TOWN OF CANANDAIGUA NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY – 2020 UPDATE MARCH 2020 i TOWN OF CANANDAIGUA NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY – 2020 UPDATE NRI Team Joyce Marthaller Edith Davey Patricia Venezia Citizens Implementation Committee (CIC) Gary Davis Oksana Fuller Ray Henry Kelly La Voie Bill Leigh Joyce Marthaller Charles Oyler Karen Parkhurst Sal Pietropaolo Tom Schwartz Patricia Venezia Town Board Cathy Menikotz, Town Supervisor Gary Davis, Board Member Linda Dworaczyk, Board Member Terry Fennelly, Board Member Jared Simpson, Board Member Town Staff Doug Finch, Town Manager Sarah Reynolds, Administrative Coordinator Eric Cooper, Town Planner Kyle Ritts, Zoning Inspector MARCH 2020 i MARCH 2020 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Use of the NRI in Project Review ........................................................................................................................ 1 Part 1: Natural Resources Overview ........................................................................................................................... 2 Ecological Communities ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Water Resources ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Steep Slopes ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Agricultural Land .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Extractive Resources ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Cultural Resources .............................................................................................................................................. 4 A. Natural Ecological Communities .................................................................................................................... 5 1. Wetlands ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Woodlands .................................................................................................................................................. 8 3. Old Fields and Shrubland .......................................................................................................................... 9 4. Wildlife Corridors ........................................................................................................................................ 9 B. Water Resources .......................................................................................................................................... 14 1. Watersheds ............................................................................................................................................... 14 2. Canandaigua Lake and Shoreline ........................................................................................................... 14 3. Streams and Riparian Corridors .............................................................................................................. 14 4. Farm Ponds .............................................................................................................................................. 14 5. Groundwater ............................................................................................................................................. 17 C. Steep Slopes ................................................................................................................................................. 17 D. Agricultural Land ........................................................................................................................................... 17 E. Extractive Resources .................................................................................................................................... 20 F. Cultural Resources ....................................................................................................................................... 21 1. Historic Sites ............................................................................................................................................. 21 2. Scenic Vistas and View Points ................................................................................................................. 21 3. Recreational and Other Public and Protected Land ............................................................................... 22 MARCH 2020 i TOWN OF CANANDAIGUA NATURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY – 2020 UPDATE Part 2: Development Review Considerations .......................................................................................................... 30 A. Natural Ecological Communities .................................................................................................................. 31 B. Water Resources .......................................................................................................................................... 34 1. Canandaigua Lake and Lakeshore ......................................................................................................... 34 2. Streams and Riparian Buffers ................................................................................................................. 37 3. Groundwater ............................................................................................................................................. 39 C. Steep Slopes ................................................................................................................................................. 40 D. Agricultural Land ........................................................................................................................................... 41 E. Extractive Resources .................................................................................................................................... 41 F. Cultural Resources ....................................................................................................................................... 42 1. Recreational and other Public & Protected Land ................................................................................... 42 2. Historic Resources ................................................................................................................................... 42 3. Scenic Vistas and Viewpoints .................................................................................................................. 43 List of Maps Map 1: Woodlands & Wetlands ................................................................................................................................ 10 Map 2: Strategic Forest Protection Area .................................................................................................................. 11 Map 3: Old Fields and Shrubland ............................................................................................................................. 12 Map 4: Wildlife Corridors ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Map 5: Streams, Ponds, Watersheds ....................................................................................................................... 15 Map 6: Aquifers and Wells ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Map 7: Steep Slopes ................................................................................................................................................. 18 Map 8: Strategic Farmland Protection Area ............................................................................................................. 19 Map 9: Mines and Wells ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Map 10: Historic Sites ............................................................................................................................................... 24 Map 11: Land Visible from Canandaigua Lake ........................................................................................................ 25 Map 12: Elevations .................................................................................................................................................... 26 Map 13: Scenic Views ............................................................................................................................................... 27 Map 14: Public & Protected Land ............................................................................................................................. 29 Map 15: Regulated Resources ................................................................................................................................. 36 Appendices A. 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