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 ...

Register your team here. Each team will be using one Instagram account to post photos, wearing the Zoning New York Scavenger Hunt t-shirts provided at the beginning of the day.

Their efforts culminated with the enactment of the 1916 resolution, the first comprehensive zoning law in the United States. This code established building zones intended to segregate land uses.

Open House New York and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to celebrate the centennial anniversary of New York City's 1916 Zoning Resolution with a citywide scavenger hunt to uncover ...

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 ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of New York City’s monumental 1916 zoning resolution, which paved the way not just for the look and shape of the city’s skyline, but also for how such ...

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 ...