Dataset SummaryAbout this data:This layer displays the Zoning, Preservation Districts, and Overlay Districts for the City of Rochester, NY. What is Zoning?Zoning is the means by which communities regulate the use of land and buildings to protect and promote the quality of life within their boundaries. Zoning regulations are also an important means of implementing the goals of the City’s comprehensive plan. Under the Zoning Code, every city property is located in a specific zoning district and has an established legal use. If there was no Zoning Code, property owners could infringe on one another's use of property; nearby uses could be incompatible; structures could be built too close or too tall; the natural environment could be adversely impacted, and important historical and cultural assets could be lost.Zoning regulations are therefore written to make the best uses of our already built environment; to protect the investments made in properties; and, to promote the development and enjoyment of neighborhoods.The City of Rochester’s zoning regulations were comprehensively revised in 1929, 1957, 1975, and 2003.Zoning Code UpdateThe City is currently in the process of updating its Zoning Code to align with the Rochester 2034 Comprehensive Plan. To learn more about this project and how you can be involved, click here.Zoning Applications and Reviews A Permit application is generally required to initiate a Zoning application and review. Permits are required to establish a use for a property, or to make improvements to it, and may be made by an owner or an individual with a contractual interest in the property, such as a lessee, contractor, or agent.When an application for a Permit is made to the City of Rochester, a zoning review is initiated, and an application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance (CZC) is opened. Applicants are encouraged to schedule pre-application meetings for their projects as needed.Zoning regulations determine the types of uses and development allowed in each zoning district, as well as many detailed aspects of a development, such as accessory uses, parking, setbacks, screening, landscaping, and to some extent, design. Regulations are found in Chapter 120 of the City Code.Approximately fifteen (15) different types of zoning districts exist in the City of Rochester, each with their own unique set of regulations for uses and development. There are also certain regulations applied city-wide or to specified uses. Click here to learn What's my Zoning.Zoning regulations also identify certain special approval processes that may be required to approve changes to a property. Variances, Special Permits, Certificates of Appropriateness, Site Plan Approvals, and Subdivisions are the most commonly needed types of special approvals. Special approvals sometimes waive requirements written in the Zoning Code.Special ApprovalsSpecial approvals are granted by a public board, a commission, City Council or by the Manager of Zoning. Variances are granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals; Special Permits and Subdivision approvals are granted by the City Planning Commission ; Certificates of Appropriateness are approved by the Rochester Preservation Board; and Zoning text or map amendments are reviewed by the City Planning Commission and approved by City Council. Application forms and meeting schedules are available online for most of these processes.All applications must be reviewed for their possible environmental impacts to our physical, cultural and historical assets. State and local environmental laws, known as "SEQR," enacted first in the 1970's, require specific compliance reviews to ensure that each project or change does not cause any significant adverse impacts to these assets.Zoning ApprovalThe Manager of Zoning must approve all Certificates of Zoning Compliance (CZC). The issuance of a Certificate establishes that a project or proposal complies with and meets all required zoning regulations for the requested approval. It is required before a Building Permit can be issued.Data Dictionary for Zoning Overlay Districts and Preservation Districts: Label: The pop-up text that identifies the district. ZONE_LABEL: The name of the layer. Official Description: The name of the zoning class. BLURB1: A description of the zoning class. LINKTEXT1: Notes if there is a link to the zoning class description. HREF1: A link to the City of Rochester zoning on ecode360 for the given zone label. Data Dictionary for Zoning Districts: Label: The pop-up text that identifies the district. Category: The specific zoning category the district falls into. ZONE_LABEL: The name of the zoning layer. Official Description: The name of the zoning class. BLURB1: A description of the zoning class. LINKTEXT1: Notes if there is a link to the zoning class description. HREF1: A link to the City of Rochester zoning on ecode360 for the given zone label.

