2006 New York Code - Scope Of Commission\'s Powers.

 
    §  25-304  Scope  of commission's powers. a. Nothing contained in this
  chapter shall be construed as authorizing the commission, in acting with
  respect to any historic district or improvement therein, or in  adopting
  regulations  in  relation  thereto,  to regulate or limit the height and
  bulk of buildings, to regulate and determine the area of  yards,  courts
  and  other open spaces, to regulate density of population or to regulate
  and restrict the locations of  trades  and  industries  or  location  of
  buildings designed for specific uses or to create districts for any such
  purpose.
    b. Except as provided in subdivision a of this section, the commission
  may,  in  exercising or performing its powers, duties or functions under
  this chapter with respect to any improvement in a historic  district  or
  on  a landmark site or containing an interior landmark, or any landscape
  feature of a scenic landmark, apply  or  impose,  with  respect  to  the
  construction,  reconstruction,  alteration,  demolition  or  use of such
  improvement or landscape  feature  or  the  performance  of  minor  work
  thereon,  regulations,  limitations,  determinations or conditions which
  are more restrictive than those prescribed or made  by  or  pursuant  to
  other provisions of law applicable to such activities, work or use.