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B-1 Commercial Districts image/svg+xml

It is the principal purpose of the B-1 and B-2 Commercial Districts to provide for businesses that meet the local day-to-day shopping and service needs of residents and visitors that draw from neighborhood and regional populations, in a manner that is compatible with surrounding uses and supports the desired visual character of the Town. These districts are appropriately located along major transportation corridors and within areas served by public infrastructure and that can be adequately buffered from adjacent residential neighborhoods.
For complete information, see Article VI: B Commercial Districts.  

B-2 Commercial Districts image/svg+xml

It is the principal purpose of the B-1 and B-2 Commercial Districts to provide for businesses that meet the local day-to-day shopping and service needs of residents and visitors that draw from neighborhood and regional populations, in a manner that is compatible with surrounding uses and supports the desired visual character of the Town. These districts are appropriately located along major transportation corridors and within areas served by public infrastructure and that can be adequately buffered from adjacent residential neighborhoods.
For complete information, see Article VI: B Commercial Districts.  

I Industrial Districts image/svg+xml

The purpose of the Industrial Districts is to provide locations intended to remain primarily industrial in nature and conserve industrial zoned land for future industrial uses while allowing for limited nonindustrial activities that are accessory or complementary to existing and future industrial uses within the district. The Industrial District is intended primarily for low-impact industrial uses. These uses typically require ready access to transportation routes and may require special attention to provide adequate fire and emergency services, water and wastewater treatment. The activities in these districts are typically conducted indoors, and any impacts are generally confined within buildings and to the property. As such, these industrial uses can often be located adjacent to compatible nonindustrial uses, with appropriate buffers as necessary. These districts may include ancillary industrial support businesses and services, including, but not limited to, offices and some degree of commercial sales and services.
For complete information, see Article VIII: I Industrial Districts.  

ILCD Industrial/Limited Commercial Districts image/svg+xml
MUEC Mixed-Use Employment Center Overlay District image/svg+xml

The Mixed-Use Employment Center Overlay District is intended to provide a desirable mix of compatible uses that offers a variety of low-impact, office/light industrial/high-technology employment opportunities with nearby housing options for people who want to live near their workplace and necessary services. This overlay district encourages the development and expansion of office and high-technology-based businesses, many related to research and development of products and services often associated with institutions of higher education, such as nearby Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Commercial services and multiple-dwelling housing are intended to support these uses in a well-planned and attractively developed suburban setting where open space and environmentally sensitive resources are preserved as site amenities. Residences are intended to be within reasonable walking distances to local businesses, employment, recreational and civic uses. This mix of uses may be developed over time as Master-Planned mixed-use developments.

Note: Because of the complex nature of the mixed use overlay districts they may be viewed as both zoning districts and overlay districts.

See § 295-34.1B for overlay locations and boundaries.
Mixed-use overlay districts are superimposed over the existing underlying zoning districts and do not replace the underlying zoning districts. Instead, both the overlay districts and the underlying zoning districts exist and apply simultaneously to the lands over which they are zoned. A parcel within a mixed-use overlay district may be developed either as a mixed use in accordance with this article, or otherwise in accordance with the underlying zoning district regulations, but not both.

For complete information, see Article IXA: Mixed-Use Overlay Districts.  

MURA Mixed-Use Redevelopment Area Overlay District image/svg+xml

The intent of the Mixed-Use Redevelopment Area Overlay District is to provide opportunities for the redevelopment of existing vacant, underutilized and single-use properties in areas of potential transition from single-use commercial and industrial properties into more vibrant mixed-use neighborhoods. This overlay district is intended to encourage medium- to large-scale mixed-use and multi-use redevelopment at higher densities of residential, office, retail and entertainment uses than would otherwise be allowed by the underlying zoning district(s). These neighborhoods are envisioned as active areas in a pedestrian-oriented, walkable environment. These areas are typically served by public transit, which affords residents, business patrons, and visitors the ability to reduce reliance on personal vehicles.
 
The Mixed-Use Redevelopment Area allows for the integration of residential and nonresidential uses with a compatible mix of businesses and multiple-dwelling housing opportunities of various styles and densities. Development opportunities shall provide for compatible and complementary retail, office, employment and entertainment uses with residential uses using greater design flexibility than allowed by the underlying zoning districts. The consolidation of small vacant and underutilized parcels into viable mixed-use development is encouraged.
 
Note: Because of the complex nature of the mixed use overlay districts they may be viewed as both zoning districts and overlay districts.

See § 295-34.1B for overlay locations and boundaries.
Mixed-use overlay districts are superimposed over the existing underlying zoning districts and do not replace the underlying zoning districts. Instead, both the overlay districts and the underlying zoning districts exist and apply simultaneously to the lands over which they are zoned. A parcel within a mixed-use overlay district may be developed either as a mixed use in accordance with this article, or otherwise in accordance with the underlying zoning district regulations, but not both.

For complete information, see Article IXA: Mixed-Use Overlay Districts.  

MURC Mixed-Use Redevelopment Corridor Overlay District image/svg+xml

The Mixed-Use Redevelopment Corridor Overlay District is intended to provide opportunities for property owners to reinvest, redevelop and upgrade their businesses and properties along well-established, high-volume transportation corridors in a manner that is not allowed by the underlying zoning districts. This overlay district is intended to encourage a desirable mix of compatible, small-to-medium neighborhood-scale land uses along highly traveled transportation corridors where the variety of services and the appearance of properties contribute to the character of adjacent residential neighborhoods. This overlay district is intended to encourage reinvestment in neighborhood businesses and properties by providing for a more pedestrian-friendly atmosphere, including sidewalks, enhanced streetscapes within the public right-of-way, and extensive use of well-designed landscaping of commercial properties.

