| DOWNTOWN JAMAICA SPECIAL DISTRICT |
Resolution Chapter:  115-00 |
Maps: 14d, 15a and 15b |
Adoption Date: |
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9/10/07 |
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| LONG ISLAND CITY MIXED USE SPECIAL
DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 117-00 |
Maps: 8d and 9b |
Adoption Date: |
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7/26/01 |
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The Special Long Island City Mixed Use District
(LIC) is intended to support the continuing growth
of the area's longstanding mix of residential, commercial,
industrial and cultural uses by permitting
their development and expansion at varying densities.
Special use, bulk and urban design controls in
three subdistricts — Court Square, Queens Plaza and
Hunters Point—ensure that development occurs at
a scale in keeping with the unique characteristics
of each one.
The Court Square and Queens Plaza subdistricts
comprise a 37-block area intended for moderate- to
high-density, 24-hour, pedestrian- and transit-oriented
development. Special bulk provisions in the
Queens Plaza Subdistrict allow for tower development
at the subway nodes and loft-type buildings
in the rest of the subdistrict. Additional density
can be achieved at the edges of the Queens Plaza
Subdistrict by providing public open space and
public parking. Subway improvements are required
to achieve the highest allowed density in the Court
Square Subdistrict. As-of-right development of all
uses, at low- to moderate-densities, is allowed in the
Hunters Point Subdistrict.
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| MIXED USE SPECIAL DISTRICTS (Northern Hunters Point Waterfront: MX-9) |
| Resolution Chapter: 123-00 |
Maps: 9b |
Adoption Date: |
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Northern Hunters Point Waterfront: 9/16/06 |
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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, |
Adoption Date: |
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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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| SPECIAL FOREST HILLS DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 86-00 |
Map: 14a |
Adoption Date: |
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3/24/09 |
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| WILLETS POINT SPECIAL DISTRICT |
| Resolution Chapter: 124-00 |
Maps: 10a and 10b |
Adoption Date: |
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11/13/08 |
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