Dataset SummaryAbout this data:Zoning is the means by which communities regulate the use of land and buildings to protect and promote the quality of life within their boundaries. Zoning regulations are also an important means of implementing the goals of the City’s comprehensive plan. Under the Zoning Code, every city property is located in a specific zoning district and has an established legal use. If there was no Zoning Code, property owners could infringe on one another's use of property; nearby uses could be incompatible; structures could be built too close or too tall; the natural environment could be adversely impacted, and important historical and cultural assets could be lost.Zoning regulations are therefore written to make the best uses of our already built environment; to protect the investments made in properties; and, to promote the development and enjoyment of neighborhoods.This data set displays the City of Rochester's Zoning Districts as polygons.For more information, visit the City of Rochester's Zoning website.Division of Zoning City Hall - Room 125BRochester, New York 14614Tel: (585) 428-7043 Data Dictionary:Label: The zoning classification code of the area. Category: The name of the zoning classification of the area.

Rochester Zoning

Please note: this data is updated as of 2020.Overview of the Data:The operational purpose of the tax parcel data set is to facilitate the calculation and collection of property taxes. Each publicly or privately owned property in the city of Rochester has an official tax parcel record. This feature layer shows the polygon boundaries for each of the over 65,000 tax parcels in the city, along with several fields from their parcel records that detail information about the property, including ownership, property type, and assessed values. How does the tax map system work in New York State? What does Section, Block, Lot refer to?Each county in the state has a tax map that includes all of the parcels in each of its cities, towns, and villages. The county tax map is subdivided into sections of even, modular units that are 8,000 feet by 12,000 feet. Each of these sections are then subdivided into blocks of up to 100 parcels. Blocks are typically formed by following natural boundaries (i.e., roads, rivers, railroad tracks). Lot numbers are assigned to each parcel in a block following a set pattern according to their location on the map. Each parcel is thus assigned a Section, Block, Lot (SBL) number for identification and tax administration purposes. For more information on this identification system, please see the General Guide for Tax Mapping in New York State, put out by the Property Tax Assessment Administration.Related Resources:For a searchable interactive mapping application, please visit the City of Rochester's Property Information explorer tool. For further information about the city's property tax assessments, please contact the City of Rochester Assessment Bureau. To access the City's zoning code, please click here.For a complete data dictionary and codebook of this data, please click here.

Zoning Map

Please note: this data is updated as of 2023.Overview of the Data:The operational purpose of the tax parcel data set is to facilitate the calculation and collection of property taxes. Each publicly or privately owned property in the city of Rochester has an official tax parcel record. This feature layer shows the polygon boundaries for each of the over 65,000 tax parcels in the city, along with several fields from their parcel records that detail information about the property, including ownership, property type, and assessed values. How does the tax map system work in New York State? What does Section, Block, Lot refer to?Each county in the state has a tax map that includes all of the parcels in each of its cities, towns, and villages. The county tax map is subdivided into sections of even, modular units that are 8,000 feet by 12,000 feet. Each of these sections are then subdivided into blocks of up to 100 parcels. Blocks are typically formed by following natural boundaries (i.e., roads, rivers, railroad tracks). Lot numbers are assigned to each parcel in a block following a set pattern according to their location on the map. Each parcel is thus assigned a Section, Block, Lot (SBL) number for identification and tax administration purposes. For more information on this identification system, please see the General Guide for Tax Mapping in New York State, put out by the Property Tax Assessment Administration.Related Resources:For a searchable interactive mapping application, please visit the City of Rochester's Property Information explorer tool. For further information about the city's property tax assessments, please contact the City of Rochester Assessment Bureau. To access the City's zoning code, please click here.For a complete data dictionary and codebook of this data, please click here.

