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Zoning Alignment Project (ZAP)

This page provides information about background information about the City of Rochester's efforts to update its zoning code. Subsequent pages describe the process as it moves towards completion

Background about ZAP

The City’s last comprehensive look at its Zoning Code took place in 2003. Since then, the City has changed; new residents, new businesses, new priorities, emerging trends, and a new vision for the future necessitate a comprehensive look at the City’s development regulations. This is an important task to allow for implementation of the City’s Rochester 2034 Comprehensive Plan – its vision – as many of the zoning district regulations currently in place may not relate to the current built environment, creating nonconformities, or may not allow for certain forms of development that the community has indicated that it desires.

The City of Rochester is currently in the process of update its Zoning Code. The process began before the pandemic with the first iteration presented for public comment in 2020/2021 and a subsequent iteration in 2021/2022. The third iteration is due late in 2023. The information provided below and to date represents a DRAFT. The final version is expected in 2024.

Additional pages on ZAP

ZAP Community Engagement Through January, 2024

ZAP Final Phase

Overview of the project presented by the City of Rochester

Presented by the City of Rochester on October 18, 2323

2022-2023 DRAFT of the new zoning map proposed for Upper Monroe

DRAFT Proposed New Zoning in Upper Monroe

Zoning Categories Proposed for Upper Monroe

The categories proposed for Upper Monroe as well as the definitions of each category are in DRAFT form.

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