Changes to S.I. special districts: What to know ahead of public meeting Updated Jan 23, 2021; Facebook Share DCP says the new zoning amendments would remove the need for homeowners to wade through some of the city’s tedious and expensive approval processes to make renovations to a home that exists in any of Staten Island’s three special districts -- Special Hillsides Preservation District, Special Natural Area District and Special South Richmond Development District. However, South Shore residents expressed outrage at a Community Board 3 meeting in 2019 about the initial proposal’s req...