From A to 'Zoning Lot': Practitioner's Guide to the Powers of the Zoning Resolution, Part IV

So, you want to open up a manufacturing plant in the Bronx. You retain a zoning and land use practitioner who determines that the city would not ap...

May 12, 2023
4:22 AM

So, you want to open up a manufacturing plant in the Bronx. You retain a zoning and land use practitioner who determines that the city would not approve such use as-of-right. What is preventing this? The powers of the Zoning Resolution. In 1926, the same scenario faced Ambler Realty Co., who wanted to construct an industrial plant in the town of Euclid, Ohio. However, Euclid adopted a zoning ordinance that prevented such use on the Ambler Realty parcel. In response, Ambler filed suit that made its way to the U.

Brian Lee