Regional Land Use Monitoring
2002 Land Use Monitoring Report (Adobe PDF)
Project Purpose:
The Genesee Transportation Council (GTC) provides funding annually for the Rural County Land Use Monitoring Report under its Unified Planning Work Program. This report provides information on the issuance of new building permits in 2002 to identify areas of growth within the Genesee/ Finger Lakes Region (G/FL Region) that might require transportation planning and service modifications.
The
G/FL Region is compromised of Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario,
Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates Counties. The report analyzes
the number of permits issued, total square footage, and total value for
new buildings for each municipality within the region as well as the
Transportation Management Area (TMA). The TMA covers Monroe County (Urban
TMA) and the Rural TMA includes the municipalities adjacent to Monroe
County in Livingston, Ontario, and Wayne Counties, and the Town and City
of Canandaigua. The analysis looks at the following categories and
respective subcategories: “residential”
(single-family, two-family, three or four-family, five-or more family,
mobile homes/ trailers); “industrial;” “commercial” (offices/
banks, retail/ service, service stations, hotels/ motels); “community
service” (hospitals/ health facilities, schools/ churches, public works/
safety, utilities); and “not elsewhere classified.”
A
three-year trend analysis is provided for permitted residential units in
all nine counties; industrial and community service building permits are
analyzed over the three-year period as well.
In addition, a time series (or historical trend) analysis is
provided for residential, industrial, and commercial development and
subdivision approvals in the Transportation Management Area (TMA).
Project
Methodology:
The building permit data included in this report was collected through surveys sent to the municipal or county officials responsible for the collection and dissemination of such data in the nine counties. In six counties these officials were in most municipalities the code or zoning enforcement officers; in some cases the municipal clerks. In Seneca and Wyoming Counties building permit application approval and inspection are the responsibility of the respective county building departments. Those two departments provided the data for their counties. The Monroe County Planning and Development Department’s Division of Planning administered the surveys, received the responses from municipal officials in the County, and forwarded the data to the Genesee/ Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council.
Each
municipality received a survey in early January of 2003 asking for the
requested data. The initial survey was followed with a telephone reminder
in March and April of 2003 to those municipalities that had not responded.
In some cases, several calls were made to the appropriate parties,
in an effort to acquire the requested information.
Overall, data was collected for 179 of the 192 municipalities in
the nine-county Genesee/Finger Lakes Region (93.2%).
Analysis
Overview:
As
in previous years, the largest amount of development in the G/FL Region in
2002 was permitted in the eastern and southern suburbs of Monroe County,
which comprise the TMA. The
Town of Webster, Monroe County issued permits for the largest number of
new residential units (286). Industrial
and Commercial development patterns were similar in that the counties
comprising the TMA (Monroe, Livingston, Ontario, and Wayne) issued the
most permits for new commercial structures in 2002.
Over the past ten years (1993 – 2002), the majority of development in the TMA has been in the first ring suburbs of the City of Rochester and the eastern towns of Monroe County. Outside of Monroe County, the Towns of Victor, Farmington, Ontario, and Canandaigua issued permits for the largest numbers of new residential units.
Given
that many conclusions can be drawn from the data on permitted building
activity and property net physical change, tables are provided in
appendices at the end of this report for the reader to use as a basis for
their own needs and analysis. Overall,
the report serves as an information resource for the GTC and others to
view and analyze land use activity in the rural counties of the G/FL
Region to identify growth areas and anticipate increased transportation
needs associated with this growth.
Products:
1.
Updated Database and GIS Coverages of building permits issued in
the region
2.
Report on building permits issued in the G/FL Region in 2002
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Last Modified: September 15, 2010