Title: Zoning text
Description: The Web version of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York includes all text amendments approved by the City Council up to [date varies]. Please note that there is an interim period between the date when the City Council adopts a text or mapping amendment to the Zoning Resolution and the date that this web site is updated. The text of the Zoning Resolution establishes zoning districts and sets forth the regulations governing land use and development. See Zoning Maps to access New York City's 126 zoning maps. Select from the table below to view a specific portion of the Zoning text. The Table of Contents PDF file is a listing of all articles, chapters and primary sections of the complete zoning text contained in the other 39 PDF files (the 12 articles and the appendices). The entries in this list for articles and chapters are linked to the locations for those articles and chapters in the other files. Selecting a chapter in the Table of Contents file will open the PDF file for the particular article and chapter and display the beginning of the selected chapter. Each PDF file contains bookmarks which are displayed at the left of the document. These bookmarks are links to each of the particular article's chapters and primary sections. Selecting a bookmark will navigate the display to that particular chapter and section. Adobe Acrobat Reader provides you with the tools to find particular text strings in an article and to cut blocks of text from the PDF files for use in other applications. Graphics from the zoning maps can also be cut from the PDF files and pasted into other applications. The date indicated at the top of each section is the most recent date on which that section of the Zoning Resolution was added or amended and became legally effective. In addition, the first page of each PDF article file contains the latest effective date on which any modifications were enacted within the article. This date is also listed for every PDF file in the Text Table. Therefore, at a later time, you can determine whether your copy is the latest available by comparing the date on the first page to the date listed in the Text Table. For your convenience, in the Zoning Amendment Index, you can view a list of zoning text amendments enacted by the City Planning Commission and the City Council that includes a list of new or modified sections by zoning amendment, ULURP number and effective date. The number of the Update in which the zoning amendment was added to the print version of the Zoning Resolution is also included.
Subjects: Zoning law, Zoning, Maps
Places: New York (State), New York