Industrial Zone
An Industrial Zone is a designated area within a municipality that is specifically zoned for industrial activities, existing...
Waterfront Access Plan (WAP)
The Waterfront Access Plan (WAP) is a part of the waterfront bulk regulations and public access requirements of NYC’s Zoning...
Waterfront Area
The Waterfront Area is a special zoning area protecting both human and nature needs to ensure optimal use, public access, re...
Lower Density Growth Management Areas
Lower Density Growth Management Areas (LDGMAs) are areas with special regulations in place which are intended to preserve th...
Limited Height Districts
A limited height district is a special district that can be superimposed onto an area that has been designated as a historic...
Large-Scale Developments
Large-Scale Developments (LSDs) exist on either very large zoning lots or across multiple lots. They avoid the rezoning issu...
The Food Retail Expansion to Support Health Program (FRESH)
The Food Retail Expansion to Support Health Program, or FRESH, was created in 2008 after a citywide study called Going to Ma...
Contextual Districts
Contextual districts were created in 1987 in conjunction with the
The Failure of Opportunity Zones
The Opportunity Zones (OZ) incentive has been put...
NYC’s Inclusionary Housing Program
NYC’s Inclusionary Housing Program is an offshoot of the national
Transit Zone
Transit zones in NYC are dense urban areas with a low car ownership rate and different programs of affordable housing. These...
Overlay District
An overlay district is an area that is additionally placed within an existing zoned districts (for example a
Environmental Protection Overlay District
An Environmental Protection Overlay District (EPOD) is an overlay zone located in sensitive environmental places in which sp...
Historic Overlay
An overlay district is an area that is additionally placed within an existing zoned districts, or superseding multiple borde...
Opportunity Zone
The opportunity zone is an economically-distressed area, attractive for private investors, and thus a development tool inten...
Mixed Use District
The mixed use district (MX district) is an area where mixed land uses are permitted. For instance, both residential and comm...
Privately Owned Public Spaces
Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) are spaces zoned for public use and controlled by the property’s owner. These public sp...
Special Purpose Districts
Special purpose districts are area’s with particular qualities and functions, and are created to meet the needs of a neighbo...
