The neighborhood is zoned primarily for manufacturing, and a zoning change will be necessary to allow apartments.

Zoning laws in most municipalities do not allow accessory apartments in single-family homes.

The current zoning, for example, would not allow assisted housing, a suite hotel, a self-storage facility or three-bedroom apartments.

We can change our zoning code to allow high-rise apartments.

The proposal would then allow large families in one- or two-bedroom apartments to move into the larger ones.

A vast majority are illegal: most suburbs do not allow apartments in neighborhoods zoned for single-family houses.

Another would allow accessory apartments - often called mother-in-law apartments - in new houses.

New Paltz is one of the few communities that allows accessory apartments in new construction.

The Town of Babylon allows accessory apartments, but not everyone bothers with getting a permit.

The growing older adult population in the suburbs is putting increasing pressure on communities to allow accessory apartments.