No native-plant mandate in Yonkers. Native and pollinator gardens permitted; property maintenance code distinguishes intentional gardens from overgrown weeds.
Yonkers does not require native plantings and does not prohibit conventional lawns. Intentional naturalistic meadows and pollinator gardens are allowed if maintained and distinguishable from neglect. Hudson River valley sites adjacent to wetlands may fall under NYS DEC wetland buffers where native vegetation is encouraged/required during permitted work.
Yonkers, NY
Overnight on-street parking is generally allowed on residential streets but subject to alternate-side street-cleaning rules. Some zones require residential p...
Yonkers, NY
Retaining walls over 4 ft tall (from bottom of footing to top) require a building permit and engineered drawings in Yonkers. Walls with surcharge loads requi...
Yonkers, NY
Chickens and livestock generally prohibited in Yonkers residential zones. Zoning code allows only conventional household pets in single-family and multi-fami...
Yonkers, NY
Yonkers enforces New York State smoke and carbon monoxide alarm requirements under 19 NYCRR Part 1225 (Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code). All dwelli...
Yonkers, NY
Yonkers is not in a designated wildfire zone. New York does not maintain WUI (wildland-urban interface) fire hazard maps, and Yonkers is a dense urban city i...
Yonkers, NY
Yonkers is an urban municipality with no defensible-space brush-clearance mandate. Property owners must keep lots free of overgrowth, debris, and nuisance ve...
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