Green Code

• Buffalo Green Code (our zone is N2-R)
• Buffalo Zoning Board of Appeals
• City Meetings and Agendas

Packet from the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting 3/10/2025 (attached)

Variances on the agenda: green code analysis

1. 3.2.11.D.a: front setback
2. 3.2.11.D.c: corner side setback
3. 3.2.11.E: density
4. 3.2.11.E.a: height
5. 3.2.11.F.d: blank wall
6. 7.2.2.B.4: fence height
7. 8.A: bicycle parking

• perhaps 8.2.1.B: 90% of required bike spots (4 or 5?) secure, sheltered, and enclosed
• vs 6 unsecure, unsheltered, non-enclosed

1. 8.3.3.A.1: parking lot location
2. 9.4.1.A.2: sign size

Buffalo Green Code: https://bufgreencode.com/

Criteria for (Area?) Variance

1. 11.3.5.E.2.i: fits the character of the area
2. 11.3.5.E.2.ii: no more reasonable alternatives
3. 11.3.5.E.2.iii: not too substantial of a variance
4. 11.3.5.E.2.iv: no adverse consequences
5. 11.3.5.E.2.v: not a self-created problem

Other green code violations in the plans

1. 3.2.11.D.d: interior side setback

• 3.2.1.F: additional 1 foot per height in excess of bordering zone
• about 1.5' too close to 301 Lafayette SE corner of lot

1. 7.1.4.A.1: new street trees

• 6 required on hoyt, none in plans

1. 7.1.5.A: parking landscape required

• none in plans

1. 7.1.5.B.2: parking landscape on interior border

• 7.1.6: 5' 5' buffer: shrubs and wall on interior border
• only 1.5' buffer next to Lafayette SW corner of lot
• barely 1' buffer next to to 299 Lafayette garage

1. 7.1.5.C.1: 10% of parking lot interior landscaped

• none in plans

1. 7.1.5.C.2: 1 shade tree

• none in plans

1. 7.1.5.C.3: terminal islands, 8', w/tree

• none in plans

Major site plan review

1. 11.3.7.C.1: major review required prior to building permit being issued

2. 11.3.7.D.14: landscape plan required

• 7.1.1.B: no relevant exception

1. 11.3.7.D.15: Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan (SWPPP) required a. 7.1.5.C.5: integrated with parking interior landscaping b. 7.3.1.A: no relevant exception c. 7.3.3.A: erosion and sediment control also required d. 7.3.3.C: follow the NYS Storm Water Management Design Manual e. 7.3.3.D: peak flow in a 25 year storm must be less than pre-construction peak flow in a 2 year storm

2. 11.3.7.D.16 lighting plan required

• 7.4.1.B: no relevant exception

Material from the Preservation Board 9/22/2022 - 303 Lafayette Avenue - Demolish a religious building