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Land Use Process

Commission Meetings - View schedules, calendars and more information about commission meetings and hearings.

City Planning Commission Reports - Written records of actions taken by the City Planning Commission (CPC).

Environmental Review - Includes an overview of the CEQR process and current scoping documents.

Application Status Reports - Status reports display information for active ULURP and Non-ULURP Applications received by the Department of City Planning.

Community-Based Planning - Community-based planning is essential to the city's vitality. DCP can help. Learn how you can get planning assistance and advice to achieve goals for your neighborhood such as preserving neighborhood character, promoting affordable housing, facilitating new development and/or encouraging local employment.

Land Use Review Procedure - The Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP): a standardized procedure whereby applications affecting the land use of the city are publicly reviewed.

Land Use Review Forms - Application forms provide the City Planning Commission (CPC), Department of City Planning (DCP), community boards, borough presidents, the City Council and other interested parties with information needed to evaluate applications for many land use actions subject to city review.

ULURP Fees and CEQR Fees - Current rates effective August 10, 2009

Boilerplate Legal Documents for ULURP and non-ULURP Applications

Waterfront Revitalization Program (WRP) - Policy guidelines for development within the city's coastal zone and procedures for evaluating the consistency of proposed projects with the WRP policies, including a

Consistency Assessment Form to be submitted with ULURP and other applications for discretionary actions within the coastal zone.

CPC Recommendations on General Project Plans - Provisions of the New York State Urban Development Corporation Act require that any General Project Plan (GPP) to be implemented through the override of local regulation or which involves the acquisition of real property by condemnation be referred to the City Planning Commission (CPC).

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