The following uses are permitted:
The following uses may be permitted pursuant to a special use
permit issued by the Planning Board:
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Any tax parcel, contiguous tax parcels under single ownership
or contiguous tax parcels proposed to be developed as a unit. For
the purpose of this section, each tax parcel shall be identified by
the Tax Map of the Town of Pittsford dated January 13, 1986, and single
ownership shall be determined by deeds filed as of January 13, 1986.
It is the express intent of this article that no parcel as defined
herein may be changed or reconfigured after January 13, 1986, for
the purposes of applying or avoiding the restrictions of this article.
All residential development applications shall be processed
by the Planning Board pursuant to the provisions of § 278
of the Town Law. As part of that process, the Planning Board shall,
at a minimum, apply the limitations and conditions of this article.
Each parcel may be developed at a density of 1.7 residential
dwelling units per acre, subject to the following limitations and
conditions:
A.
Development site. Residential dwelling units shall be developed on
a maximum of 70% of the land within the parcel.
B.
Site capacity. The maximum allowable dwelling units that may be built
on said development site shall be determined by the site capacity
calculation worksheet, as required by the Town's Subdivision Regulations.
C.
Permanent rural conservation site. A minimum of 30% of the land within
the parcel shall be permanently designated as rural conservation and
shall be so designated on the Official Zoning Map.
(1)
The selection of land within a parcel to be designated as rural conservation
shall be made by the applicant and subject to the approval of the
Planning Board based on the following criteria:
(a)
Preservation of existing farms.
(b)
Appropriateness of land for agricultural use.
(c)
Appropriateness of land for recreational use.
(d)
Preservation of environmentally sensitive lands.
(e)
Inappropriateness of land for development.
(f)
Location and availability of roads, utilities and other services.
(g)
Location of other rural conservation land.
(h)
Location of other development sites.
(2)
Rural conservation lands may be held in private ownership or dedicated
to the Town.
(3)
Land designated as rural conservation shall be limited to the following
uses:
(a)
Agriculture, to include the growing of crops, and accessory agricultural uses. No livestock farming shall be permitted, but nothing contained herein shall prevent the keeping of horses in privately owned rural conservation land in accordance with § 185-116 as permitted by this chapter, including pasturage, but no structures other than fences, as permitted by this chapter, may be erected thereon.
(b)
Dedicated park and recreation area.
(c)
Open space.
A.
Where rural conservation sites result from the application or SRAA
zoning requirements, or are otherwise existing, and which are not
dedicated to the Town, they shall be described in a conservation easement
executed by the owner and delivered to the Town. The Department of
Public Works may not grant final approval to any development plans
until the conservation easement is received by the Town.
B.
The conservation easement shall describe the rural conservation site
in metes and bounds and shall include the statement: "This tract or
parcel of land is a rural conservation site subject to the provisions
of the Town of Pittsford Zoning Law substantially restricting its
use."
C.
The conservation easement shall be recorded by the Town in the Monroe
County Clerk's office.
The maximum permitted height of any structure is 30 feet, except
that chimneys attached to such structure may extend five feet above
the highest point of the structure.
