Sentences with phrase «housing zoning plan»

Under de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing zoning plan, new construction would have to include a certain number of permanently affordable housing units.

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Councils identify and package together brownfield land that can be used for development into a housing zone, remove all unnecessary planning restrictions and partner with a developer to build new homes.

Last November the Mayor's Housing Strategy set out plans 10 potential housingHousing Strategy set out plans 10 potential housinghousing zones.

Despite the growth plan's preference for multi-family housing, such projects can now take more than three years to complete, double what it was 15 years ago, because of a surge in required documentation, out - of - date municipal zoning bylaws and residents» opposition to high - rise projects, according to development lobby BILD.

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Before a DuPage County Zoning Board of Appeals meeting began this week, Bob Gans said he hoped the board would vote against the Butterfield Park District's plan for a $ 2.5 million, 18,000 - square - foot field house.

United for Affordable NYC said it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable housing plan.

The Regional Planning Association is calling on the city to make changes to zoning regulations that could add thousands of housing units and to...

At Pratt, he led many successful community - planning efforts, as well as campaigns to expand affordable housing and create NYC's «inclusionary zoning» program, which requires developers seeking tax breaks to set aside 20 percent of their units for low and moderate income families and pay a living wage to their service workers.

it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable housing plan.

The Department of City Planning, working with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, will initiate and expedite the completion of a study to provide the foundation for incorporating a mandatory Inclusionary Housing Program into the Zoning Resolution.

Manhattan has become the third borough to reject citywide zoning proposals that are key to Mayor de Blasio's ambitious affordable housing plan.

Milwaukee's Common Council has approved a Chicago company's request to revive a plan to build workforce housing on North Farwell Avenue and amend the project's zoning.

Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc.'s plan to build a new student housing complex received zoning approval from a Milwaukee committee Tuesday.

When the City Council passed sweeping changes to the city's zoning code in March, it was heralded as a major victory for Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan.

The mayor will be granted the ability to develop a «Statutory Spatial Plan» for Greater Manchester — which, much like the London Plan will include the ability to designate housing zones on brownfield sites and other opportune areas.

Manhattan became the third borough to reject de Blasio's ambitious zoning plans for the construction of more affordable housing.

The town planning department has held several public meetings to gather feedback on the draft, which addresses topics like hybrid zoning, housing size and public parking.

In the midst of city - wide controversy surrounding two new zoning proposalsconnected to Mayor Bill de Blasio «s affordable housing plan, health and housing experts gathered to discuss how zoning could impact something else: food.

De Blasio has sought and embraced the support, frequently engaging with AARP members and regularly citing AARP's endorsement as validation for his housing plan, specifically controversial changes to the city's zoning

The Bronx Borough Board this week shot down two controversial zoning plans designed to spur the development of affordable housing, citing fears that accelerating gentrification will force out local residents.

CITY HALL — Now that the City Council has overwhelmingly approved Mayor Bill de Blasio's zoning plans, the fight for affordable housing shifts to the city's neighborhoods.

He has worked here as an assistant town attorney representing the zoning, planning, and architectural review boards, and has a private law practice and a house in Northwest Woods.

Last month, City Council members gathered in the cold gray afternoon to applaud the Council's impending approval of Queens» massive Astoria Cove waterfront development — a hard - fought test case for Mayor Bill de Blasio's new mandatory inclusionary zoning program, the centerpiece of his ambitious affordable housing plan.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's ambitious 10 - year affordable housing plan depends heavily on the success of mandatory inclusionary zoning (Photo: Getty Images).

«Not only are we aiming to promote affordable housing development through changes to zoning, but we are fostering more livable, thriving neighborhoods,» City Planning chair Carl Weisbrod said.

Zoning changes for Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan are meeting resistance.

Meanwhile, the advocacy group Association for Neighborhood Housing and Development has also criticized the mandatory inclusionary zoning plan for not being stringent enough in its affordability requirements.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's ambitious 10 - year, $ 41 billion affordable housing plan calls for new planning initiatives and zoning changes that will help bring the 200,000 affordable housing units to fruition.

But Glen and City Planning Commissioner Carl Weisbrod pointed out that some of their biggest zoning initiatives, Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH), have yet to take ezoning initiatives, Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH), have yet to take eZoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH), have yet to take effect.

With 27 percent of tenants covered already, Levine said that number would climb even higher when all the city's new programs were online and with other help pledged for those in neighborhoods being up - zoned through the mayor's affordable housing plan.

The pressure on the town to zone the 840 - acre island, which is federally owned and therefore not currently subject to local planning regulations, intensified when the U.S. General Services Administration suggested the government sell the land to a private developer for the construction of up to 500 houses on the property.

The mayor's office in fact has already released a tranche of emails between the administration and Rosen, which revealed that the consultant had sat in on key discussions of de Blasio's housing plan, which controversially overhauled the city's zoning laws.

This evening, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave a big boost to the plan, endorsing CB3's guidelines: «I want to commend the leadership and members of the Community Board 3 Land Use, Zoning, Public and Private Housing Committee for their effort to achieve, at long last, a true consensus about the future of Seward Park.

Brooklyn's Borough Board voted Tuesday against supporting the administration's Mandatory Inclusion Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability plans, following similar rejections from boards representing Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.

Community boards across the city have to decide whether to approve the mayor's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability plans.

The 20 percent number was struck after the developer put its hand up to be the first participant in the city's mandatory inclusionary zoning program after early resistance to the plan's lack of affordable housing.

Diaz Jr.'s increasing outspokenness against de Blasio's affordable housing - related zoning plans has also flamed more speculation that Diaz may be preparing to challenge de Blasio in 2017.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio's ambitious 10 - year affordable housing plan depends heavily on the success of mandatory inclusionary zoning (Photo: John Moore for Getty Images).

As the de Blasio administration seeks to meet its ambitious affordable housing goals and, in that effort, pass significant changes to the city's zoning rules, Diaz Jr. has emerged as the loudest opponent of the plans, further ruffling feathers at City Hall after several previous high - profile disagreements this year.

The plans, known as Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA), are designed to facilitate the mayor's plan to create or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing across the five boHousing (MIH) and Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA), are designed to facilitate the mayor's plan to create or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing across the five bohousing across the five boroughs.

The Related Companies» West Side Rail Yards complex is going to need more affordable housing units if its $ 15 billion plan is to gain City Council approval, Speaker Christine Quinn said at a hearing on zoning changes for the site yesterday.

The proposals are part of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning and Zoning for Quality and Affordability, two main pieces of the mayor's Housing New York plan that are being reviewed by community and borough boards now before some version goes to the Council.

Furthermore, some of the most significant new housing developments built in Las Vegas — accounting for thousands of new homes — were built in places where planning officials approved zoning changes to allow higher - density building.

Since they are under significant settlement pressure, urban centres and conurbations enforce stricter planning measures than small and peripheral municipalities, for example, limiting low - density areas (estates with detached houses) or coordinating zoning with public transport provision.

In Korea the tiger has such symbolic importance that its presence in the DMZ might prove a compelling counterargument to the myriad plans for joint development in the zone, which include an international trade center, hotels, tourism programs, and housing.

It is also possible to mandate that new construction include a certain portion of affordable units; in California, municipalities are required to include planning for affordable housing in their zoning laws.

Key to efficient design is observation and replication of natural ecosystems, where designers maximize diversity with polycultures, stress efficient energy planning for houses and settlement, using and accelerating natural plant succession, and increasing the highly productive «edge - zones» within the system.»

That wildlife route can be maintained, along with housing that people will enjoy, through planning, zoning, and other efforts that must come through common assent and government — not purely out of individual choice.