Yonkers, NY Zoning Overlays & Bonuses: Downtown Design Guide (2026)

Section 43-223B(1) requires that all new buildings, structures and additions within the UR-LD and UR-MD Districts, part of the downtown districts created by Article XVIII in 2011, be reviewed against and comply with the Downtown Neighborhood Design Guidelines for the City of Yonkers, covering both architectural standards and landscape requirements. The same subsection then layers on numeric rules for specific building types. Single-family and two-family homes must avoid blank facades, feature a front entry that is the predominant element of the front elevation (porches, raised steps, roof overhangs, columns or railings), match roof pitch and scale to surrounding dwellings, and keep detached garages in the rear yard; front-loaded attached garage doors are capped at 22 feet in width or 50% of the front facade width, whichever is greater.

Townhouse developments under § 43-223B(3) are capped at six attached units, must share a unifying architectural theme across the development, and owners must sign a legal agreement, acceptable to the City's Corporation Counsel, to maintain that approved theme for the life of the development.