Genesee County Smart Growth Plan

The Genesee County Smart Growth Plan is a mitigating action of potential significant environmental impacts of the Genesee County Water Supply Project upon the viability of agriculture in Genesee County.
The Genesee County Smart Growth Plan is intended to encourage the revitalization of villages and hamlet areas and protect valuable agricultural resources. The Plan has three goals:

1. Focus County resources to support economic development opportunities in the most promising locations;
2. Encourage the revitalization of existing industrial areas, business districts, and residential neighborhoods in the City of Batavia and developed village areas; and
3. Protect farmland and the rural character of the countryside, and maintain the viability of agriculture.

The Plan and accompanying action items requires the County to restrict hook-ups to County-funded portions of the water system (referred to as "water system") in the County. Automatic access to the water system is available to all existing and new development located within Smart Growth Development Areas (see town maps below). New development located outside of the Development Area boundary is not eligible for an automatic hookup. An administrative review process has been established by the County to review these applications on a case by case basis. Residents and businesses seeking hook-ups to the water system should contact the Town or Village in which the hook-up will be located for more information about obtaining water service.

Town Maps of Development Areas

Since its inception in 2001, the Smart Growth Plan has been regularly. The Plan originally required that it be reviewed every two years by the Legislature and that recommendations for its revision be made at that time. In 2007, this review period was increased to three years. The first three-year review report occurred in 2010. 

Smart Growth Plan 2010 Review Report (2,910kb)