The Project Review Committee (PRC) is a 9 member advisory board established by 120-181 of the City’s Zoning Code.
PRC reviews all major site plans referred to it by the Manager of Zoning and makes a recommendation to approve, approve subject to conditions or deny the application. Digital copies of Major Site Plan application drawings can be found on the Site Plan Review Agenda page.
The City of Rochester utilizes a low-cost surface treatment known as “Chip Seal” to extend the life of local streets.
The following streets will have chip seal treatment deferred until 2025 due to ongoing water work:
Many of Riverside’s interment records have been converted to electronic formats and some information is available online. If you’re searching for an ancestor, cemetery interment records through 2002 may be found at the University of Rochester's cemetery records web site. The Rochester Genealogical Society, Inc.'s web site houses digitized plot maps for Riverside Cemetery on their web site.
The City of Rochester, Department of Environmental Services, is responsible for construction, maintenance, and service to city streets. Both the State of New York and County of Monroe provide financial assistance to the City for improvements to major city streets. These improvement projects are generally administered by the City, but may be administered by the state or county.
By publicly posting the following written disclosure, The City of Rochester intends that market participants receive and use it for purposes of the independent registered municipal advisor exemption to the SEC Municipal Advisor Rule.
The City of Rochester's snow and ice control efforts promote safe vehicular travel during the winter months. Snow removal efforts include snow plowing and, when necessary in congested areas, snow removal by loading and hauling snow away.
City crews plow major and minor arterial streets. Contractors plow residential streets.
In most cases, other municipal agencies are responsible for snow and ice control on state highways. See State-owned Streets and Highways for additional information.
The East Main Street Reconstruction project included full-depth pavement reconstruction of East Main Street between North Goodman Street and Culver Road. The project narrowed the pavement to allow space to construct 5-foot-wide raised one-way cycle tracks to accommodate bicycle activity on each side of East Main Street. This protected bicycle lane is vertically separated from motor vehicle traffic and is placed at the same level as the new sidewalk.
