City of Rochester, NY U-R Urban Renewal District

In the sections of the U-R District designated as CCD, all of the requirements of the CCD shall apply except as follows:

Permitted uses and structures.

Industrial uses shall be restricted to the following:

Research and testing laboratories, but excluding biotechnology, genetic and gene research;

Corporate headquarters and offices;

Manufacture, processing and assembly of: communications equipment, data processing equipment and software, electronic systems, components and accessories, professional, scientific and control instruments, office systems and equipment, photographic and imaging equipment and systems, optics, surgical, medical and dental instruments, appliances and products.

Norton Street Urban Renewal District.

In the sections of the U-R District designated on the Zoning Map as M-1, all of the requirements of the M-1 shall apply except as follows:

Prohibited uses:

Any commercial uses allowed in the M-1 District.

Junkyards.

Waste centers.

Truck centers.

Animal care, including breeding, boarding and health care.

[6]

Vehicle repair.

[7]

Car washes.

Any nonmanufacturing establishments.

Special permit uses.

Technical and vocational schools providing job training programs.

Warehousing, storage and distribution establishments.

Business and government offices.

Manufacture of items and materials of the following:

Acetylene.

Asbestos products.

Cement, lime or gypsum.

Coke or charcoal.

Disinfectants, insecticides or poisons.

Ferrous or nonferrous metals.

[g]

Glass, from raw materials.

[h]

Matches, explosives, fireworks and other pyrotechnic devices.

[i]

Paint, shellac, varnish or enamel.

Paper or paper pulp.

Rubber or tires.

Soap.

Wine, beer, liquor or other alcoholic beverages.

[n]

Tobacco products.

[o]

Gas.

[p]

Metal foundries; metal stamping and forging.

[q]

Enameling, lacquering, galvanizing.

[r]

Batch mixing of cement; rock- and stone-crushing mills; lumber mills.

[s]

Food processing; dairy and soft drink bottling.

[t]

Slaughterhouses; tanneries; fat and tallow rendering.

[u]

Petroleum refineries; bulk fuel storage; distillation of petroleum, tar, coal, wood or bones.

[v]

Bus and railroad yards.

[w]

Construction equipment, sales, rental and storage yards.

[x]

Sewage treatment facilities.

[y]

Electric and steam generation facilities.

Lot, area and yard requirements.

Minimum front yard, building height is 15 feet: 10 feet.

Minimum front yard, building height is 15 to 30 feet: height of the building.

Minimum front yard.

Bastian Street: zero feet.

Norton Street: 10 to 30 feet from sidewalk easement.

Minimum side yard: five feet.

Maximum building height: 30 feet.

Ridgeway Urban Renewal District.

In the sections of the U-R District designated on the Zoning Map as M-1, all of the requirements of the M-1 shall apply except as follows:

Prohibited uses.

Junkyards and waste centers.

Vehicle repair, vehicle sales and rental, and car washes.

Warehousing, storage and distribution establishments.

Building materials storage and sales.

Construction equipment storage yards, including rental and sales of equipment.

[6]

Batch mixing of cement, concrete and asphalt.

[7]

Truck centers.

Personal wireless telecommunication facilities.

[9]

Manufacture of any of the following items or materials:

Acetylene.

Asbestos products.

Cement, lime or gypsum.

Coke or charcoal.

Disinfectants, insecticides or poisons.

Ferrous or nonferrous metals.

[g]

Glass, from raw materials.

[h]

Matches, explosives, fireworks and other pyrotechnic devices.

[i]

Paint, shellac, varnish or enamel.

Paper or paper pulp.

Rubber or tires.

Soap.

Wine, beer, liquor or other alcoholic beverages.

[n]

Tobacco products.

[o]

Gas.

[p]

Metal foundries; metal stamping and forging.

[q]

Enameling, lacquering, galvanizing.

[r]

Batch mixing of cement; rock- and stone-crushing mills; lumber mills.

[s]

Food processing; dairy and soft drink bottling.