Please note: this data is updated as of 2014.Overview of the Data:The operational purpose of the tax parcel data set is to facilitate the calculation and collection of property taxes. Each publicly or privately owned property in the city of Rochester has an official tax parcel record. This feature layer shows the polygon boundaries for each of the over 65,000 tax parcels in the city, along with several fields from their parcel records that detail information about the property, including ownership, property type, and assessed values. How does the tax map system work in New York State? What does Section, Block, Lot refer to?Each county in the state has a tax map that includes all of the parcels in each of its cities, towns, and villages. The county tax map is subdivided into sections of even, modular units that are 8,000 feet by 12,000 feet. Each of these sections are then subdivided into blocks of up to 100 parcels. Blocks are typically formed by following natural boundaries (i.e., roads, rivers, railroad tracks). Lot numbers are assigned to each parcel in a block following a set pattern according to their location on the map. Each parcel is thus assigned a Section, Block, Lot (SBL) number for identification and tax administration purposes. For more information on this identification system, please see the General Guide for Tax Mapping in New York State, put out by the Property Tax Assessment Administration.Related Resources:For a searchable interactive mapping application, please visit the City of Rochester's Property Information explorer tool. For further information about the city's property tax assessments, please contact the City of Rochester Assessment Bureau. To access the City's zoning code, please click here.For a complete data dictionary and codebook of this data, please click here.

Please note: this data is updated as of 2016.Overview of the Data:The operational purpose of the tax parcel data set is to facilitate the calculation and collection of property taxes. Each publicly or privately owned property in the city of Rochester has an official tax parcel record. This feature layer shows the polygon boundaries for each of the over 65,000 tax parcels in the city, along with several fields from their parcel records that detail information about the property, including ownership, property type, and assessed values. How does the tax map system work in New York State? What does Section, Block, Lot refer to?Each county in the state has a tax map that includes all of the parcels in each of its cities, towns, and villages. The county tax map is subdivided into sections of even, modular units that are 8,000 feet by 12,000 feet. Each of these sections are then subdivided into blocks of up to 100 parcels. Blocks are typically formed by following natural boundaries (i.e., roads, rivers, railroad tracks). Lot numbers are assigned to each parcel in a block following a set pattern according to their location on the map. Each parcel is thus assigned a Section, Block, Lot (SBL) number for identification and tax administration purposes. For more information on this identification system, please see the General Guide for Tax Mapping in New York State, put out by the Property Tax Assessment Administration.Related Resources:For a searchable interactive mapping application, please visit the City of Rochester's Property Information explorer tool. For further information about the city's property tax assessments, please contact the City of Rochester Assessment Bureau. To access the City's zoning code, please click here.For a complete data dictionary and codebook of this data, please click here.

Please note: this data is updated as of 2024.Overview of the Data:The operational purpose of the tax parcel data set is to facilitate the calculation and collection of property taxes. Each publicly or privately owned property in the city of Rochester has an official tax parcel record. This feature layer shows the polygon boundaries for each of the over 65,000 tax parcels in the city, along with several fields from their parcel records that detail information about the property, including ownership, property type, and assessed values. How does the tax map system work in New York State? What does Section, Block, Lot refer to?Each county in the state has a tax map that includes all of the parcels in each of its cities, towns, and villages. The county tax map is subdivided into sections of even, modular units that are 8,000 feet by 12,000 feet. Each of these sections are then subdivided into blocks of up to 100 parcels. Blocks are typically formed by following natural boundaries (i.e., roads, rivers, railroad tracks). Lot numbers are assigned to each parcel in a block following a set pattern according to their location on the map. Each parcel is thus assigned a Section, Block, Lot (SBL) number for identification and tax administration purposes. For more information on this identification system, please see the General Guide for Tax Mapping in New York State, put out by the Property Tax Assessment Administration.Related Resources:For a searchable interactive mapping application, please visit the City of Rochester's Property Information explorer tool. For further information about the city's property tax assessments, please contact the City of Rochester Assessment Bureau. To access the City's zoning code, please click here.For a complete data dictionary and codebook of this data, please click here.

