Pittsford Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
RRAA Rural Residential District
§ 185-28 Permitted uses.
The following uses are permitted:
A.
Single-family dwelling.
B.
Agriculture.
C.
Open space.
E.
Accessory structures and/or facilities, owned and maintained by a homeowners' association, and located on homeowners' association lands. Such amenities are subject to review and approval by the Planning Board as part of a subdivision application process or site plan application.
§ 185-28.1 Special permit uses.
§ 185-29 Definitions.
For purposes of this article, the following term shall have the meaning indicated:
Any tax parcel, contiguous tax parcels under single ownership or contiguous tax parcels proposed to be developed as a unit. For the purpose of this section, each tax parcel shall be identified by the Tax Map of the Town of Pittsford dated January 13,1986, and single ownership shall be determined by deed filed as of January 13, 1986. It is the express intent of this article that no parcel as defined herein may be changed or reconfigured after January 13, 1986, for the purposes of applying or avoiding the restrictions of this article.
§ 185-30 Development of less than 10 acres.
A parcel, as defined herein, consisting of less than 10 acres may be developed at a density of 1.0 residential dwelling units per acre. The following lot and bulk requirements shall apply:
A.
Each lot shall have a minimum area of 32,000 square feet, except that a parcel, as defined herein, which is less than 32,000 but larger than 16,000 may be developed with one dwelling unit.
B.
Each lot shall have a lot width of 125 feet.
C.
Front setbacks shall be 70 feet.
D.
Side setbacks shall be 20 feet.
E.
Rear setbacks shall be 10 feet.
F.
Minimum floor space shall be 1,800 square feet.
G.
Lot coverage. All structures and all impervious surfaces shall not occupy in the aggregate more than 33% of the area of the parcel or parcels on which such building, structures and impervious surfaces are to be located.
§ 185-31 Development of 10 acres or more.
A parcel consisting of 10 acres or more may be developed at a density of one residential dwelling unit per 10 acres. In lieu of development at said density, such parcel may be developed at a density of 1.0 residential dwelling units per acre, provided that the following conditions and limitations are met:
A.
Application of Town Law § 278. All development applications shall be processed by the Planning Board pursuant to the provisions of § 278 of the Town Law. As part of that process, the Planning Board shall, at a minimum, apply the limitations and conditions of this article.
B.
Development site. Residential dwelling units shall be developed on a maximum of 35% of the base site area, as defined in § 175-5, within the parcel.
C.
Site capacity. The maximum allowable dwelling units that may be built on said development site shall be determined by the Site Capacity Calculation Worksheet, as required by the Town's Subdivision Regulations.[1]
D.
Permanent rural conservation site. A minimum of 65% of the base site area within the parcel shall be permanently designated as rural conservation and shall be so designated on the Official Zoning Map.
(1)
The selection of land within a parcel to be designated as rural conservation shall be made by the applicant and subject to the approval of the Planning Board based on the following criteria:
(a)
Preservation of existing farms or the "Greenprint for Pittsford's Future," mapped in 1996.
(b)
Appropriateness of land for agricultural use.
(c)
Appropriateness of land for recreational use.
(d)
Preservation of environmentally sensitive lands.
(e)
Inappropriateness of land for development.
(f)
Location and availability of roads, utilities and other services.
(g)
Location of other rural conservation land.
(h)
Location of historic or significant properties and/or other developments.
(i)
Establishment of corridor buffer(s).
(2)
Rural conservation lands may be held in private ownership or, if proposed for public ownership, shall be dedicated to the Town of Pittsford.
(3)
Land designated as rural conservation shall be limited to the following uses:
(a)
Agriculture, to include the growing of crops and accessory agricultural uses. No livestock farming shall be permitted, but nothing contained herein shall prevent the keeping of horses in privately owned rural conservation land in accordance with § 185-116 of this chapter, including pasturage, but no structures other than fences as permitted by this chapter may be erected thereon.
(b)
Dedicated park and recreation area.
(c)
Open space.
§ 185-32 Rural conservation sites in private ownership.
A.
Where rural conservation sites result from the application of RRAA zoning requirements, or are otherwise existing, and which are not dedicated to the Town, they shall be described in a conservation easement executed by the owner and delivered to the Town. The Department of Public Works may not grant final approval to any development plans until the conservation easement is received by the Town.
B.
The conservation easement shall describe the rural conservation site in metes and bounds and shall include the statement: "This tract or parcel of land is a rural conservation site subject to the provisions of the Town of Pittsford Zoning Law substantially restricting its use."
§ 185-33 Maximum height restrictions.
The maximum permitted height of any structure is 40 feet, except that chimneys attached to such structure may extend five feet above the highest point of the structure.