Nuisance Abatement Program
Quality of Life
Public nuisances occur when the activity or operation of an establishment results in a flagrant violation of the City of Rochester’s Penal Law or Municipal Code provisions. Nuisances substantially harm the quality of life, the environment, commerce, property values, public health, safety, and welfare. The Nuisance Abatement Program was established to identify and remedy such public nuisances.
Nuisance Advisory Board (NAB)
The Nuisance Advisory Board (NAB) will oversee the process of review and hearing of nuisance cases submitted for review by the City’s Neighborhood Service Centers. NAB Hearings are monthly either online or at City Hall, 30 Church St.
Holding absentee landlords accountable
We seek reduce the negative impact of absentee landlords on city property values as part of a multi-pronged strategy to strengthen the City’s Nuisance Abatement Point System to create safer, more vibrant neighborhoods, increase government transparency and improve landlord accountability.
Strategic Community Intervention (SCI) Nuisance abatement process evaluation
The report resulted in the following changes in the Nuisance Point Abatement process.
- Nuisance point information is available online. The data shows whether a property has had nuisance points issued within the past year; what nuisance offense occurred and when; the number of points the property has accumulated in the last 6 and 12 months; and whether any of the following actions have occurred: a nuisance warning meeting; an acceptable resolution plan has been submitted; whether the City has initiated legal action against a property; or whether the property was closed down. View property information
A nuisance activity map provides access to all nuisance cases and information. This information will help the public and City employees assess nuisance property data for any geographical area and extract the data into a spreadsheet for analysis and reporting.
The City uses a tool called Building Blocks to integrate a variety of data sets, including Nuisance Points, related to the various activities associated with vacant and/or potentially problem properties.
Report documents
- Final Nuisance Report/Evaluation
- Report/Evaluation Appendices
- Final Implementation of Nuisance Abatement Points system recommendations
Nuisance points process map and violations list
NAB meeting schedule and findings
NAB meets when there is a request to have a Nuisance Case Review. Findings from cases will be linked to the dates below. All meetings are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
2024
Date | Location | Documents (if applicable) |
January 25, 2024 | ||
February 22, 2024 | ||
March 28, 2024 | ||
April 25, 2024 | ||
May 23, 2024 | ||
June 27, 20224 | ||
July 25, 2024 | ||
August 22, 2024 | ||
September 26, 2024 | ||
October 24 2024 | 689 Ridgeway Avenue | NAB hearing findings 10.24.24 |
November 21, 20224 | ||
December 19, 2024 |
Archive
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |2020 | 2019 | 2018
2023
Date | Location | Documents (if applicable) |
January 26, 2023 | No hearing | |
February 16, 2023 | No hearing | |
March 23, 2023 | No hearing | |
April 27, 2023 | No hearing | |
May 25, 2023 | No hearing | |
June 16, 2023 | Canceled | |
July 27, 2023 | 10 Felix Street | NAB hearing findings 07.27.23 |
August 23, 2023 | No hearing | |
September 28, 2023 | 10 Felix Street | NAB hearing findings 09.28.23 |
October 26, 2023 | No hearing | |
November 30, 2023 | Scheduled | |
December 22, 2023 | No hearing |
2022
Date | Location | Documents (if applicable) |
January 22, 2022 | No hearing | |
February 24, 2022 | No hearing | |
March 28, 2022 | Online | |
April 28, 2022 | Online | NAB Hearing April 28, 2022 Findings >> |
May 5, 2022 | Online | NAB Hearing May 5, 2022 Findings >> |
May 26, 2022 | Online | NAB Hearing May 26, 2022 Findings # 1 >> NAB Hearing May 26, 2022 Findings #2 >> |
June 23, 2022 | No hearing | |
July 28, 2022 | No hearing | |
August 25, 2022 | No hearing | |
September 22, 2022 | No hearing | |
October 27, 2022 | No hearing | |
November 28, 2022 | Online | NAB Hearing November 28, 2022 Findings >> |
December 22. 2022 | No hearing |
2021
Date | Location | Documents (if applicable) |
January 28, 2021 | Online | NAB Hearing January 28, 2021 Findings >> |
February 25, 2021 | No hearing | |
March 18, 2021 | Online | NAB Hearing March 18, 2021 Findings >> |
April 15, 2021 | No hearing | |
May 20, 2021 | Online | NAB Hearing May 20, 2021 Findings >> |
June 17, 2021 | No hearing | |
July 15, 2021 | No hearing | |
August 19, 2021 | No hearing | |
September 16, 2021 | No hearing | |
October 21, 2021 | No hearing | |
November 18, 2021 | Online | NAB Hearing November 18, 2021 Findings #1 >> NAB Hearing November 18, 2021 Findings #2 >> |
December 16, 2021 | No hearing |
2020
Date | Location | Documents (if applicable) |
January 23, 2020 | No hearing | |
February 26, 2020 | No hearing | |
March 26, 2020 | No hearing | |
April 23, 2020 | No hearing | |
May 28, 2020 | No hearing | |
June 25, 2020 | No hearing | |
July 23, 2020 | No hearing | |
August 27, 2020 | No hearing | |
September 24, 2020 | No hearing | |
December 17, 2020 | Online | NAB Hearing December 17, 2020 Findings >> |
2019
Date | Location | Documents (if applicable) |
June 27, 2019 | Water Bureau 10 Felix St. Training Room | NAB Hearing June 27, 2019 Findings>> |
July 25, 2019 | Water Bureau 10 Felix St. Training Room | NAB Hearing July 25, 2019 Findings>> |
October 24, 2019 | City Hall 30 Church Street Conference Room 208A | NAB Hearing October 24, 2019 Findings>> |
November 19, 2019 | No hearing | |
December 12, 2019 | No hearing |
2018
Date | Location | Documents (if applicable) |
November 28, 2018 | Water Bureau 10 Felix St. Training Room | NAB Hearing Nov. 28, 2018 Findings>> |