[t]

Slaughterhouses; tanneries; fat and tallow rendering.

[u]

Petroleum refineries; bulk fuel storage; distillation of petroleum, tar, coal, wood or bones.

[v]

Bus and railroad yards.

[w]

Construction equipment, sales, rental and storage yards.

[x]

Sewage treatment facilities.

[y]

Electric and steam generation facilities.

[10]

Pawnbrokers.

Special permit uses.

Commercial uses and wholesale establishments whose goods are stored entirely indoors, subject to the additional standard that such uses are in conformance with the goals and objectives of the Urban Renewal District and the policies of the City for economic development and job creation, or when the Planning Commission finds that the use will provide a service to the manufacturing uses and/or their employees.

Trade or technical schools.

Day-care centers that serve industries within the district.

Minimum landscape buffer: 20 feet abutting a residential district boundary line.

St. Joseph's Area Urban Renewal District.

In the sections of the U-R District designated on the Zoning Map as CCD, all of the requirements of the CCD shall apply except as follows:

Maximum front yard. The first three stories or the first 50 feet of building height of all buildings shall comply with the following maximum yard requirements:

North Clinton Avenue: zero to five feet.

Pleasant Street: zero to 40 feet.

Franklin Court: N/A.

Other yards: N/A.

Washington Square Urban Renewal District.

In the sections of the U-R District designated on the Zoning Map as CCD, all of the requirements of the CCD shall apply except as follows:

Permitted uses shall be limited to:

Administrative offices, corporate headquarters and governmental offices.

Retail shopping establishments, as permitted in the CCD District.

Consumer service establishments, as permitted in the CCD District.

Business goods and service establishments.

Day-care centers.

[6]

Municipal parking garages.

Special permit uses.

None.

Lot, area and yard requirements.

Maximum front yard. Within the first three stories or the first 50 feet of building height, all buildings shall comply with the following maximum yard requirements:

South Clinton Avenue: zero to 20 feet for the first 100 feet from East Broad Street and Court Street; zero to 50 feet for the balance of the street frontage.

East Broad Street: zero to 20 feet.

Court Street: zero to 30 feet.

South Avenue: zero to 20 feet.

Bausch & Lomb Place: zero to 30 feet.

Woodbury Boulevard: zero to 15 feet.

Building standards. The following limitations and conditions apply to and must be complied with by all permitted and permissible uses.

Structures that abut Clinton Avenue shall have a major pedestrian entrance onto Clinton Avenue.

The primary entrance thresholds of all structures shall be flush with the abutting outdoor sidewalk elevations, and all other entrances shall not exceed grade elevations by more than 18 inches.

In any street yard of 30 feet or less, activities, attractions and/or an inviting environment directly linked to the adjacent public sidewalk shall be provided.

The building facades along South Clinton Avenue and Court Street between South Clinton Avenue and Bausch & Lomb Place (the realigned Stone Street) shall have fenestration with a total horizontal length equal to approximately 3/4 of the linear frontage of walls facing a street, consisting of glazing that is clear, see-through and nonreflective and having lower edges no higher than two feet above the building's first floor elevation and top edges no lower than seven feet above the building's first floor elevation.

No loading facility shall be permitted along South Clinton Avenue, Court Street, East Broad Street, South Avenue or St. Mary's Place.

Brooks Landing Urban Renewal District.

Land use areas. The District is divided into three land use areas which are comparable to zoning districts listed in the Rochester Zoning Code:

The Open Space land use area (O-S) located along the edge of the Genesee River will remain in City ownership as dedicated parkland.

The Neighborhood Commercial land use area (C-1) provides infill development and renovation opportunities on the west side of Genesee Street and nearly two acres of new commercial development opportunities on the east side of Genesee Street north of Brooks Avenue.

The Riverfront Commercial land use area (C-2) on the east side of Genesee Street south of Brooks Avenue will provide unique riverfront development opportunities.

Open Space Land Use. In the sections of the District designated on the Land Use Map as "O-S," all of the requirements of the O-S shall apply.

