FAQ about Yonkers Zoning Board of Appeals

Overview

The Zoning Board of Appeals is a seven-member board appointed by the Mayor. The Board hears petitions for area and use variances from the Zoning Ordinance along with appeals from the interpretation of the Commissioner of Buildings. Meetings are usually held on the third Wednesday of each month in City Hall at 6 pm All applications to the Board must be filed at least 22 days prior to the meeting and are filed and processed in the Department of Housing and Buildings. The agenda is prepared by the Building Department and is published in the required newspapers.

Chapter 43 of the Yonkers City Code is the Zoning code that this board is supposed to use to determine if variances are to be granted. 

Yonkers Zoning Board of Appeals Members, and when their term expires. Anyone can request to be appointed, but the Mayor chooses who to send to the City Council for approval. This is the most important board in the City because in the past few years, they have given large developers every variance requested, no matter the cost to the residents and taxpayers of the City of Yonkers. The link to the ZBA web page is https://www.yonkersny.gov/872/Zoning-Board-of-Appeals

Members of the ZBA

• Wilson Kimball, Chair
  Term Ends: November 26, 2025
• Christian Gjelaj, Member
  Term Ends: December 31, 2025
• Harry Singh, Member
  Term Ends: December 31, 2025
• Ralph Battista, Jr., Member
  Term Ends: January 21, 2026
• Alfred C. Vasso Jr., Member
  Term Ends: December 31, 2025
• Hector Lopez, Member
  Term Ends: January 18, 2026 
• Jean M Tickell, Member
  Term Ends: December 31, 2024

HISTORY

Chapter 42 of the City Code was adopted by the City Council of the City of Yonkers 9-19-2000 by Ord. No. 4-2000. Amendments noted where applicable.

Table 43-1: Schedule of Use Regulations link

Table 43-2: List of Use Regulations by District link

Table 43-3: Schedule of Dimensional Regulations link

Table 43-4: Schedule of Parking Requirements link

Table 43-5: Schedule of Loading Space Requirements link

Schedule A: Stormwater Management Practices Acceptable for Water Quality link

Schedule B: Sample Stormwater Control Facility Maintenance Agreement link

Table 43-6: Schedule of Principal Uses and UR-HD Accessory Uses link

Table 43-7: Schedule of Accessory Uses link

Table 43-8: Dimensional Standards for D-MX and D-IRT Districts link

Table 43-9: Dimensional Standards for UR-LE, UR-MD and UR-HD Districts link

Table 43-10: Downtown Parking and Loading Ratios link

Map A: Key Streets link

Map B: Height District Map link

Map C: Additional Sidewalk Width Requirement Map link

Map D: Districts link

Map E: South Broadway District link

Attachment 18 – Map F. L-MX District Map link

Attachment 19 – Map G. L-MX Heights District Map link

Attachment 20 – Map H. L-MX Sidewalk Curb-to-Building Minimum link

The Remaining 2025 ZBA Meeting Schedule

• Wednesday, May 21 
• Wednesday, June 18  
• Wednesday, July 16 
• Wednesday, July 16  
• No August Meeting ___
• Wednesday, September 17  
• Wednesday, October 15 
• Wednesday, November  
• No December Meeting

Call to Engage with ZBA

Hopefully Yonkers Residents will realize the danger that this board presents to the working families of the City of Yonkers! In a very short number of years, these young families will not be able to afford to live in our city. Busy young families do not get an opportunity to attend these meetings and only find out the effects of these decisions years after they are made when construction begins. Only then do people become aware that these out-of-character and over-sized developments were approved, much of it funded buy bonds that City issues through the Yonkers IDA with moneys guarenteed and supplied by the taxes we pay.