Land Use & Zoning

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Law protects:

AAll buildings over 50 years old

BBuildings, sites, objects, and districts of special historical, cultural, or architectural significance designated by the LPC✓ Correct

COnly buildings on the National Register of Historic Places

DAll buildings in Manhattan's financial district

Explanation

The NYC Landmarks Preservation Law empowers the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) to designate and regulate individual landmarks, interior landmarks, scenic landmarks, and historic districts of special significance.

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Key Terms to Know

Zoning

Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.

Variance

Official permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.

Eminent Domain

The power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.

Adverse Possession

A doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.