Application Form
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Approving Authority
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Summary (for more details, click on the form's link)
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Special Permit
Application
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City Planning Commission |
This provides a means to establish specific uses having some special impact or uniqueness that require a careful review of their location, design, configuration, etc, to determine, against fixed standards, the desirability of permitting their establishment at any given location.
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| Amendments |
City Planning Commission |
An amendment is required to adjust the provisions of the Zoning Code and the Zoning District Map in light of changing, newly discovered, or newly identified conditions, situations, or information. Please see the form for details on who can propose an amendment.
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Administrative Adjustment Application
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Manager of Zoning |
Administrative Adjustments (Variance) can be approved for certain applications prescribed by the Zoning Code.
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| Certificate of Nonconformity |
Manager of Zoning |
A "nonconformity" is any use of land, building, or structure that does not comply with the Zoning Code Regulations of the zoning district in which the property is located, unless granted by a variance. Nonconforming uses are often referred to as grandfathered uses.
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| Interpretation of Zoning Code Application |
Manager of Zoning |
The Manager of Zoning is authorized to make interpretations to clarify the intent and applicability of the Zoning Code for a given application.
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Certificate of Appropriateness Application
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Rochester Preservation Board |
This form provides a procedure for reviewing plans for work in a Preservation District or on Landmark properties to ensure their compliance with specific preservation standards. |
Site Plan Review Application
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Manager of Zoning |
Site Plan Review is required by Code for projects which may adversely impact surrounding properties or the community because of their design, nature, size, or complexity. Site Plan Review determines impacts, recommendations and special approvals necessary for permit approval.
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Environmental Assessment Form (EAF) Long
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This form is used for more complex applications to assess a project's impact on the surrounding properties, community, and the physical and cultural environment. |
Environmental Assessment Form (EAF) Short
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This form is used to assess a project's impact on the surrounding properties, community, and the physical and cultural environment. |
Administrative Appeal Application
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Zoning Board of Appeals |
This form is intended to appeal a decision made by the Manager of Zoning. |
| Area Variance Statement of Difficulty |
Zoning Board of Appeals |
Applicants must use this form to support the granting of an area variance based upon specific legal standards in the Zoning Code. Applicants must establish the existence of "benefits," "essential character of the area," "no other remedy," "significance," "physical and environmental conditions," and "not self created."
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| Use Variance Statement of Property Income and Expense |
Zoning Board of Appeals |
Required for a Use Variance Application. At hearing time, applicants may be asked to provide at least two (2) calendar years of financial information.
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Use Variance Statement of Unneccessary Hardship
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Zoning Board of Appeals |
Required for a Use Variance Application. |
Variance - General Application
(Area Variance)
(Use Variance) |
Zoning Board of Appeals |
A Use Variance is defined to be an authorization for the use of land for a purpose that is otherwise not allowed or prohibited by the Zoning Ordinance.
An Area Variance is an authorization for the use of land in a manner not permitted by the Zoning Ordinance related to: a dimension such as size, height, and setback; physical requirements; the expansion, structural alteration or enlargement of a nonconforming use; a waiver of additional requirements for specified uses; any City-wide or Village Center design standards.
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| Resubdivision |
Manager of Zoning |
For minor transfers of land and lot combinations. |