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he NYC Department of City Planning has a proposal that they are putting forth that they call The City of Yes. We believe that it might be more appropriately called the City of No.
See the BCA objections page for the Bayswater Civic Association’s position on these proposals.
The proposals are:
Goal 1 – Make it easier to find space and grow
1. Lift time limits to reactivating vacant storefronts
2. Simplify rules for business types allowed on commercial streets
3. Expand opportunities for small-
4. Modernize loading dock rules so buildings can adapt over time
5. Enable commercial activity on upper floors
6. Simplify and modernize how businesses are classified in zoning
Goal 2 – Support growing industries
7. Clarify rules to permit indoor urban agriculture
8. Give life sciences companies more certainty to grow
9. Support nightlife with common-
10. Create more opportunities for amusements to locate
11. Enable entrepreneurship with modern rules for home-
Goal 3 – Foster vibrant neighborhoods
12. Introduce corridor design rules that promote better activate ground floors
13. Reduce conflicts between auto repair shops and pedestrians
14. Encourage safe and sustainable deliveries with micro-
Goal 4 – New opportunities for businesses
15. Facilitate local commercial space on residential campuses
16. Create process for allowing corner stores in residential areas
17. Rationalize waiver process for adapting spaces for industries like film
18. Create new kinds of zoning districts for future job hubs