The 1915 Equitable Building. Image via Wikimedia Commons. The 1916 New York City Zoning Resolution imposed height and setback limits and distinguished between residential and industrial districts.

If you love maps and urban development, the exhibit Mastering the Metropolis New York and Zoning, 1916-2016 at the Museum of the City of New York is for you.

Thus, the city adopted the 1916 Zoning Resolution that required setbacks for new buildings to allow sunlight to penetrate to street level. The zoning ordinance is responsible for the way ...

Early in the 20th Century, New York City charted new territory for land-use policy in American cities. The city’s 1916 zoning resolution was the first attempt in the United States to apply zoning ...

The zoning resolution is 104 years old, having come into being in 1916, making it the first citywide zoning code in the United States. When done correctly, zoning can cultivate uses with community and ...

Therefore, if there is some ambiguity in your interpretation of a provision, I always recommend that a Zoning Resolution determination form (ZRD1) be submitted to the Department of Buildings (who ...