Note: Because of the complex nature of the mixed use overlay districts they may be viewed as both zoning districts and overlay districts.

See § 295-34.1B for overlay locations and boundaries.
Mixed-use overlay districts are superimposed over the existing underlying zoning districts and do not replace the underlying zoning districts. Instead, both the overlay districts and the underlying zoning districts exist and apply simultaneously to the lands over which they are zoned. A parcel within a mixed-use overlay district may be developed either as a mixed use in accordance with this article, or otherwise in accordance with the underlying zoning district regulations, but not both.

For complete information, see Article IXA: Mixed-Use Overlay Districts.  

PCD Planned Commercial Districts image/svg+xml

The regulations for Planned Commercial Districts (PCD) are intended to provide for the grouping of buildings that will constitute a convenient, efficient shopping center and/or office center designed as a planned and harmonious unit. A specific intent is to provide commercial areas designed to handle large traffic volumes and for well-planned commercial uses which serve the motoring public, users of mass transit and pedestrians. It is the specific intent to prohibit uses and designs that would be detrimental or inharmonious to adjoining districts, particularly residential districts, or those that would be detrimental to the orderly flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
For complete information, see § 295-20: PCD Planned Commercial Districts.

PUD Planned Unit Development Districts image/svg+xml

It is the intent of this article to provide flexible land use and design regulations through the use of performance criteria so that small- to large-scale neighborhoods or portions thereof may be developed within the Town which incorporate a variety of residential types and nonresidential uses and contain both individual building sites and common property which are planned and developed as a unit. Such a planned unit is to be designed and organized so as to be capable of satisfactory use and operation as a separate entity without necessarily needing the participation of other building sites or other common property in order to function as a neighborhood. This article specifically encourages innovation in residential development so that the growing demands for housing at all economic levels may be met by a greater variety in type, design and siting of dwellings and by the conservation and more efficient use of land in such developments.

This article recognizes that, while the standard zoning function (use and bulk) and the subdivision function (platting and design) are appropriate for the regulation of land use in areas or neighborhoods which are already substantially developed, these controls represent a type of preregulation, regulatory rigidity and uniformity which may be inimical to the techniques of land development contained in the planned unit development concept. Further, this article recognizes that a rigid set of space requirements along with bulk and use specifications would frustrate the application of this concept. Thus, where planned unit development techniques are deemed appropriate through the rezoning of land to a planned unit development district by the Town Board, the set of use and dimensional specifications elsewhere in this chapter are herein replaced by an approval process in which an approved plan becomes the basis for continuing land use controls.
For complete information, see Article IX: PUD Planned Unit Development Districts.  

R-1-15 Residential Districts image/svg+xml

It is the principal purpose and intent of the residential districts in this article to provide opportunities for residential development patterns of varying lot sizes and density, to accommodate different suburban and rural residential lifestyles to meet the housing needs of current and future residents. The R-1 Districts are intended for primarily single-family development, with varying lot sizes.
For complete information, see Article V: R Residential Districts.  

R-1-20 Residential Districts image/svg+xml

It is the principal purpose and intent of the residential districts in this article to provide opportunities for residential development patterns of varying lot sizes and density, to accommodate different suburban and rural residential lifestyles to meet the housing needs of current and future residents. The R-1 Districts are intended for primarily single-family development, with varying lot sizes. 
For complete information, see Article V: R Residential Districts.  

R-2-15 Residential Districts image/svg+xml

It is the principal purpose and intent of the residential districts in this article to provide opportunities for residential development patterns of varying lot sizes and density, to accommodate different suburban and rural residential lifestyles to meet the housing needs of current and future residents. The R-2 Districts are intended for primarily single-family and multiple-family development and are the primary zones where traditional multiple-dwelling developments can occur.
For complete information, see Article V: R Residential Districts.  

RR Rural Residential District image/svg+xml

It is the principal purpose and intent of the residential districts in this article to provide opportunities for residential development patterns of varying lot sizes and density, to accommodate different suburban and rural residential lifestyles to meet the housing needs of current and future residents. The RR District is intended primarily for agricultural and low-density rural residential lifestyles that encourage the maintenance and preservation of farmland, open spaces, natural resources, and rural character. Agricultural uses are permitted in all residential districts (as indicated herein) although the RR District is specifically designed to better accommodate agriculture and is the predominant zone south of the New York State Thruway in what has traditionally been the agricultural/rural portion of Town.

Purpose and intent.
(1) The purpose of the Rural Residential (RR) District is to support creative, low-impact development patterns and land uses that conserve natural resources and agricultural lands primarily in the area of Town south of the New York State Thruway, while enhancing the quality of life for residents.
(2) The District is established to:
(a) Maintain the rural quality of life evident in this area;
(b) Provide and maintain large, contiguous areas of land to promote and support ongoing agricultural uses and activities, provide animal habitat and protect important natural resources through site design; and
(c) Allow for development at a medium-to-low density on a range of lot sizes.
For complete information, see § 295-10.1: Rural Residential District.