Rochester Zoning

NOTE: Use the field SBL20 when linking to other parcel recordsOverview of the Data: The operational purpose of the tax parcel data set is to facilitate the calculation and collection of property taxes. Each publicly or privately owned property in the city of Rochester has an official tax parcel record. The assessed value of every tax parcel in the city is recalculated based on recent sales and professional appraisals every four years. Reassessment years provide the best snapshot period for historical comparison, and included on the open data portal are 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. This excel file includes a record for each of the over 65,000 tax parcels with fields that detail information about the property, including ownership, property type, and assessed values. How does the tax map system work in New York State? What does Section, Block, Lot refer to?Each county in the state has a tax map that includes all of the parcels in each of its cities, towns, and villages. The county tax map is subdivided into sections of even, modular units that are 8,000 feet by 12,000 feet. Each of these sections are then subdivided into blocks of up to 100 parcels. Blocks are typically formed by following natural boundaries (i.e., roads, rivers, railroad tracks). Lot numbers are assigned to each parcel in a block following a set pattern according to their location on the map. Each parcel is thus assigned a Section, Block, Lot (SBL) number for identification and tax administration purposes. For more information on this identification system, please see the General Guide for Tax Mapping in New York State, put out by the Property Tax Assessment Administration.Related Resources:For a searchable interactive mapping application, please visit the City of Rochester's Property Information explorer tool. For further information about the city's property tax assessments, please contact the City of Rochester Assessment Bureau. To access the City's zoning code, please click here.For a complete data dictionary and codebook of this data, please click here.

Overview of the Data:The operational purpose of the tax parcel data set is to facilitate the calculation and collection of property taxes. Each publicly or privately owned property in the city of Rochester has an official tax parcel record. The assessed value of every tax parcel in the city is recalculated based on recent sales and professional appraisals every four years. Reassessment years provide the best snapshot period for historical comparison, and included on the open data portal are 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. This excel file includes a record for each of the over 65,000 tax parcels with fields that detail information about the property, including ownership, property type, and assessed values. How does the tax map system work in New York State? What does Section, Block, Lot refer to?Each county in the state has a tax map that includes all of the parcels in each of its cities, towns, and villages. The county tax map is subdivided into sections of even, modular units that are 8,000 feet by 12,000 feet. Each of these sections are then subdivided into blocks of up to 100 parcels. Blocks are typically formed by following natural boundaries (i.e., roads, rivers, railroad tracks). Lot numbers are assigned to each parcel in a block following a set pattern according to their location on the map. Each parcel is thus assigned a Section, Block, Lot (SBL) number for identification and tax administration purposes. For more information on this identification system, please see the General Guide for Tax Mapping in New York State, put out by the Property Tax Assessment Administration.Related Resources:For a searchable interactive mapping application, please visit the City of Rochester's Property Information explorer tool. For further information about the city's property tax assessments, please contact the City of Rochester Assessment Bureau. To access the City's zoning code, please click here.For a complete data dictionary and codebook of this data, please click here.

Overview of the Data:This is a subset of tax parcel records for only parcels sold within the last three calendar years. Sales are recorded through deed transfers by the Monroe County Clerk and this data is shared with the City. The operational purpose of the tax parcel data set is to facilitate the calculation and collection of property taxes. Each publicly or privately owned property in the city of Rochester has an official tax parcel record. The assessed value of every tax parcel in the city is recalculated based on recent sales and professional appraisals every four years. Reassessment years provide the best snapshot period for historical comparison, and included on the open data portal are 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. This feature layer shows the polygon boundaries for each of the over 65,000 tax parcels in the city, along with several fields from their parcel records that detail information about the property, including ownership, property type, and assessed values. How does the tax map system work in New York State? What does Section, Block, Lot refer to?Each county in the state has a tax map that includes all of the parcels in each of its cities, towns, and villages. The county tax map is subdivided into sections of even, modular units that are 8,000 feet by 12,000 feet. Each of these sections are then subdivided into blocks of up to 100 parcels. Blocks are typically formed by following natural boundaries (i.e., roads, rivers, railroad tracks). Lot numbers are assigned to each parcel in a block following a set pattern according to their location on the map. Each parcel is thus assigned a Section, Block, Lot (SBL) number for identification and tax administration purposes. For more information on this identification system, please see the General Guide for Tax Mapping in New York State, put out by the Property Tax Assessment Administration.Related Resources:For a searchable interactive mapping application, please visit the City of Rochester's Property Information explorer tool. For further information about the city's property tax assessments, please contact the City of Rochester Assessment Bureau. To access the City's zoning code, please click here.

