The permit, called the employment authorization document, allows foreign nationals to work in the United States.
A parking permit called the Northwest Forest Pass, $5 a day or $30 a year, is necessary.
To obtain financing from a Mexican bank, a foreigner must have a residency visa or a one-year residency permit, called an FM3.
The House Beautiful at Dix Hills Homeowners Association, which had encouraged the zoning board to seek a special use permit, called the court ruling "unfortunate".
At an April hearing on the application, Paul Pottle, the department's project manager, told the public that the permit called for dumping 121,000 cubic yards of dredge material and that the contaminated material would be left at the site.
Obtaining an urban residence permit, called a hukou, is possible only for those with deep pockets or top-notch connections, so struggling migrants live in a gray zone of pay-as-you-go medical care, dingy rented rooms and unregistered schools where the education is middling at best.
"The shareholders could, of course, elect new directors," Mr. Zuckerman said, adding that most bylaws permit calling a special meeting for just that purpose if the meeting is requested by shareholders holding a certain percentage of the co-op's stock, typically 25percentt.
To the surprise of both Davenport and the Ambassador, the permit, called an Iradé, was granted, allowing the export of "six or eight" horses.
Tuesday's vote came after Alderwoman Sandra Sistrunk asked the board to reconsider the permit, calling the hubbub "a bit of a growing pain for the city".
The residency permit, called the Aufenthaltserlaubnis, is therefore a valuable resource.
