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 (herein 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

Alabama (pdf 180kb )	Alexander ( jpg 126kb )	Batavia ( jpg 133kb )	Bergen ( jpg 106kb )	Bethany ( jpg 99kb )
Byron ( pdf 176kb )	Darien ( pdf 153kb )	Elba ( jpg 110kb )	LeRoy ( pdf 225kb )	Oakfield ( jpg 102kb )
Pavilion ( jpg 99kb )	Pembroke ( jpg 133kb )	Stafford ( jpg 129kb )
County-wide Development Areas Map ( pdf 1,383kb )

Since its inception in 2001, the Smart Growth Plan has been updated every two years. The process for 2007 was completed, and the update was adopted by the Legislature by Resolution on June 6th, 2007. The following major updates to the Plan were made:

1. Revised Development Area Boundaries in the Town of Alabama.
2. 2Consideration should be taken when evaluating whether or not an immediate member of a farm family employed by the farming operation, who has chosen to build within close proximity to the working farm property should be allowed a water hookup. Allowing immediate farm family members who are employed on the family farm to hook up to water promotes and increases the viability of agriculture.
3. Nomination of a farmer representative and alternate selected from the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board to serve on the Administrative Review Committee (ARC).

 

Summary of Changes to the Smart Growth Plan

Smart Growth Plan 2007 Update ( pdf 1,741kb )

Smart Growth Plan Preliminary Draft (pdf 780kb)

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

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