Following their informational meeting on June 10, 2026, the City Planning Commission voted to hold another informational meeting on Monday, July 13th, at 6pm in City Council Chambers. The agenda will be limited to the City’s response to the oral and written comments submitted for the June 8th and June 10th meetings, to be followed […]
City Planning Commission and Rochester Environmental Commission Meeting Dates Announced to Review New Zoning Code and Map Proposed to Align with the Comprehensive Plan adopted in 2019. The City Planning Commission will host two informational meetings: Attendees will be able to hear a presentation from City Staff, which will be followed by the City Planning […]
The final draft Zoning Code and Map are available for public review. The documents also include the Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS), which summarizes and responds to all substantive comments received by the City as part of the public review and comment period for the Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (“DGEIS”) which was released […]
The Rochester Environmental Commission’s Comment Disposition Recommendations Report is now available for review. This report contains the main topic of each comment received during the comment period with a recommendation from the REC on its disposition. The City ZAP team is working on the comment responses along with the Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS) […]
A recent CPC Report regarding comments received and the team’s strategy for responding is now available on the ZAP website. The document includes a summary of public outreach since the draft launch, an overview of the comments received, what the ZAP team is currently working on, and a remaining process summary and projected timeframe. The […]
The second hearing in front of the Rochester Environmental Commission for the Zoning Alignment Project will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in City Council Chambers at City Hall, 30 Church Street. […]
For your information, the City has posted a summary chart that compares the notification requirements of the proposed Zoning Code with the existing Zoning Code. You will see no major differences in the chart. However, there is one difference in the text for notification requirements with regard to notifying Official Neighborhood Contacts. Notification for Official […]
Street typologies, as identified in the City’s Comprehensive Access and Mobility Plan and adopted in the Placemaking Plan of Rochester 2034, are a framework that recognizes how the design of streets and the public realm should be integrated with the design of sites and buildings. In the Draft Zoning Code, the street typologies primarily impact […]
In response to requests from the community, the City ZAP team has created a Use Table for the permitted and specially permitted uses listed in the existing Zoning Code. Please note the disclaimers (in the document) associated with using this table for comparisons with the Use Table in the proposed Zoning Code. The City ZAP […]
Two new resources have been added to the website for Rochester’s Zoning Alignment Project! Thanks for your continued interest in Rochester’s Zoning Alignment Project! […]