Click on the following link for the latest Little Neck and Douglaston rezoning proposal at the New York City Department of City Planning:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/douglaston/index.shtml
Here is a link to the Oasis Citi Map of our area:
You will need to know your block and lot number. This
is on your real estate tax bill, your water bill, and is also available at
the Department of Buildings website
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/html/bis/bis.shtml Simply fill in your
borough, house number and street number/name and click 'submit'. Your
block and lot will be on the page that opens on the upper right-hand side.
On the Oasis map site, using the 'zoom in' tool, zoom
in closer on your block. Keep zooming in until you can see the individual
lots. Click on the 'identify' tool and then click on your lot number on
your block.
Be advised that the "land use" which says "one and two
family homes" is not your zoning. It is something another department of the
city uses. In R1-2 and R2 and the proposed R2a, the actual land use is
singles family detached homes. You will be looking for the Floor Area Ratio
and the Max. Allowable Floor Area Ratio. If your Floor Area ratio is less
than the Max. Allowable Floor Area Ratio, then you can enlarge your home.
If your Floor Area Ratio is the same as the Max. Allowable Floor Area Ratio,
you cannot enlarge your home. If your Floor Area Ratio is larger than the
Max. Floor Area Ratio, don't worry. You can't enlarge but you will never be
asked to make your home smaller no matter if it is the proposed new R2a zone
or the existing zone.
After you look up your home and get your information,
have fun with the map. You can click on a box on the right-hand side and
see an aerial photo of your block, or an infrared aerial photo. You can go
to the dropdown on the top left and choose other map themes to look at.