Neighborhood Commercial Land Use. The Neighborhood Commercial land use area is comparable to the C-1 Neighborhood Center District. In the sections of the District designated on the Land Use Map as “C-1,” all of the requirements of the C-1 shall apply, except as follows:

Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the Neighborhood Commercial land use area when conducted entirely within an enclosed building:

Dwelling units when part of a mixed-use development with other permitted commercial uses.

Public and semi-public uses.

Retail sales and services.

Offices open between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.

Bars, cocktail lounges and taverns operating between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.

Restaurants operating between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., including accessory outdoor seating/assembly areas but excluding drive-thru facilities.

Special permit uses:

Drive-thru services when attached to employee-occupied bank branch with indoor teller service.

Ancillary parking lots.

Lot, area and yard requirements. Lot, area and yard requirements shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-36 of the Rochester Zoning Code, except as follows:

Maximum lot coverage for new infill development shall be 95%.

Bulk requirements. Bulk requirements shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-37 of the Rochester Zoning Code, except as follows:

Minimum building height, principal use or structure: two stories or 18 feet.

Maximum building height, principal use or structure: three stories or 35 feet.

Maximum square footage, principal use: 8,000 square feet on the ground floor.

Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-173 Rochester Zoning Code, except as follows:

Parking lots shall have a maximum frontage of 50 feet.

Riverfront Commercial Land Use. The Riverfront Commercial land use area is comparable to the C-2 Neighborhood Center District. In the sections of the District designated on the Land Use Map as "C-2," all of the requirements of the C-2 shall apply, except as follows:

Permitted uses:

Multifamily dwellings.

Public and semi-public uses.

Retail sales and service when conducted in an entirely closed building.

Offices open between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.

Bars, cocktail lounges and taverns, including accessory outdoor seating and assembly areas.

Restaurants and banquet facilities, including accessory outdoor seating and assembly areas.

[g]

Hotels.

[h]

Ancillary parking lots.

[i]

Drive-through services, with up to two lanes, when attached to an employee-occupied financial institution with indoor teller service.

Lot, area and yard requirements. Lot, area and yard requirements shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-44 of the Rochester Zoning Code, except as follows:

Maximum front yard setback shall be zero to five feet, except for buildings that front on the river. Buildings that front on the river shall have a minimum setback of 30 feet and a maximum setback of 60 feet from the existing river wall or river edge, whichever is closer to the building.

Bulk requirements. Bulk requirements shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-45, except as follows:

Maximum building height, principal use or structure fronting on the river: five stories or 65 feet.

Minimum building height, principal use or structure: two stories or 20 feet.

Maximum square footage, principal use: N/A.

Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-173 of the Rochester Zoning Code, except as follows:

Parking shall not be permitted between a building and the sidewalk on the street, except for buildings that front on the river.

Parking shall not be permitted between a building and the riverfront.

Parking lots shall be screened from view from all directions.

Design guidelines and standards. Design guidelines and standards shall be subject to the provisions of Article XIX of the Rochester Zoning Code, with the following:

ADDITION: Any building fronting on the river shall have a facade facing the river of equal or near equal prominence to the facade facing the public street.

EXCEPTION to § 120-158A(1):[1] Any building fronting a river promenade shall have a facade with an active elevation facing the river. This active elevation shall include architectural features that enhance the pedestrian scale and experience of the building facade. Such elevations may or may not include windows and/or building entrances.

Editor's Note: See now § 120-158B(1).

Other requirements applying to all land use areas. Other requirements, including provisions regarding accessory uses and structures, air quality, dumpsters and refuse collection areas, fences and walls, floodplain regulations, landscaping buffers and screening, lighting, noise, off-street loading, off-street stacking requirements, outdoor storage, outdoor displays and signs, shall be subject to the provisions of Article XX of the Rochester Zoning Code.

Erie Canal Urban Renewal District.

Permitted uses:

Multi-purpose stadium with associated concessions, parking and pedestrian ways.

Offices.

