Mr. Greenwald's project will require a zoning change.
To build a Nascar track required a zoning change and the approval of the New York City Council.
The project would require a zoning change before any approvals are given.
Today the commission can order an archaeological review on any building sites that require a zoning variance from the city.
THE development required a zoning variance to permit slightly more than 25percentt of the grounds to be covered by structures.
The project would require a zoning change, from light industrial to residential, which the developers are in the process of seeking.
Opponents braved bone-chilling temperatures and wind gusts on the steps of Hoboken City Hall about two weeks ago to demonstrate against the proposal, which would require a zoning variance to allow high-rise construction.
Last month, the local community board unanimously rejected a proposal for the four towers, which would have required a zoning change by the city, and it urged the developer, Quadriad Realty Partners, to return with a scaled-down blueprint for shorter buildings at the site, at Broadway and 190th Street.
Such questions typically come to the fore when a congregation seeks either to tear down or alter a designated landmark, as St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church on Park Avenue did in 1984, or to build a new structure that requires a zoning variance or other land-use review.
Although the owner of the building, Alfred Weissman, had initially hoped to develop it as a site for retail stores, Yonkers officials objected because of potential traffic congestion along Tuckahoe Road, and Mr. Weissman would have required a zoning change to do a retail development.
