Planning to build or renovate in New York City? Answer the questionnaire and uncover the land use regulations applicable to your lot. Calculated according to the New York City Planning Department (NYC Planning).

 

Step by step:

 

1º Inform the quantity of lots you wish to research;

2º Inform the area of the lot to be researched;

3º Inform the intended floor area for the property;

4º Inform the zone of the lot - according to the city's zoning map;

5º Inform the subdivision of the zone - according to the city's zoning map;

6º Inform the lot characteristic (not attached, semi-attached, attached, etc.) - for residential zones;

7º Discover the land use regulations applicable to your lot;

8º Proceed with the other lots to be researched (if any).

​

Glossary: 

​

Attached Building: An attached building abuts two side lot lines or is one of a row of abutting buildings;

​

Dettached Building: A detached building is a freestanding building that does not abut any other building and where all sides of the building are surrounded by yards or open areas within the zoning lot;

​

Semi-Detached Building: A semi-detached building* is a building that abuts or shares a wall, on a side lot line, with another building on an adjoining zoning lot and where the remaining sides of the building are surrounded by open areas or street lines;

​

Zero Lot Line Building: A zero lot line building is a freestanding building that abuts one side lot line of a zoning lot and does not abut any other building on an adjoining zoning lot;

​

Quality Housing Program: The Quality Housing Program, mandatory in contextual R6 through R10 residence districts and optional in non-contextual R6 through R10 districts, encourages develop­ment consistent with the character of many established neighborhoods. Its bulk regulations set height limits and allow high lot coverage buildings that are set at or near the street line;

​

Corner Lot: A corner lot is a zoning lot that adjoins the point of intersection of two or more streets; it is also a zoning lot bounded entirely by streets;

​

Income-restricted Housing Unit : A dwelling unit that complies with the definition of an affordable housing unit under one of the Inclusionary Housing Programs, or any other dwelling unit with a legally binding restriction on household income at or below 80 percent of Area Median Income;

​

Inclusionary Housing Program: The Inclusionary Housing Program provides two optional floor area incentives in exchange for the creation or preservation of affordable housing, on or off-site, pre­dominantly for low-income households.