Athletic fields.

Retail sales and service.

(e)

Restaurants, including accessory outdoor seating/assembly areas.

Lot and yard requirements.

Lot area requirements.

Minimum lot coverage: 80%.

Yard requirements.

Front yards:

Buildings: 20 feet.

Parking: 10 feet.

Patios/pedestrian ways: zero feet.

Yards abutting residential uses:

Buildings: 20 feet.

Parking: 10 feet, except where a solid screening wall at least six feet in height is placed on the lot line, in which case no setback shall be required.

Patios/pedestrian ways: 10 feet, except where a solid screening wall at least six feet in height is placed on the lot line, in which case no setback shall be required.

(3)

Fences. Fences in the district shall be subject to the requirements outlined in § 120-167 of the City Zoning Code, except for the following when along a street frontage:

Within the required front yard, fences must be decorative and limited to six feet in height.

Behind the required front yard, fences are limited to six feet in height.

(4)

Off-street parking.

Parking lots in the district shall be subject to the parking lot landscaping requirements outlined in § 120-173F(2) of the City Zoning Code.

Parking lots in the district shall be subject to the parking lot design standards outlined in § 120-173F(3) of the City Zoning Code.

(5)

Signs. Signage for the district shall be subject to the alternate sign program as outlined in § 120-177K of the City Zoning Code, except that signs facing toward the interior of the site located on concession buildings and nonpermanent signs located on the playing surface level shall be permitted without requiring a certificate of zoning compliance.

(6)

Additional requirements. Development in the Erie Canal Urban Renewal District shall be subject to the requirements applying to all districts outlined in Article XX of the City Zoning Code, except for fences, off-street parking and signs which are regulated in Subsection M(3), (4) and (5) above

(7)

Exceptions. Development in the Erie Canal Urban Renewal District shall not be subject to the Citywide design guidelines and standards listed in Article XIX of the City Zoning Code.

La Marketa North Clinton Avenue Urban Renewal District.

All of the requirements of the C-2 Zoning District shall apply except as follows:

Permitted uses:

Public and semipublic uses.

Retail sales and service.

Health clubs and similar facilities.

Offices.

(e)

Bars, cocktail lounges and taverns, including accessory outdoor seating/assembly areas provided the outdoor areas only operate between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.

(f)

Restaurants and banquet facilities, including accessory outdoor seating/assembly areas provided the outdoor areas only operate between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.

(g)

Mixed uses.

(h)

Dwelling units when part of a mixed-use development on the second story or above.

(i)

Limited entertainment, not including sexually oriented uses.

(j)

In any public or semipublic plaza, open space or community gathering space: public entertainment, festivals, neighborhood parties, and other events that are either sponsored by the City or a community organization or issued a special event permit.

Special permit uses:

Amusement centers.

Public entertainment not including sexually oriented uses, subject to the additional requirements for specified uses in § 120-137 of the Rochester Zoning Code.

(3)

Lot, area and yard requirements. Lot, area and yard requirements shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-44 of the Rochester Zoning Code except as follows:

Parcel I, front yards. Maximum front yard setback:

North Clinton Avenue: N/A.

Hoeltzer Street: N/A.

Sullivan Street: N/A.

(4)

Bulk requirements. Bulk requirements shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-45 of the Rochester Zoning Code except as follows:

Maximum building height, principal use or structure: three stories or 35 feet.

Parcel I, Minimum building height: 30% of building; 20 feet.

Maximum square footage:

Principal use: N/A.

Structure: N/A.

(5)

Design guidelines and standards. Design guidelines and standards shall be subject to the provisions of Article XIX of the Rochester Zoning Code except as follows:

Parcel I, exception to §§ 120-158A(1)[2] and 120-159B(3). Any building facade facing Sullivan Street or Hoeltzer Street shall have an active building elevation which may or may not include windows and or building entrances. Where such facade does not comply with the window transparency requirement in § 120-159B(3), such facade must be set back from the street with a minimum ten-foot landscaped front yard.

