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2.0 The Comprehensive Plan

2.3 The Comprehensive Plan

Defined New York State, under Village Law section 7-722, provides guidelines for communities to prepare and adopt, by local law or ordinance, a comprehensive plan. By definition, a Village Comprehensive Plan:

"…means the material, written and or/graphic, including, but not limited to maps, charts, studies, resolutions, reports and other descriptive material that identify the goals, objectives, principals, guidelines, policies, standards, devices and instruments for the immediate and long-range protection, enhancement, growth and development of the Village…The Village comprehensive plan…shall…serve as a basis for land use regulation, infrastructure development, public and private investment and any plans which may detail one or more topics of a Village comprehensive plan."

Village Law identifies two important impacts of adopting a comprehensive plan :

• All Village land use regulations must be in accordance with a comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to Village law.

• All plans for capital projects of another governmental agency on land included in the Village comprehensive plan…shall take such plan into consideration.

These directives clearly portray the comprehensive plan as the central document on which all land use and subsequent zoning decisions should be based. The plan therefore sets the stage for the future development of the Village of Pittsford.

1.New York State Department of State. Local Government Handbook: Zoning and the Comprehensive Plan. Albany: Department of State. 2000. p. 204.
2. Ibid.

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