By authority of ordinance and subsequent amendments adopted by the City Council pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the General City Law of the State of New York, the City Planning Commission is vested with the power and authority to approve new or revised plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets, within the City of Rochester, New York, and to approve the development of plats, entirely or partially undeveloped and which have been filed in the Office of the County Clerk prior to the appointment of the Commission and the grant to such body of the power to approve plats.
The purpose of these regulations shall be to provide rules, regulations and standards to guide land subdivision within the City of Rochester in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the City. They shall be administered to ensure the orderly growth and development, conservation, protection and proper use of land and adequate provision for circulation, utilities and services and to ensure that land utilized for building purposes shall be without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace and that provision is made for adequate light and air, fire protection, recreation areas and other amenities.