Zoning Overlays & Bonuses in New York (2026)

Unlike California's specific plans, NYC uses the Zoning Resolution's Special Purpose Districts (Articles VIII through…

The Town Board can grant Downtown Copiague projects up to 48 residential units per acre as a zoning incentive, reserved…

Colonie's Planning Board can grant density bonuses in its OR, CO, NCOR, COR, HCOR, ABA, and Industrial Districts in…

Brookhaven grants a density bonus to any subdivision, site plan or change of zone with five or more residential lots or…

Clarkstown grants a residential density bonus of two extra units per acre, up to 10 units per acre total, in the…

Glen Cove awards a 10% density bonus to residential subdivisions that set aside affordable units under City Code §…

Under the Long Island Workforce Housing Act as adopted by the Huntington Town Board, any developer seeking a density…

The Town Board may grant added density above the base caps of nine units/acre for apartment houses, six for attached…

In the MX-1 Commercial Corridor District, Mount Vernon lets a developer apply to the Planning Board for a density bonus…

New Rochelle's Downtown Overlay Zone lets developers build taller than the base zoning envelope through a Community…

In R6 through R12 districts, NYC lets buildings reach a higher floor area ratio than the standard cap when the housing…

North Hempstead grants a 25% density bonus for senior independent-living facilities when the units are made available…

The City of Oneida offers density bonuses to residential cluster developments that dedicate land to lower-income…

Schenectady's Institutional (I) District lets colleges, hospitals and similar campuses request a density bonus raising…

Smithtown's Town Board can award a special exception adding up to five dwelling units per acre in a Retirement…

Yonkers City Code lets developers of bonus inclusionary developments build four extra market-rate units for every…

Downtown Copiague building projects must pass Planning Board design review under Town of Babylon Code § 213-540…

Clarkstown's downtown design guide, § 290-7.2K, routes every new commercial or multifamily building, addition and…

Any construction, expansion or exterior alteration within Glen Cove's Central Business District Overlay must pass a…

Huntington's Melville Town Center Overlay District, added in 2024, requires buildings that front Maxess Road, Baylis…

Islip's Downtown Development District (DDD), created to revive the Town's hamlet centers like Bay Shore, gives the…

New Rochelle regulates building placement, street frontage and civic space in its Downtown Overlay Zones under a…

The Town of Oyster Bay regulates the Hicksville Downtown (HD) District under Zoning Code § 246-5.9, adopted in 2021…

Amherst requires site plans in eight mixed-use zoning districts, Traditional Infill 2.5, Traditional Infill 4, Center…

Brookhaven regulates its downtown and main-street commercial corridors through the J Business 6 (Main Street Business…

Projects in Mount Vernon's Downtown Transit Oriented Arts District must be designed under a form-based code that judges…

Rochester's Center City has its own design regime, separate from the citywide design standards. Article IX of the…

Schenectady's Article VII design standards apply to new construction, additions and alterations in the C-1 through C-5…

New buildings and additions in Yonkers' Low- and Medium-Density Urban Residential Districts, UR-LD and UR-MD, are…

North Hempstead's Port Washington Business Overlay District carries a codified design guide at § 70-195.23 covering…