Dataset SummaryPlease note: this data is live (updated nightly) to reflect the latest changes in the City's systems of record.About this data:The operational purpose of the vacant land dataset is to facilitate the tracking and mapping of vacant land for the purposes of promoting redevelopment of lots to increase the City's tax base and spur increased economic activity. These properties are both City owned and privately owned. The vast majority of vacant lots are the result of a demolition of a structure that once stood on the property. Vacant lots are noted in the official tax parcel assessment records with a class code beginning with 3, which denotes the category vacant land.Related Resources:For a searchable interactive mapping application, please visit the City of Rochester's Property Information explorer tool. For further information about the city's property tax assessments, please contact the City of Rochester Assessment Bureau. To access the City's zoning code, please click here.Data Dictionary: SBL: The twenty-digit unique identifier assigned to a tax parcel. PRINTKEY: A unique identifier for a tax parcel, typically in the format of “Tax map section – Block – Lot". Street Number: The street number where the tax parcel is located. Street Name: The street name where the tax parcel is located. NAME: The street number and street name for the tax parcel. City: The city where the tax parcel is located. Property Class Code: The standardized code to identify the type and/or use of the tax parcel. For a full list of codes, view the NYS Real Property System (RPS) property classification codes guide. Property Class: The name of the property class associated with the property class code. Property Type: The type of property associated with the property class code. There are nine different types of property according to RPS: 100: Agricultural 200: Residential 300: Vacant Land 400: Commercial 500: Recreation & Entertainment 600: Community Services 700: Industrial 800: Public Services 900: Wild, forested, conservation lands and public parks First Owner Name: The name of the property owner of the vacant tax parcel. If there are multiple owners, then the first one is displayed. Postal Address: The USPS postal address for the vacant landowner. Postal City: The USPS postal city, state, and zip code for the vacant landowner. Lot Frontage: The length (in feet) of how wide the lot is across the street. Lot Depth: The length (in feet) of how far the lot goes back from the street. Stated Area: The area of the vacant tax parcel. Current Land Value: The current value (in USD) of the tax parcel. Current Total Assessed Value: The current value (in USD) assigned by a tax assessor, which takes into consideration both the land value, buildings on the land, etc. Current Taxable Value: The amount (in USD) of the assessed value that can be taxed. Tentative Land Value: The current value (in USD) of the land on the tax parcel, subject to change based on appeals, reassessments, and public review. Tentative Total Assessed Value: The preliminary estimate (in USD) of the tax parcel’s assessed value, which includes tentative land value and tentative improvement value. Tentative Taxable Value: The preliminary estimate (in USD) of the tax parcel’s value used to calculate property taxes. Sale Date: The date (MM/DD/YYYY) of when the vacant tax parcel was sold. Sale Price: The price (in USD) of what the vacant tax parcel was sold for. Book: The record book that the property deed or sale is recorded in. Page: The page in the record book where the property deed or sale is recorded in. Deed Type: The type of deed associated with the vacant tax parcel sale. RESCOM: Notes whether the vacant tax parcel is zoned for residential or commercial use. R: Residential C: Commercial BISZONING: Notes the zoning district the vacant tax parcel is in. For more information on zoning, visit the City’s Zoning District map. OWNERSHIPCODE: Code to note type of ownership (if applicable). Number of Residential Units: Notes how many residential units are available on the tax parcel (if applicable). LOW_STREET_NUM: The street number of the vacant tax parcel. HIGH_STREET_NUM: The street number of the vacant tax parcel. GISEXTDATE: The date and time when the data was last updated. SALE_DATE_datefield: The recorded date of sale of the vacant tax parcel (if available). Source: This data comes from the department of Neighborhood and Business Development, Bureau of Business and Zoning.