Editor's Note: See now § 120-158B(1).

(6)

Fences and walls. Fences and walls requirements shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-167 of the Rochester Zoning Code except as follows:

No fence shall exceed three feet in height, except where it abuts a residential district where such fence or wall shall not exceed six feet in height.

(7)

Off-street parking. Off street parking shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-173 of the Rochester Zoning Code except as follows:

Required parking spaces:

Minimum number of parking spaces: N/A.

Maximum number of parking spaces: N/A.

No parking shall be permitted between a building and the sidewalk on the street within a building's street frontage.

In Parcel I, accessory parking shall be located at the rear (east side) of the parcel.

(8)

Signs. Signs shall be subject to the provisions of § 120-177 of the Rochester Zoning Code except as follows:

The owner may submit an alternative sign program which shall be subject only to site plan review by the Manager of Zoning.

(9)

Other requirements. Other requirements, including provisions regarding accessory uses and structures, air quality, dumpsters and refuse collection areas, floodplain regulations, landscaping buffers and screening, lighting, noise, off-street loading, off-street stacking requirements and outdoor storage, shall be subject to the provisions of Article XX of the Rochester Zoning Code.

Midtown Urban Renewal District.

Land use regulations.

Development within the Midtown Urban Renewal District will be regulated by the Center City District (CCD) zoning. All of the requirements of the CCD contained in the Rochester Zoning Code shall apply, except proposed demolition is not subject to the requirements of § 120-65B.

The current zoning allows for a mix of uses within the district, most of which are consistent with the revitalization of the project area. Uses allowed in the Center City District but prohibited in the Midtown Urban Renewal District shall include:

Warehousing and distribution, unless accessory to the principal use of the property;

Rooming houses;

Recycling centers; and

Vehicle repair.

Development shall be guided by the design principles outlined in Exhibit D of the Amended Midtown Urban Renewal Plan.

Dewey-Driving Park Urban Renewal District.

North Area. Land uses within the North Area of the Dewey-Driving Park Urban Renewal District will be regulated by the C-1 Neighborhood Center District Zoning.

Uses allowed in the C-1 Neighborhood Center District but prohibited in the Dewey-Driving Park Urban Renewal District shall include:

Attached single-family dwellings;

Bed-and-breakfast establishments;

Places of worship; and

Convents and rectories.

Uses specially permitted in the C-1 Neighborhood Center District but prohibited in the Dewey-Driving Park Urban Renewal District shall include:

Community garages and parking lots;

Homeless residential facilities;

Hospice;

Residential care facilities; and

Public utilities.

All of the requirements of the C-1 Neighborhood Center District contained in the Rochester Zoning Code shall apply.

South Area. Land uses within the South Area of the Dewey-Driving Park Urban Renewal District will be regulated by the C-2 Community Center District Zoning.

Uses allowed in the C-2 Community Center District but prohibited in the Dewey-Driving Park Urban Renewal District shall include:

Single-family attached dwellings;

Bed-and-breakfast establishments;

Day-care centers;

Animal hospitals;

Places of worship;

Convents and rectories;

[7]

Funeral homes and mortuaries; and

Limited adult retail store when conducted entirely within an enclosed building.

Uses specially permitted in the C-2 Community Center District but prohibited in the Dewey-Driving Park Urban Renewal District shall include:

Amusement center;

Animal day care;

Drive-throughs;

Motels and hotels;

Private clubs;

Public utilities;

Research laboratories, including testing facilities;

Residential care facilities;

[9]

Homeless residential facilities;

[10]

Hospices;

[11]

Rooming houses;

[12]

Vehicle service stations; and

[13]

Vehicle repair of noncommercial vehicles.

All of the requirements of the C-2 Community Center District contained in the Rochester Zoning Code shall apply.

Marketview Heights Urban Renewal District. See the Rochester Zoning Map.

Land uses within the Marketview Heights Urban Renewal District that are classified as U-R Marketview Heights O-S shall be regulated by the O-S Open Space zoning.