Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan, Land Use Will Be Leased to the New York State Office of Parks, Plan and Unified Development Ordinance
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Public Review Draft Local Waterfront City of Bualo Mayor Byron W. Brown Revitalization Plan Oce of Strategic Planning Brendan R. Mehay City of Buffalo DRAFT Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) June 2014 CONTENTS 1. Local Waterfront Revitalization Area Boundary ............................................................................................................................ 1-2 II. Local Waterfront Revitalization Program Policies ....................................................................................................................... 3-16 III. Action Strategy (Proposed Uses and Projects) ..........................................................................................................................17-39 IV. Local Implementation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 70-74 V. State and Federal Assistance .......................................................................................................................................................... 75-80 VI. Consistency Review ......................................................................................................................................................................... 81-83 VII. Stakeholder Involvement ................................................................................................................................................................ 84-85 VIII.Inventory ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 86-170 MAPS 1. LWRA Boundary ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2. Future Land Use Plan / UDO Zones .................................................................................................................................................. 19 3. Water Enhanced Mixed Use Development Zones ......................................................................................................................... 20 4. Water Use/Harbor Management Plan ..............................................................................................................................................130 5. Marinas, Mooring Areas & Boat Launches ....................................................................................................................................... 131 6. Action Strategy Projects ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25 7. Environmental Justice Areas ................................................................................................................................................................. 94 8. Existing Land Use ................................................................................................................................................................................... 97 9. Public Parcels ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 98 10. Natural Resources ................................................................................................................................................................................115 11. Recreation & Open Space .................................................................................................................................................................. 144 12. Historic Resources ............................................................................................................................................................................... 153 13. Transportation Plan ................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 14. International Gateways .......................................................................................................................................................................... 99 15. Contamination Hazards ...................................................................................................................................................................... 170 APPENDICES A. Local Waterfront Revitalization Area Boundary B. Local Consistency Law C. Waterfront Assessment Form D. State and Federal Programs E. UDO Waterfront Zone F. Harbor Management Plan References BUFFALO’S LWRP | 1 Buffalo Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) FACT SHEET Safeguard the City’s access to clean, Great Lakes fresh water for generations to come; Promote water based industry and enterprise; Support commercial and recreational boating; Promote the City as an international gateway; Build great water-enhanced places that enliven the waterfront and attract the public; Provide for public water access in support of the Over the last 20 years, substantial investments have public trust; been made in the City of Buffalo’s public waterfront access infrastructure, including canals, boat launches, Rebuild the Lake Erie/Niagara River food web – marinas, fishing sites, waterfront trails, promenades, recognizing local fish as an important food source; active recreation parks and nature preserves. Significant Minimize environmental degradation from solid waste ecological improvements have also been made, including and hazardous substances; and sewer overflow reductions, brownfield cleanups, habitat restoration projects and the Buffalo River sediment Maximize coastal resilience. remediation project. Together, these efforts have dramatically transformed Buffalo’s former industrial, The LWRA Future Land Use Plan: polluted waterfront – laying the foundation for Buffalo’s waterfront renaissance. Protects existing water-dependent industrial uses in the lower reaches of the Buffalo River and around the Today, boom cranes dominate the Buffalo waterfront Union Ship Canal through industrial zoning provisions as new investment transforms Canalside, the Riverbend and setback exceptions for water dependent uses; Solar Innovation site, Erie Basin Marina, Erie Freight, Promotes water-enhanced mixed use redevelopment, Riverworks, SiloCity, the Ford Terminal Complex and that exacts a premium for their waterfront location Shoreline Apartments. including housing, restaurants and cultural amenities at: The City’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program 1. Black Rock Harbor; (LWRP) sets the framework for the next generation of Buffalo’s waterfront revitalization. The LWRP establishes 2. Scajaquada Creek Campus*; clear coastal policies, identifies future land and water 3. Niagara Street (Carolina to Porter and Busti to uses within the Local Waterfront Revitalization Area and Forest)*; identifies strategic public projects designed to leverage significant private development investment. 4. Cotter Point Maritime Community; 5. Erie Street between Main and Lakeside Goals & Policies: Boulevard*; The Buffalo LWRP policies collaborate to safeguard the 6. Canalside*; City’s natural water resources; water based economic Cobblestone* ; development; and community interests. They support the 7. following goals: 8. Ohio Street*; Holistically protect the state’s coastal economic, social, 9. Freezer Queen*; and and environmental interests; 10. City Ship Canal Village*. FACT SHEET BUFFALO’S LWRP | 1 *indicates a Brownfield Opportunity Area Strategic Site. A2. Complete heritage interpretive elements of Broderick Park improvements; Supports light industrial redevelopment in the LWRA at Silo City, Lakeside Commerce Park, Riverbend A3. Implement the LaSalle Park/Black Rock Canal (adjacent South Park), Ford Terminal Complex, Elk shoreline stabilization project; Street and Niagara Street; A4. Coordinate public investments in the Erie Basin Protects publicly held water-dependent and water- Marina, Small Boat Harbor and NYPA First Buffalo Marina enhanced recreation and natural resources through docks and boating service facilities to maximize benefit to openspace zones; the boating community; Protects the numerous ecological functions of A5. Implement the Grain Elevator and Waterfront Bridge shoreline buffer areas through required waterfront lighting project; and setbacks and vegetated buffer requirements outside of redevelopment areas; and A6. Develop a master plan for the City’s parks, open spaces, trails and greenways. Minimizes the impacts of non-water dependent or water-enhanced activities such as trucking and junkyard operations, while limiting the introduction of new uses Public Facility Rehabilitation that would be deleterious in a waterfront environment. PF1. Relocate or screen the City’s auto impound to The LWRP identifies the following short term public reduce visual blight; projects to help encourage private investment and promote activity in the City’s waterfront redevelopment areas. PF2. Repurpose the Cotter Point former army storage building; Transportation Projects PF3. Explore opportunities to utilize the Colonel Ward T1. Complete the Niagara Street/Great Lakes Seaway Pumping Station historic structure for public access