The Greenbelt NCOZ  includes the historic Greenbelt co-op residential community, the Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt Library, Greenbelt Community Center, the forest preserve, Buddy Attick Lake Park, and houses and apartments near the historic core.

It overlays properties zoned AG (Agriculture and Preservation), RR (Residential, Rural), RSF-65 (Residential, Single-Family-65), RSF-A (residential, Single-Family Attached), RMF-20 (Residential, Multifamily-20), and CGO (Commercial, General and Office). The new Zoning Ordinance, including the Greenbelt Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Zone, took effect April 1, 2022.