Department Information and Annual Report

Department Information

Genesee County Planning Board

  • Serves as staff to the County Planning Board
  • Prepares General Municipal Law Section 239 L, M & N reviews (approx. 60/year)

Local Technical Assistance

Assisting local municipalities with planning and zoning issues including:

  • Zoning Law and Ordinance Revisions (major rewrites and minor amendments such as Solar Energy, etc)
  • Subdivision Regulations and Land Separation Laws
  • Project Reviews including zoning, subdivision, special use and site plan reviews
  • Training opportunities for local boards both regional and local on-site
  • Comprehensive Planning assistance to local municipalities developing plans

Genesee County Water Supply Project

  • Coordination of Smart Growth Plan including the three-year review process
  • Assistance to local municipalities with Smart Growth and Ag Preservation
  • Assistance with administrative activities of the County’s Water Resource Agency
  • Coordination of the Administrative Water System Hookup Committee
  • Monitoring local municipalities who are authorized to make water hook-up decisions

Agriculture and Farmland Protection

  • Coordinate review of the County’s Agricultural Districts including preparation of all documentation and mapping
  • Facilitate Farmland Protection Grant Applications with regional land trusts
  • Act as staff to the County’s Ag & Farmland Protection Board
  • Provision of technical assistance to local municipalities on Ag & Farmland Protection issues 

Genesee County Comprehensive Planning Process

  • Provide staff support to the Steering Committee and ten Focus Groups
  • Coordinate the preparation of Monitoring Reports and the Steering Committee’s Annual Report to the County Legislature

State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR)

  • Prepare or assist, in the preparation of all necessary SEQR documentation related to various County Projects
  • Assist local municipalities on SEQR issues.

Annual Report

The following is a summary of the activities of the Genesee County Department of Planning and its various boards and agencies for the year 2023.

County Projects

The Planning Department continued its assistance with a number of County projects often times working with other County Agencies to accomplish important tasks as follows: 

  • County Planning Board

  • Agricultural District No. 1 Review Completed

  • Agricultural District Annual Enrollment Period

  • Agricultural & Farmland Protection Board

  • Farmland Protection Implementation Grant support through Genesee Valley Conservancy (GVC) and Western NY Land Conservancy

    • $2.87 Million secured through two applications with GVC

  • County Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

    • Web Mapping Application

    • Elections Web Application

    • Sheriff’s E911 Address Maintenance

    • EagleView (Pictometry)

    • Emergency Operations Center Support

    • GLOW Solid Waste Event Registration System

    • Community Health Assessment Application

  • Environmental (SEQR) Reviews

  • County Broadband Initiative

  • County Jail Committee

  • Housing Needs Assessment Update

  • Genesee County Resiliency Plan

  • Genesee Region Housing Initiatives Committee

  • Housing Assistance and Information Directory

  • Water Resources Agency

  • Water System Hookup Administrative Review

  • Capital and Asset Acquisition Budget and Program

  • Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council

  • G/FLRPC Planning Coordinating Committee

  • NYS Association of County Planning Directors

  • Chamber’s Business Development Committee

  • County Local Emergency Planning Committee

  • County Parks Advisory Council

  • Water Quality Coordinating Committee

  • County Traffic Safety Board

  • Active People, Healthy Nation Walkability Virtual Academy

  • FEMA Community Rating System

  • Genesee County Airshow Committee

  • American Planning Association

  • Congress for the New Urbanism

Local Technical Assistance

The Planning Department continued to provide assistance to local planning, zoning, and legislative boards. The scope of this assistance ranged from providing information regarding the development and revision of various land use regulations to the preparation of amendments and GIS/mapping assistance. Planning staff sponsored zoning and land use training for the County Planning Board and all municipalities. Assistance with project reviews and/or zoning text and map amendments was provided to the local municipalities. Planning Staff also continued to assist various municipalities in the process of planning for the impacts of the proposed Western New York Science Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Park (WNY STAMP) as well as large solar energy systems such as the Excelsior Energy Center and Cider Solar Project.

Solid Waste Management

The Director of Planning supervises GLOW staff and continued to serve on the GLOW Region Solid Waste Management Committee and its Planning and Advisory Subcommittees.  

 

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