2020 New York Laws
GCT - General City
Article 5-A - Buildings and Use Districts
83-A - Exemption of Lots Shown on Approved Subdivision Plats.

§  83-a.  Exemption  of  lots shown on approved subdivision plats.  1.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this  chapter  or  of  any
general,  special  or local law, the provisions of a zoning ordinance or
local law hereafter adopted, or of a change or amendment thereto,  which
provisions:
  (a)  establish  or  increase  lot areas or lot dimensions which are in
excess of the areas or dimensions of the lots shown and delineated on  a
residential  subdivision  plat  which  has  been  duly  approved  by the
planning board, or other board  or  officer  vested  with  authority  to
approve  subdivision  plats, if any, of the city in which the land shown
on said plat is situate and duly filed in the office  of  the  recording
officer  of  the county in which the land shown on said subdivision plat
is situate; or
  (b) establish or increase  side,  rear  or  front  yard  or  set  back
requirements  in  excess of those applicable to lots under the provision
of the zoning ordinance or local law, if any, in force and effect at the
time of the filing of the said  duly  approved  residential  subdivision
plat or first section thereof;
  shall  not,  for  the  period of time prescribed in subdivision two of
this section, be applicable to or in any way  affect  any  of  the  lots
shown and delineated on such subdivision plat.
  2.  If  at  the  time  of  the filing of the subdivision plat or first
section thereof referred to in subdivision one of this section there was
in the city:
  (a) both a zoning ordinance or local law and a planning  board  vested
with authority to approve subdivision plats, then the exemption provided
for in subdivision one of this section shall apply for a period of three
years after the filing of the approved subdivision plat or first section
thereof; or
  (b)  a  zoning  ordinance or local law in effect in the city but there
was no planning board in said city  vested  with  authority  to  approve
subdivision plats, then the exemption provided for in subdivision one of
this  section  shall apply for a period of two years after the filing of
the approved subdivision plat or first section thereof; or
  (c) no zoning ordinance or local law in  the  city  but  there  was  a
planning  board vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, then
the exemption provided for in subdivision  one  of  this  section  shall
apply  for  a  period  of  two  years  after  the filing of the approved
subdivision plat or first section thereof; or
  (d) no zoning ordinance or local law in the city and no planning board
vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, then  the  exemption
provided for in subdivision one of this section shall apply for a period
of  one  year  after the filing of the subdivision plat or first section
thereof.