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Council accepts DOZ SDGEIS as complete, schedules March 10 public hearing on downtown zoning updates
Summary
Council accepted the supplemental draft GEIS for New Rochelle's Downtown Overlay Zone and directed a public hearing March 10; staff said no unmitigated adverse impacts were identified and estimated roughly $20.8 million in fair-share mitigation revenue from proposed residential development.
The City Council's Committee of the Whole accepted the supplemental draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SDGEIS) covering proposed amendments to New Rochelle's Downtown Overlay Zone and directed that the draft go to public review and a public hearing on March 10, 2026.
Kevin Kane, Director of Planning and Sustainability, and the city's consultant explained the zoning changes and technical-development-scenario (TDS) adjustments that staff say are intended to add "missing middle" housing, focus retail to primary retail corridors and refine bonuses and fees to generate community benefits. Kane described a cross-hatch expansion of the D01 boundary with a 28-story cap at the periphery and a minimum 60,000-square-foot threshold to qualify for Development Standard 3 where…
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