Zara F. Fernandes, Associate - Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP Attorney

Practice Area

Real Estate

Practice Description

Real Estate, Land Use, Zoning

Education

B.A., 1999 New York University
J.D., 2004 Brooklyn Law School

Admissions

2005 New York

Affiliations

New York State Bar Association (Real Property Law Section)
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Land Use Planning and Zoning)
Young Lawyers Division of the UJA Federation of New York (Member, Leadership Committee)

Background

Prior to joining Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, Ms. Fernandes was an associate at Sheldon Lobel, P.C. where her practice focused on land use, zoning and general real property law. She represented real estate developers, local businesses, not-for-profits, national corporations and homeowners in a variety of real estate, land use and zoning matters, including securing zoning and land use relief for clients from the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals and the New York City Planning Commission. Her work included seeing applications through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) and presenting matters at public hearings to community boards, borough presidents, the New York City Planning Commission and the New York City Council. In addition, Ms. Fernandes assisted clients with obtaining approvals from the New York City Department of Buildings, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York City Fire Department and other New York City agencies for development projects within the five boroughs. She also worked on a variety of real estate transactional matters, including transfers of real property and cooperative apartments, and the drafting of easement agreements, restrictive declarations and agreements.

Illustrative Matters

Client	Description
Business Owner	Zoning map amendment from the City Planning Commission to establish a C2-3 overlay within an R3-2 zoning district to permit an existing commercial use to exist as-of-right.
Property Owner	Special permit pursuant to Zoning Resolution Section 74-781 from the City Planning Commission to permit a Use Group 6 on the ground floor and cellar of a building located within an M1-5B zoning district.
Real Estate Developer	Certification from the City Planning Commission pursuant to Zoning Resolution Sections 62-711 (Waterfront Public Access and Visual Corridors) and 62-712 (Zoning Lot Subdivision) in connection with a proposed residential development consisting of sixteen three-family homes on six proposed zoning lots.
Business Owner	Application to the Department of City Planning for a zoning map amendment to rezone a City block from a C8-2 zoning district to an R6 and R6/C2-4 zoning district.
Real Estate Developer	Waiver from the Board of Standards and Appeals pursuant to Section 35 of the General City Law to permit the construction of seven two- and three-family homes within the bed of a mapped street.
Business Owner	Application to the Board of Standards and Appeals for a special permit pursuant to Zoning Resolution Section 73-36 to permit a Physical Culture Establishment to operate on the ground floor and cellar of a building within a C6-2/C6-2M zoning district.
Real Estate Developer	Waiver from the Board of Standards and Appeals pursuant to Section 36 of the General City Law to permit the construction of four two-family homes not fronting an officially mapped street.