Town of Sardinia

Town of Sardinia

Erie County, New York

Comprehensive Plan

Adopted

December 2003

Table of Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Land Use Overview and Plan Summary ....................................................................................................................... 5 Future Land Use Plan......................................................................................................................................................25 Natural Resources and Environmental Protection ..................................................................................................31 Farmland and Agriculture ..............................................................................................................................................61 Housing and Residential Development.......................................................................................................................75 Economic and Business Development ........................................................................................................................89 Hamlets ............................................................................................................................................................................103 Historic Resources ........................................................................................................................................................117 Parks and Recreation ....................................................................................................................................................129 Transportation and Infrastructure.............................................................................................................................143 Governmental and Community Services .................................................................................................................155 Implementation Strategy ..............................................................................................................................................169

List of Maps

1. Regional Orientation ................................................................................................................................17 2. Existing Land Use ......................................................................................................................................19 3. Existing Zoning Districts..........................................................................................................................21 4. Future Land Use Map ...............................................................................................................................29

Conservation Overlay ..................................................................................................................30 5. Watercourses and Watersheds.............................................................................................................47 6. Regulated Wetlands..................................................................................................................................49 7. Floodplains ..................................................................................................................................................51 8. Hosmer Brook Study Results.................................................................................................................53 9. Groundwater Replenishment Rates .....................................................................................................55 10. Gravel deposits/ Gravel mines ...............................................................................................................57 11. Steep Slopes................................................................................................................................................59 12. Prime Agricultural Soils and Active Farmland ....................................................................................73 13. New Residential Development: 1993-2000 ........................................................................................87 14. Sites of Local Historic Significance ......................................................................................................127 15. Parks and Recreation Areas..................................................................................................................139 16. Recreational Trails ..................................................................................................................................141 17. Roads and Highways ...............................................................................................................................151 18. Utilities.......................................................................................................................................................153 19. School Districts........................................................................................................................................167

List of Tables

1. Permitted Principal and Special Permit Uses - Town of Sardinia Zoning Ordinance ..............................23 2. Residents' Perceptions of Threats to Groundwater .......................................................................................36 3. Regional Refuse Disposal Capacity ......................................................................................................................39 4. Historic Sites Listing ..............................................................................................................................................120 5. Criteria for Determining Historic Significance................................................................................................123 6. Existing Park Facilities ...........................................................................................................................................130

List of Figures

1. Total Population: Town of Sardinia, 1970-2000 ................................................................................................ 7 2. Waste Disposal Practices and Contamination of Groundwater................................................................... 35 3. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold in Erie County ..........................................................................62 4. Farms by Value of Sales...........................................................................................................................................63 5. Density Averaging (Clustering) .............................................................................................................................70 6. Housing Units by Tenure .......................................................................................................................................76 7. Housing Units, 1980-2000......................................................................................................................................77 8. Example of subdivision using access road ? Pourque Road ...........................................................................84 9. Place of Employment ...............................................................................................................................................91 10. Existing Sidewalks and Segments Scheduled for Improvement: Hamlet of Sardinia...............................109 11. Potential Trail Locations from Meyers Road to Town Park........................................................................109 12. Potential Housing Improvement Area: Hamlet of Sardinia ..........................................................................111 13. Existing Sidewalks and Segments Scheduled for Improvement: Hamlet of Chaffee...............................112 14. Potential Housing Improvement Area: Hamlet of Chaffee ..........................................................................112 15. Town of Sardinia: 2001 Budget Appropriations .............................................................................................161 16. Town of Sardinia: 2001 Budgeted Revenues ...................................................................................................162

Introduction

Purpose

The purpose of the Town of Sardinia Comprehensive Plan is to guide local officials and community members in making decisions that will affect the future of the Town. Future Town actions that will be based on the policies and recommendations in the Plan include revisions to zoning and other local laws and regulations, capital budgeting, and providing services to the community. The Comprehensive Plan addresses the full spectrum of issues facing the Town and balances competing needs and interests in the community. The Plan also acknowledges the relationships between Sardinia and neighboring towns and the larger Erie County community.

Legal Basis

The Comprehensive Plan has been prepared pursuant to NYS Town Law ?272-a. Town Law specifies that local zoning regulations must be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is a policy document that does not, in itself, have the force of law. However, the Plan will influence changes in Town zoning and other regulations as well as funding decisions and other Town actions during the next 10 to 15 years.

Process of Preparing the Plan

The Town of Sardinia Comprehensive Plan represents the culmination of a planning process. The Plan is intended to guide local officials and community members in making decisions that affect the future of the Town.

Town Law Section 272a specifies that the Town Board is responsible for preparing and adopting a Comprehensive Plan. As the law also permits the Town Board to delegate this responsibility to an ad hoc committee established for the express purpose of preparing Comprehensive Plans, the Town Board appointed a Comprehensive Plan Committee (CPC) to guide the preparation of the Comprehensive Plan.

Members of the CPC included Town officials as well as representatives of a variety of interests in the community, including agriculture, business, and general citizens. The following community representatives served on the Comprehensive Plan Committee:

? William Arlow ? Michael Buttino ? Brenda Dabolt ? William Hare ? Howard Manges ? Robert Ornce ? Ben Palmer ? Richard Porter

? Preston Rice ? Sheila Vrenna ? Tom Schalberg ? John Schiener ? Walter Schiener ? Gordon Smith ? Norman Uhteg ? Hans Ylmar

Town of Sardinia Comprehensive Plan

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