For the purposes of this chapter, the Town/Village
of East Rochester is hereby divided into the following districts,
which are referred to in this chapter by the abbreviations indicated:
Residential District
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R-1-70
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Residential District
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R-1-48
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Planned Development District
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PD
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Townhouse Residential District
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TR
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General Commercial District
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GC
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Limited Commercial District
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LC
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Mixed Commercial/Industrial District
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C/I
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Industrial District
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I
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The boundaries of all zone districts set forth
in this chapter shall be shown on a map bearing the date of adoption.
Said map shall be filed in the office of the Town/Village Clerk-Treasurer
and shall hereafter be the official Zoning Map of the Town/Village
of East Rochester. Such map, and any amendments thereto, is hereby
declared to be a part of this chapter pursuant to the Village Law
of the State of New York. Prints of the Zone District Map shall be
made available to the public upon request.
A.Â
A district name or letter or letter-number combination
shown on the Zone District Map indicates that the regulations pertaining
to the district designated by that name or letter, or letter-number
combination, extend throughout the whole area in the Town/Village
bounded by the district boundary lines within which such name, letter
or letter-number combination is shown or indicated, except as otherwise
provided by this section.
B.Â
Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries
of the various districts as shown on the Zone District Map, the following
rules shall apply:
(1)Â
Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately
following the center lines of streets or highways, street lines or
highway right-of-way lines, such center lines, street lines or highway
right-of-way lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.
(2)Â
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they
approximately follow lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed
to be said boundaries.
(3)Â
Where district boundaries are so indicated that they
are approximately parallel to the center lines or street lines of
streets or the center lines or right-of-way lines of highways, such
district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and
at such distance therefrom as indicated on the Zone District Map.
If no distance is given, such dimension shall be determined by the
use of the scale shown on the Zone District Map.
(4)Â
Where the boundary of a district follows a railroad
line, such boundary shall be deemed to be located in the middle of
the main tracks of said railroad line.
(5)Â
Where the boundary of a district follows a stream,
lake or other body of water, said boundary line shall be deemed to
be at the limit of the jurisdiction of the Town/Village, unless otherwise
indicated.
Schedules I and I-a, delineating area, lot and
bulk requirements, are hereby made a part of this chapter.[1] The regulations included in said schedules are hereby
established as minimum regulations of this chapter. Municipal facilities
deemed necessary and appropriate by the Town/Village Board of Trustees
are hereby exempted from such area and bulk requirements.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedules I and I-a are included
as attachments to this chapter.