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. It is the position of the City of Rochester that such nuisances substantially harm quality of life, the environment, commerce, property values, public health, safety and welfare. The Mayor and City Council established the Nuisance Abatement Program as a means to identify and remedy such public nuisances.
Nuisance Advisory Board (NAB)
The Nuisance Advisory Board (NAB) will oversee the process of reviewing and hearing nuisance cases submitted for review from the City’s Neighborhood Service Centers. NAB Hearings take place 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. Learn more >>
Strategic Community Intervention (SCI) Nuisance Abatement Process Evaluation
The City of Rochester entered into a contract with Strategic Community Intervention (SCI) to conduct a thorough review of its Nuisance Point Abatement program, which was established under the authority of Section 3-15 of the City Charter.
The report resulted in the following changes in the Nuisance Point Abatement process.
- Nuisance point information is now available online. The new data presented indicates 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 a legal action against a property; or whether the property was closed down. Find the information here >>
- A nuisance activity map provides access to all nuisance cases and relative information on a citywide basis. 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. View the map here >>
- Building Blocks. The City utilizes BuildingBlocks software to integrate a variety of data sets, including Nuisance Points, related to the various activities associated with vacant and/or potentially problem properties. View Building Blocks here>>
Report Documents
Nuisance Points Process Map and Nuisance Violations List
NAB Meeting Schedule and Findings
NAB meets when there is a request to have a Nuisance Case Review. When and if the board meets it would be on the following dates. Findings from cases will be linked to the dates below. All meetings are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Location |
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January 26, 2023 |
No hearing |
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February 16, 2023 |
No hearing |
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March 23, 2023 |
No hearing |
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April 27, 2023 |
No hearing |
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May 25, 2023 |
No hearing |
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June 16, 2023 |
Canceled |
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July 27, 2023 |
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August 23, 2023 |
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September 28, 2023 |
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October 26, 2023 |
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November 30, 2023 |
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December 22, 2023 |
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Date |
Location |
Documents (if applicable) |
January 22, 2022 |
No hearing |
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February 24, 2022 |
No hearing |
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March 28, 2022 |
Online |
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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 |
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July 28, 2022 |
No hearing |
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August 25, 2022 |
No hearing |
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September 22, 2022 |
No hearing |
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October 27, 2022 |
No hearing |
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November 28, 2022 |
Online |
NAB Hearing November 28, 2022 Findings >> |
December 22. 2022 |
No hearing |
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Date |
Location |
Documents (if applicable) |
January 28, 2021 |
Online |
NAB Hearing January 28, 2021 Findings >> |
February 25, 2021 |
No hearing |
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March 18, 2021 |
Online |
NAB Hearing March 18, 2021 Findings >> |
April 15, 2021 |
No hearing |
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May 20, 2021 |
Online |
NAB Hearing May 20, 2021 Findings >> |
June 17, 2021 |
No hearing |
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July 15, 2021 |
No hearing |
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August 19, 2021 |
No hearing |
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September 16, 2021 |
No hearing |
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October 21, 2021 |
No hearing |
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November 18, 2021 |
Online |
NAB Hearing November 18, 2021 Findings #1 >> NAB Hearing November 18, 2021 Findings #2 >> |
December 16, 2021 |
No hearing |
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Date |
Location |
Documents (if applicable) |
January 23, 2020 |
No hearing |
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February 26, 2020 |
No hearing |
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March 26, 2020 |
No hearing |
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April 23, 2020 |
No hearing |
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May 28, 2020 |
No hearing |
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June 25, 2020 |
No hearing |
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July 23, 2020 |
No hearing |
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August 27, 2020 |
No hearing |
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September 24, 2020 |
No hearing |
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December 17, 2020 |
Online |
NAB Hearing December 17, 2020 Findings >> |