§1-05 Zoning Calendar (BZ)

All applications must be made on the BZ Form and must be accompanied by all the information required by such form and related instructions.

All applications must be filed within thirty (30) days from the date of the determination by the Commissioner of Buildings, any borough commissioner of the Department of Buildings or authorized representative, or the Commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services or authorized representative.

Within sixty (60) days after receipt of an application, the affected community board may hold a public hearing and submit a written recommendation on such application to the Board, or may waive in writing the holding of a public hearing. If a borough board is involved, within thirty (30) days after the submission of a recommendation or waiver by every community board in which the subject property is located, or after expiration of the time allowed for such community boards to act, the borough board may hold a public hearing and submit a written recommendation to this Board or may waive a public hearing. In accordance with §1-10.6 of these Rules, the community board(s) (and borough board, if applicable), will be deemed to have received an application on the day of personal delivery or five (5) calendar days after the date of the mailing of the application.  Following receipt of a recommendation or waiver from the affected community board(s) (and borough board, if applicable), or following the expiration of the time period for their review, the Board will hold a public hearing on the application and make a decision. The Board may, in its discretion, include in the record the recommendations of the affected community board(s) and borough board even if the recommendations are received after the applicable time period has expired.

The applicant must obtain names of affected property owners entitled to the hearing notice pursuant to §§1-05.6 or 1-06.5(a)(2) of these Rules from the City Register. In all cases, the applicant must submit the list to the Board, and the list must show the names of the actual property owners with legal title, rather than mortgagees.

If, at any time, an applicant provides the Board with a revised application and/or additional submissions, within three (3) days of providing such materials to the Board, the applicant must submit a copy of the revised application and/or additional submissions to the affected community board(s) (and borough board, if applicable), affected borough president, affected city council member, and the City Planning Commission. The applicant must submit a cover letter to the Board identifying the contents of the revisions and/or additional submissions and note the entities which have been forwarded a copy of such materials, as required by this Section.  If, after the community board's sixty (60) day review period, the applicant makes a substantial revision to the application, the Board, in its discretion, may consider any additional recommendations by the affected community board(s) (and borough board, if applicable), affected borough president, affected city council member, and the City Planning Commission, provided that the recommendations are related to the subject revisions and are submitted to the Board before the hearing is closed.