Regional Land Use Monitoring
2003 Land Use Monitoring Report (Adobe PDF)
Project
Purpose:
The Genesee Transportation Council (GTC) provides funding annually for the Regional Land Use Monitoring Report under its Unified Planning Work Program. This report provides information on the issuance of new building permits in 2003 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 and 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 January of 2004 asking for the requested data.
The initial survey was followed up with a reminder postcard along with a
telephone reminder to those municipalities that had yet to respond.
In some cases, several calls were made to the appropriate parties, in an
effort to acquire the requested information.
Overall, data was collected for 183 of the 192 municipalities in the
nine-county Genesee/Finger Lakes Region (95.3%).
Analysis Overview:
As in previous years, the largest amount of development in the G-FL
Region in 2003 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 (372). 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 2003.
Over the past ten years (1994 – 2003),
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 2003
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Last Modified: September 15, 2010