Zoning 101

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Zoning 101

• Offender Transitional Housing Study Group
• December 12, 2006

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Purposes of Planning

• guides future development to
• insure a safer, more pleasant and more economical
  environment for residential, commercial,
  industrial and public activities
• preserve agricultural and other open lands,
• promote the public health, safety, and general
  welfare
• enables others to plan in harmony with the
  municipality's plans
• enables city to serve citizens more effectively,
  makes the provision of public services less
  costly, and achieves a more secure tax base.

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Purpose of Land Use Planning
The purpose of land use planning is to provide a
consistent set of policies applied to general
geographic areas that will guide decisions
affecting the use of those areas. Such decisions
include those made by both the private and the
public sectors and, in particular, those
decisions made by the public sector that affect
private land use. It is a basic premise of
local government land use planning that the
community as a whole has a real interest in how
private land is used. Land use decisions have an
effect on the need for public expenditures and
taxes on environmental quality on the
consumption of energy, land, and other resources
and, where mixtures of incompatible uses occur,
on the stability of property values. The adverse
impacts of bad land use decisions are felt at the
neighborhood and community levels and, in
general, affect the quality of life of the entire
area. - Rochester Urban Service Area Land Use
Plan
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Mixed Use Neighborhoods
It is the intent of the Plan to foster the
development and maintenance of cohesive urban
neighborhoods by providing for a harmonious
mixture of land uses at the neighborhood level
provided high standards of design are adhered to.
Providing for a mix of land uses reduces the
need for travel, thus reducing energy costs,
while providing the flexibility in housing
development necessary to meet future demand for
affordable housing and respond to changes in the
demographic makeup of area households. -
Rochester Urban Service Area Land Use Plan
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Mixed Density/Style Neighborhoods
It is felt to be desirable to provide for a range
of densities and development styles in newly
developing areas in order to provide flexibility
in housing development, promote the development
of affordable housing, ensure that the Plan can
be responsive to changing social conditions in
the area, and provide for the integration of
multi-family uses into the fabric of neighborhood
life. - Rochester Urban Service Area Land Use
Plan
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Uses vs. Zoning vs. Land Use Plan

• Zoning is more detailed site specific
• Zoning reflects legacy issues (e.g., township
  development absorbed by City)
• Zoning uses reflect annexation issues
• Uses reflect legacy issues
• Uses reflect transitions in use for parcels and
  neighborhoods

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Plan / Zoning District Correspondence