The City of Kingston's Form-Based Zoning Code

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A sketch shows an imagined new building on a parking lot in Midtown Kingston.

The City of Kingston’s zoning code, called Kingston Forward, is a form-based code that regulates the location, design, alteration, occupancy, and use of structures and the use of land. It is designed to make it easier to develop in Kingston while protecting what makes our City so unique. The code was adopted on August 2, 2023.

Some noteworthy priorities:

  • Diversify housing types, prices, and locations
  • Introduce new mandates and incentives for affordable housing
  • Design streets for everyone, not just cars
  • End minimum parking requirements in all transects to make development more feasible and encourage a more walkable City
  • Allow adaptive reuse of existing buildings
  • Legalize accessory dwelling units (ADUs) Citywide
  • Legalize neighborhood businesses and mixed-use development as had been common prior to the adoption of the 1960s zoning code
  • Ensure that new development contributes to the City’s historic urban form.

Read the press release on the adoption of the form-based code here.

* To see the previous version of this page that describes the process leading up to adoption, see: engagekingston.com/kingston-forward-archive *




To access the Form-Based Code and its included Regulating Maps, please access the Online Zoning Portal to the right. A PDF version may also be found here.


The City of Kingston’s zoning code, called Kingston Forward, is a form-based code that regulates the location, design, alteration, occupancy, and use of structures and the use of land. It is designed to make it easier to develop in Kingston while protecting what makes our City so unique. The code was adopted on August 2, 2023.

Some noteworthy priorities:

  • Diversify housing types, prices, and locations
  • Introduce new mandates and incentives for affordable housing
  • Design streets for everyone, not just cars
  • End minimum parking requirements in all transects to make development more feasible and encourage a more walkable City
  • Allow adaptive reuse of existing buildings
  • Legalize accessory dwelling units (ADUs) Citywide
  • Legalize neighborhood businesses and mixed-use development as had been common prior to the adoption of the 1960s zoning code
  • Ensure that new development contributes to the City’s historic urban form.

Read the press release on the adoption of the form-based code here.

* To see the previous version of this page that describes the process leading up to adoption, see: engagekingston.com/kingston-forward-archive *




To access the Form-Based Code and its included Regulating Maps, please access the Online Zoning Portal to the right. A PDF version may also be found here.


Have a question about how to use the City of Kingston's Form-Based Code? Feel free to ask it here!

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    How do I find out how a particular address is zoned? In particular, 340 Broadway Kingston, NY

    Theresa asked 29 days ago

    Hi Theresa,

    To find the zoning designation for any parcel, go to: https://map.gridics.com/us/ny/kingston-adopted and search by property address or SBL. This property is in a T5 - Main Street transect.

    Thanks,

    Bartek 

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    Does this code supercede previous code? for example, setbacks?

    PatJoe asked about 2 months ago

    Hi Patjoe,

    Yes, the new code completely replaces the City's previous zoning code. There are transitional provisions for site plans that were submitted under the previous zoning code, but those are the exception. If you'd like to discuss further, please feel free to reach out. Thanks, Bartek

Page last updated: 22 Sep 2023, 10:20 AM