A Process Evaluation of New York City’s Zoning Resolution (ZR) § 74-79
Subtitle: Why Is It Being Used So Infrequently?
By: Katherine E. Gilmore
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.?]
Language: eng
Description: In 1968, to mitigate the financial burden of landmark designation, New York City adopted a transferable development rights mechanism, Zoning Resolution (ZR) § 74-79, that gave property owners the option of transferring their unused development rights in return for a payment. This thesis is a process review of the Zoning Resolution (ZR) § 74-79. It studies the historic, political and legal context that precipitated the adoption of ZR § 74-79, traces subsequent amendments to the resolution, and evaluates the projects that have used ZR § 74-79 to determine whether or not the mechanism is being used as originally intended. By analyzing past ZR § 74-79 applications and conducting interviews with current legal, planning and preservation professionals, the thesis answers the following question: why has the Zoning Resolution (ZR) § 74-79 been used so infrequently? Understanding the current process of ZR§74-79 will help preservation and planning professionals evaluate the risk of legal challenges to the Landmarks Law as well as inform future changes to the existing resolution.
Notes: Department: Urban Planning.

Thesis advisor: Robert Beauregard.

Thesis advisor: Anthony C. Wood.

Thesis (M.S.)--Columbia University, 2013.