Please note: this data is live (updated nightly) to reflect the latest changes in the City's systems of record.Overview of the Data:This dataset is a polygon feature layer with the boundaries of all tax parcels owned by the City of Rochester. This includes all public parks, and municipal buildings, as well as vacant land and structures currently owned by the City. The data includes fields with features about each property including property type, date of sale, land value, dimensions, and more.About City Owned Properties:The City's real estate inventory is managed by the Division of Real Estate in the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development. Properties like municipal buildings and parks are expected to be in long term ownership of the City. Properties such as vacant land and vacant structures are ones the City is actively seeking to reposition for redevelopment to increase the City's tax base and economic activity. The City acquires many of these properties through the tax foreclosure auction process when no private entity bids the minimum bid. Some of these properties stay in the City's ownership for years, while others are quickly sold to development partners. For more information please visit the City's webpage for the Division of Real Estate: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/realestate/Data Dictionary: SBL: The twenty-digit unique identifier assigned to a tax parcel. PRINTKEY: A unique identifier for a tax parcel, typically in the format of “Tax map section – Block – Lot". Street Number: The street number where the tax parcel is located. Street Name: The street name where the tax parcel is located. NAME: The street number and street name for the tax parcel. City: The city where the tax parcel is located. Property Class Code: The standardized code to identify the type and/or use of the tax parcel. For a full list of codes, view the NYS Real Property System (RPS) property classification codes guide. Property Class: The name of the property class associated with the property class code. Property Type: The type of property associated with the property class code. There are nine different types of property according to RPS: 100: Agricultural 200: Residential 300: Vacant Land 400: Commercial 500: Recreation & Entertainment 600: Community Services 700: Industrial 800: Public Services 900: Wild, forested, conservation lands and public parks First Owner Name: The name of the property owner of the vacant tax parcel. If there are multiple owners, then the first one is displayed. Postal Address: The USPS postal address for the vacant landowner. Postal City: The USPS postal city, state, and zip code for the vacant landowner. Lot Frontage: The length (in feet) of how wide the lot is across the street. Lot Depth: The length (in feet) of how far the lot goes back from the street. Stated Area: The area of the vacant tax parcel. Current Land Value: The current value (in USD) of the tax parcel. Current Total Assessed Value: The current value (in USD) assigned by a tax assessor, which takes into consideration both the land value, buildings on the land, etc. Current Taxable Value: The amount (in USD) of the assessed value that can be taxed. Tentative Land Value: The current value (in USD) of the land on the tax parcel, subject to change based on appeals, reassessments, and public review. Tentative Total Assessed Value: The preliminary estimate (in USD) of the tax parcel’s assessed value, which includes tentative land value and tentative improvement value. Tentative Taxable Value: The preliminary estimate (in USD) of the tax parcel’s value used to calculate property taxes. Sale Date: The date (MM/DD/YYYY) of when the vacant tax parcel was sold. Sale Price: The price (in USD) of what the vacant tax parcel was sold for. Book: The record book that the property deed or sale is recorded in. Page: The page in the record book where the property deed or sale is recorded in. Deed Type: The type of deed associated with the vacant tax parcel sale. RESCOM: Notes whether the vacant tax parcel is zoned for residential or commercial use. R: Residential C: Commercial BISZONING: Notes the zoning district the vacant tax parcel is in. For more information on zoning, visit the City’s Zoning District map. OWNERSHIPCODE: Code to note type of ownership (if applicable). Number of Residential Units: Notes how many residential units are available on the tax parcel (if applicable). LOW_STREET_NUM: The street number of the vacant tax parcel. HIGH_STREET_NUM: The street number of the vacant tax parcel. GISEXTDATE: The date and time when the data was last updated. SALE_DATE_datefield: The recorded date of sale of the vacant tax parcel (if available). Source: This data comes from the department of Neighborhood and Business Development, Bureau of Real Estate.