Changes to S.I. special districts: What to know ahead of public meeting
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
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DCP says the new zoning amendments would remove the need for homeowners to wade through some of the city’s tedious and expensive approval processes to make renovations to a home that exists in any of Staten Island’s three special districts Special Hillsides Preservation District, Special Natural Area District and Special South Richmond Development District.
However, South Shore residents expressed outrage at a Community Board 3 meeting in 2019 about the initial proposal’s requirements that would have limited the amount of hard surface area that could be developed on site. In addition, the first proposal would have required some lots larger than one acre to preserve up to 25% of natural habitat.