with the New York City Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) and will result in a more streamlined
and transparent (E) Program – the City’s process for establishing environmental requirements related to hazardous materials,
air quality, and noise on potential development sites identified during City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) for proposed
rezonings. (Adopted March 28, 2012)
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| FRESH Food Stores |
| The Food Retail Expansion to Support Health, or FRESH, program will provide zoning incentives for neighborhood grocery stores
to locate in some of the most underserved neighborhoods in the City – Adopted December 9, 2009.
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| Friends of Van Cortlandt Park |
| The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park is a non-profit organization committed to the enhancement of New York City's third largest
park, 1,146 acres in the ridges and valleys of the northwest Bronx.
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| Health of the Bronx |
| The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene provides a variety of health statistics for neighborhoods in the Bronx. |
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| Historic District Maps |
| The Landmark Preservation Commission has an extensive set of historic area maps online. |
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