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e limited to smaller buildings which would accommodate retail and professional officerelated
uses.
Technology District 2 – TD2 will allow all uses permitted within TD3 plus light industrial
uses, warehousing and distribution, community and cultural facilities, and technology
demonstration facilities.
Technology District 1 – TD1 will allow all uses permitted within TD2 and TD3 plus large
scale advanced technology use, research, development, demonstration, and
manufacturing.
The Technology Zoning District is designed to mitigate off-site impacts potentially associated
with the development of the Project Site. The layout of the Technology Zoning District
maximizes the benefits of the Project Site layout and incorporates smart design techniques to
minimize the potential impacts of the Project. The proposed Technology Zoning District shall
also include a 300-foot buffer of open space along any district lot line abutting a Residential (R)
or Agricultural-Residential (A-R) District, with the exception of the property zoned TD3 in the
northeast corner of the Project Site. In addition, a 300-foot buffer will be maintained between
TD1 or TD2 with TD3. The 300 feet will be measured from the edge of the portion of the
Project Site that has been zoned to TD1 or TD2. Lastly (again, with the exception of areas zoned
TD3), a 100-foot buffer of land around the perimeter of the Project Site that is being zoned TD1
or TD2 (but remained zoned A-R or R) shall be retained as an additional open space buffer.
Fencing, signs, landscaping, roads, access drives, utilities and utility-related uses shall be
permitted within all open spaces and buffers retained at the Project Site.
In exchange for granting the zoning incentives set forth in the proposed Technology Zoning
District, GCEDC (or its affiliate) may provide certain amenities identified as priorities by the
Town of Alabama, which may include providing potable water, funding and acquiring real
property nearer to the Hamlet of Alabama for a new town hall, and assisting and delivering
broadband services to the Town.
Findings
The pattern of land use in the area will be altered by the Project. However, the following
actions will minimize and/or mitigate potential impacts on land use and zoning to the maximum
extent possible:
Implementation of an Incentive Zoning Agreement with the Town of Alabama;
Creation of the new Technology Zoning District;
Amendment of the Town of Alabama’s Comprehensive Plan and the Genesee County
Smart Growth Plan to provide for the development of the Project consistent with the
planning goals of Genesee County, the Town of Alabama and the Village of Oakfield, and
incorporating the vision of the Project’s goal of developing a world class high technology
manufacturing center; and/or
Implementation of one or more strategies in the FPSR for the Town of Alabama, New
York.
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