Urban Village Overlay Zone Design Guidelines

The Urban Village Overlay Zone Design Guidelines have two main purposes:

1. To help create the overlay zoning district and its associated laws.
2. To guide the Rochester Downtown Alliance (RDA) project review process.

When seeking RDA or City assistance for activities like grant requests, incentive developments, and land purchases, proposals and projects should follow these guidelines. Applicants should consider each guideline and show that they understand its purpose to the review authority. The objective is to ensure that the guidelines are followed in both their intent and spirit.