Yonkers, NY - File #: TMP-0811

• File #: TMP-0811
• Version: 1
• Type: General Ordinance
• Status: Referred
• File created: 9/4/2026
• In control: Real Estate Committee
• On agenda: 9/9/2026
• Title: GENERAL ORDINANCE – AMENDING GENERAL ORDINANCE 4-2000, ALSO KNOWN AS CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS AND THE ACCOMPANYING ZONING MAP: A) TO RECLASSIFY AND REZONE CERTAIN PROPERTIES TO D-MX OR UR-HD DISTRICT; AND B) TO AMEND 43 ATTACHMENT 13 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ENTITLED “MAP A: KEY STREETS” TO INCLUDE THE REZONED PROPERTIES: C) TO AMEND 43 ATTACHMENT 14 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ENTITLED “MAP B: HEIGHTS DISTRICT MAP” TO INCLUDE THE REZONED PROPERTIES; D) TO AMEND 43 ATTACHMENT 15 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ENTITLED “MAP C: ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK WIDTH REQUIREMENT MAP” TO INCLUDE THE REZONED PROPERTIES: AND E) TO AMEND 43 ATTACHMENT 16 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ENTITLED “MAP D: DISTRICTS” TO INCLUDE THE REZONED PROPERTIES. (NO FISCAL IMPACT.) (ALL COUNCILMEMBERS.)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/9/2026	1	Rules Committee

GENERAL ORDINANCE -2026

A GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING GENERAL ORDINANCE 4-2000, ALSO KNOWN AS CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS AND THE ACCOMPANYING ZONING MAP: A) TO RECLASSIFY AND REZONE CERTAIN PROPERTIES TO D-MX DISTRICT OR UR-HD; B) TO AMEND 43 ATTACHMENT 13 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ENTITLED “MAP A: KEY STREETS” TO INCLUDE THE INCLUDE THE REZONED PROPERTIES; C) TO AMEND 43 ATTACHMENT 14 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ENTITLED “MAP B: HEIGHT DISTRICT MAP” TO INCLUDE THE INCLUDE THE REZONED PROPERTIES; D) TO AMEND 43 ATTACHMENT 15 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ENTITLED “MAP C: ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK WIDTH REQUIREMENT MAP” TO INCLUDE THE INCLUDE THE REZONED PROPERTIES; AND E) TO AMEND 43 ATTACHMENT 16 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ENTITLED “MAP D: DISTRICTS” TO INCLUDE THE INCLUDE THE REZONED PROPERTIES.
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The City of Yonkers, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
 Section 1.  Recitals.
The City of Yonkers has long been committed to revitalizing its downtown and surrounding corridors through strategic planning, zoning policy, and targeted infrastructure investment. As the downtown core adjacent to the Metro-North Railroad through Getty Square has experienced continued redevelopment and growth, the City has sought to ensure that adjacent corridors are positioned to support residential development, mixed-use activity, and improved connectivity between neighborhoods and the central business district.

The expansion into five main areas: Fernbrook Park, Buena Vista, St. Casimir, Locust Hill, and Yonkers Avenue Corridor will expand D-MX into areas that already function like downtown and share the physical and market conditions already present in the D-MX. Together, these expansion areas will create a more cohesive downtown by extending D-MX into contiguous areas with compatible transit access, density, land-use mix, and redevelopment potential.

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