Our Zoning and Land Use team regularly counsel clients with comprehensive zoning and land use advice.
Often working closely with our Construction and Transactional teams, our attorneys advise, prepare and take to completion a broad range of actions, including:
- Zoning Lot Mergers to expand development sites
- Development Rights transfers between properties
- New York City Planning Applications to justify rezoning certain properties to promote neighborhood growth
- New York City Planning Applications to justify special permits to revise use, bulk, height, parking and other zoning parameters to maximize development
- Board of Standards and Appeals Applications for zoning variances and special permits to remove development restrictions for individual properties
- Landmark Preservation Applications to redevelop and improve landmarked properties within the parameters of historical preservation
- New York City Department of Buildings Applications to clarify the applicability of zoning and code regulations to a development
- Analyze the As-Of-Right zoning potential of a development site and advise on the eligibility to successfully complete a land use application
- Bonus Applications to provide public amenities in exchange for additional development rights
- Advise on meeting affordable housing requirements associated with certain land use actions in terms of income brackets and number of units
- Appear at all public hearings as required and present project