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Town of Stafford
Zoning Enforcement Officer:
Robert W. Patterson
Address:
6452 West Sweden Road
Bergen, NY 14416
Call for Appointment
Home Office Phone Number: (585) 494-1073
Cell Phone Number: (585) 356-2137
I am the Zoning Enforcement Officer for the Town of Stafford. I can be reached
at my Home/Office phone at (585)494-1073 or my cell phone at (585) 356-2137,
at any reasonable hour (I do not take calls on Sunday.), if you have ANY questions
or for an appointment to start the permit(s) process.
The Town of Stafford has a Comprehensive Plan
that is the Town Board’s plan or guide for the future development
of the Town. A Land Separation Law or Subdivision Law
provides for the orderly separation of any parcel or part of a parcel in the
Town. The Zoning Law is the Nut’s and Bolts
of the day to day operations and procedures, for any projects within the Township.
The Building Code of N.Y.S. covers the construction
of the project that has been approved by the Town of Stafford.
Various permits that may be necessary for your project and/or use in the Town
of Stafford may be a Zoning Permit that is necessary
for almost any structure, large or small, permanent or stationary, Non-farming
or farming. Zoning deals with Placement and Use, on a specific legal parcel.
A Building Permit deals with the construction of the
project for the specific use that was applied for and approved by the Town of
Stafford. Building Permits may not be necessary for some smaller structures/uses.
Call with any questions about whether or not your project requires a Permit.
It’s easier to ask ahead of time then to have your project started without
a permit and then late fee’s added to the permit fee’s, when your
project is identified.
Other Zoning actions may have to be applied for certain projects prior to being
able to issue a Zoning/Building Permit. A Special Use Permit
may have to be applied for certain uses. All non-residential uses always require,
at a minimum, a Site Plan approval by the Town Planning Board. Relief, by way
of a Use or Area Variance from the Town’s Zoning Law, can also be obtained
from the Town’s Zoning Board of Appeals, if voluntary compliance can not
be accomplished.
I can be called to start the Land Separation process and/or the Zoning process.
Both procedures will need an application, either a Land Separation Application
and/or a Zoning/Building Permit Application. The applicant/owner should pick
up an application from the Town Clerk at the Town Hall PRIOR
to any work being started. Call with any questions as to your specific project.
The Zoning/Building Permit Application should be filled out and any supporting
information ready at that time we get together to issue the permit at your project
site - a Land survey will be necessary to locate your project on your parcel.
Then we will find a time convenient for both of us and I will come to your site
to review the application & start the permit issuing process. All Fees’s
for Zoning/Building Permits are collected at that time.
All permits are issued for 1 year with the possibly of extensions, if extra
time is needed. It is the responsibility of the permit holder to make all required
calls for permits and inspections at least 24 hours in advance. All permits
issued must have a C.O./C.C. to be considered closed.
The Zoning process can take a little bit of time to work thru. Therefore call
to see what applies to your specific project so that the delay will be minimal.
Various Boards within the Town only met once a month.