Sentence examples for downtown zoning from inspiring English sources

If it is adopted, it would give San Francisco the most restrictive downtown zoning of any major city in the United States.

"What I and some of my colleagues on the city council are considering is to clarify and update our downtown zoning codes," he continued.

"Downtown Zoning does permit nightclubs in the Denman, Davie, and Robson Villages, Granville Street, the Central Business District, Gastown and Chinatown; however, due to community compatibility concerns, a new nightclub requires council approval for the liquor license," says Hoese.

The plan includes construction of houses on city-owned land downtown, streamlining zoning laws and proposing tax abatements and other financial incentives to attract private investors.

One of the first results of a recent change in zoning in downtown Brooklyn is beginning to take shape at 53 Boerum Place, where construction began last month on an 11-story building that will have 99 market-rate rental apartments.

To foster new rentals, the coalition proposes tax abatements for developers, using surplus public land for housing, redeveloping downtown areas and a model zoning law enabling higher density and requiring developers to include housing for a range of income levels or, alternatively, to pay fees to a housing trust fund.

The city's Planning Commission has approved new zoning for Long Island City and downtown Brooklyn to encourage office construction.

Mrs. Alvarez, a dispute-resolution lawyer for an insurance company and a graduate of the School of Law of the City University of New York, rides the subway to work in Downtown Brooklyn, while Mr. Alvarez, who specializes in zoning and is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, drives to his office on Long Island.

Also, the city council recently approved plans for increased downtown density that involve levying fees on developers of downtown residential towers that exceed the height permitted by zoning.

Seattle relaxes zoning regulations to allow the construction of downtown skyscrapers.

To spur the downtown renaissance, the town is willing to give buyers zoning variances to convert warehouses and storefronts into living and studio spaces.