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22 Town of Aurora Land Use & Zoning Land use information and development Commercial regulations show how the community has developed historically, how land is being 1.9% of all parcels in the Town of Aurora are used today, and how it may be developed or classified as commercial land use. Commercial redeveloped in the future. In the Town of Aurora, land uses are found scattered throughout the the land use patterns and zoning regulations Town; however, these uses are more frequently depict a rural community with historically built- found along NYS Routes 240, 20A, and 16. These up hamlets, while the Village of East Aurora acts routes are regional travel corridors, allowing as the area’s economic and cultural center. these businesses to benefit from a local and regional customer base. Historically built-up Existing Land Use places throughout the Town, such as the Hamlet of West Falls, also have pockets of commercial Residential land uses. Commercially classified parcels vary widely by parcel size, with some parcels as small 77.9% of all parcels in the Town of Aurora are as a tenth of an acre where others exceed 61 classified as residential land use, making it the acres, however, most do not exceed 7 acres in most common land use type in the Town. Most size. Overall, commercial land uses cover 1.4% of residential land uses are single-family homes all landcover in the Town (297 acres). (96.7%), followed by parcels where there is more than one primary residential dwelling Public Services (1.7%), duplexes and triplexes (1.5%), seasonal residences (0.02%), apartment buildings (0.01%), 0.8% of all parcels in the Town of Aurora are and one manufactured home park which is in the classified as public service land uses. Generally, hamlet Blakeley. Residentially classified parcels these parcels are used for energy transmission vary widely by parcel size, with some parcels as and railroad lines. The only active railroad small as a tenth of an acre, while others exceed line remaining in the Town is the Buffalo and 100 acres. Overall, residential land uses cover Pittsburgh Railroad which is owned by railroad more land area than any other land use in the company Genesee & Wyoming. Overall, public Town at 61.7% (12,857 acres). service land uses cover 0.5% of all landcover in the Town (109 acres). Vacant Community Services 17.5% of all parcels in the Town of Aurora are classified as vacant land use, making it the 0.7% of all parcels in the Town of Aurora are second most common land use type in the Town. classified as community service land uses. These While vacant land is prevalent throughout the parcels are evenly distributed across the Town, Town and some vacant parcels are the size of a however some of the larger community service typical single-family lot, most vacant parcels in parcels include the World Mission Society of God the Town are either heavily forested or actively seminary (114.5 acres), the East Aurora School used as farmland. Vacant parcels with these District High School (98.2 acres), and the Grow characteristics help contribute to the rural nature School (62.7 acres). Overall, community service of the Town and in preserving its natural assets. land uses cover 2.0% of all landcover in the Town Development strategies for the Town’s smaller (417 acres). Properties classified as community vacant parcels should focus on those most services are generally exempt from real property immediately outside the Village of East Aurora, taxes. thus helping to reduce sprawl and the need for expanded water/sewer infrastructure. Overall, vacant land uses cover 24.4% of all landcover in the Town (5,072 acres).