The mission statement of the Erie County Agricultural Society strives to fulfill appropriate aspects of the agricultural, educational, entertainment, and recreational needs of all that visit the Fair.

The Fairgrounds Zoning District is specifically for the properties associated with the Erie County Fairgrounds facility located in the Town of Hamburg. This Zoning District is intended to provide for a district in which the usual activities associated with fairgrounds can be conducted as permitted uses and any other related uses would go through a special use permit process.

The following uses are permitted in the Fairgrounds District:

Accessory uses and structures:

Uses by special use permit:

Not applicable to fairground property uses.

Hotels/motels and other uses subdivided from the main Fairgrounds:

Not applicable to fairground property uses.

For hotels/motels and other uses subdivided from the main Fairgrounds, the maximum lot coverage shall be 75%

No building shall be placed within 35 feet of the right-of-way of McKinley Parkway, Quinby Drive, Clark Street and South Park Avenue.

No building shall be placed within 50 feet of an adjoining property line.

The maximum height of all buildings shall be 75 feet.

Parking requirements for fairground usage will typically be satisfied by the existing fairgrounds parking during site plan approval. The applicant will provide parking calculations based on Town or industry standards and indicate where parking shall be accommodated on the Fairgrounds property. During concurrent uses, the plan must indicated where parking is occurring for those concurrent uses.

Other off-street parking regulations are subject to Article XXXII.

Approval not needed for signage (both permanent and temporary signs) set back at least 250 feet from roads bordering the property (measured from the public right of way);

Approval not needed for temporary signs and banners placed on the property no more than 30 days prior to the annual Country Fair and Exposition and removed no more than five days after the annual County Fair and Exposition;

Approval not needed for temporary signs and banners placed on property no more than 10 days prior to the start of a trade show or entertainment-related activity and removed no more than three days after the close of the show or activity;

All other signs require filling of application and approval by Town;

For subdivided property, applicable Town sign regulations will apply.

Due to the nature of the Fairgrounds property, structures, uses and activities associated with the actual Erie County Fair will not require approvals from the Town Planning Board (if the structures, uses, and activities are temporary and removed at the end of the fair).

Any structure or use on a property subdivided from the Fairgrounds shall be subject to the regulations set forth in the Zoning Code for the C-1 Local Retail Business District (Article XIII) and any other regulations that are applicable to a C-1 permitted use.

For applicable supplemental regulations pertaining to use, height, area, or open space, see Article XXXIX.