Rochester, NY

The C-1 Neighborhood Center District provides for small-scale commercial uses offering primarily convenience shopping and services for adjacent residential areas, with low intensity and unobtrusive operations compatible with the surrounding neighborhood.

The C-2 Community Center District provides diverse commercial development along gateway transportation corridors and neighborhood or village centers with a dense mixture of uses such as housing, retail, and other complementary uses that serve the adjacent neighborhood and the community at large.

The C-3 Regional Destination Center District provides locations for regional-scaled growth and development of commercial and light industrial uses, accessible to and serving a regional market, with site design and buffering to mitigate impacts on adjacent areas.

The CCD is intended to foster a vibrant, safe, twenty-four-hour Center City by encouraging residential development while retaining and further developing a broad range of commercial, office, institutional, public, cultural and entertainment uses and activities. [cite: 13 in previous turn]

The M-1 Industrial District promotes the retention and growth of employment opportunities by providing areas where a broad range of industrial uses may locate and where options for complementary uses exist in older two-story and multistory buildings.

The O-S Open Space District preserves and enhances Rochester's open spaces and recreational areas by protecting these natural amenities and restricting development that does not respect these environmentally sensitive areas. It applies to publicly owned parks, squares, recreational areas, natural wildlife areas, the waterfront, and cemeteries.

The R-1 Low-Density Residential District is intended to maintain residential areas at relatively low densities, characterized predominantly by owner-occupied, single-family detached and attached homes, while preserving unobstructed front yards and pedestrian-scale streetscapes.

The R-2 Medium-Density Residential District provides a mix of housing choices, including single-family, two-family, and multifamily residential, with bulk and density regulations that maintain a lower-density scale, located proximate to neighborhood-scale shopping and service opportunities.

The R-3 High-Density Residential District protects, preserves, and enhances existing residential areas of higher density, including multifamily dwellings mixed with other housing types, and accommodates higher-density housing while maintaining and enhancing existing residential areas.