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The Allegany County Comprehensive Plan was initially completed in 2008 and then revised with approval in 2013. A third revision was undertaken through 2018 and 2019. The Plan was approved in September 2019. All three versions are available through the links below:

Our Vision, Our Mission: Outlook for 2030

Maps

APPENDICES

*Appendix items are provided in digital format below and will not be available with the filed Plan, with the exception of Appendix items Y and Z.

Appendix A – New York Statutes General Municipal Law: 239-D

Appendix B – Establishing a Special County Comprehensive Planning Committee and Appointments

Appendix C – SEQR Forms And Information

Appendix D – Allegany County Planning Board Resolution for Adoption

Appendix E – Allegany County Legislative Board Resolution for Adoption

Appendix F – Allegany County Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan 2013

Appendix G – Communications Report 2011

Appendix H – Telecommunications and Business Approach Report 2013

Appendix I – Wellsville Municipal Airport Master Plan Update: Final Technical Report 2014

Appendix J – Allegany County Agriculture Development and Farmland Enhancement Plan

Appendix K – County Forest Management Plan 2012

Appendix L – Allegany County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2018

Appendix M – ACCORD 2016-2018 Community Needs Assessment

Appendix N – Allegany County Youth Bureau Annual Report 2018

Appendix O – Allegany County Department of Health Community Health Assessment 2016

Appendix P – Partners For Prevention Allegany County Comprehensive Substance Abuse Prevention Strategic Plan 2015-2020

Appendix Q – Plan to Combat the Opioid and Heroin Crisis in Allegany County 2016

Appendix R – Allegany County Heroin and Opioid Abuse Ad-Hoc Committee Strategic Sharpening Plan 2018-2021

Appendix S – Allegany County Student Risk and Protective Factor Survey 2017

Appendix T – Allegany County Community Partnership on Aging Strategic Plan 2009

Appendix U – American Red Cross Southwestern New York Chapter Disaster Plan 2013

Appendix V – Triple Divide Trail System Strategic Plan 2011

Appendix W – STOP-DWI Inititiative

Appendix X – County Wide Shared Services Initiative Plan 2018

Appendix Y – Allegany County Open Space Inventory 2019

Appendix Z – Allegany County Project Listings 2019

The first Allegany County Comprehensive Plan was created in 2007 & 2008. A group was appointed by the Chairman of the Legislature to undertake this review with the County Planner and Development Office. The second revision of the Plan was released to the Allegany County Legislature and approved as of October 15, 2013, titled “The 202 Vision – Allegany County Comprehensive Plan 2013 – 2023”. Due to the size of the plan, it was broken up into sections and is provided below.

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Section I General Overview [1.77 MB]
Reduced Taxes; Community Pride; Data; Sustainability

Section II Community Facilities [1.4 MB]
Community Structures; Communications; Infrastructure; Transportation;

Section III Rural Character [2.25 MB]
Agriculture; History; Cultural Resources; Environment and Natural Resources; Opens Space / Parks Inventory; Open Space/Recreation

Section IV Economic Development [1.12 MB]
Economic Development Issues; Business Locations; Business Investment; Marketing; Business Sectors

Section V Intergovernmental Cooperation [798 kb]
Intergovernmental Cooperation; Planning and Land Use

Section VI Housing, Health and Public Safety [1.07 MB]
Housing Inventory & Analysis; Housing Programs; Health; Emergency Management; Police and Sheriff

Section VII Implementation [458 kb]
Project Priorities; Grants; Comprehensive Plan Adoption Procedures; Integration and Additions to the Plan; Comprehensive Plan Review Cycle; Summary and Closing

Maps 2013

APPENDICES

Appendix A New York Statutes General Municipal Law: 239 – D

Appendix B Establishing a Special County Comprehensive Planning Committee 86-07

Appendix C Appointment of the Allegany County Comprehensive Planning Committee 2011

Appendix D State Environmental Quality Review Forms and Information

Appendix E Allegany County Planning Board Resolution for Adoption

Appendix F Allegany County Legislative Board Resolution for Adoption

Appendix G Chronology of the Plan Update

Appendix H Allegany County Planning Board Complete Street Resolution

Appendix I Allegany County Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan

Appendix J Communications Report 2011

Appendix K Telecommunications and Business Approach Report 2013

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Appendix L Allegany CWNY Regional Sustainability Plan 2013

Appendix M Allegany County Agriculture Development and Farmland Enhancement Plan

Appendix N County Forest Management Plan 2012

Appendix O Allegany County 2011 – 2015 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan

Appendix P Allegany County Strategic Tourism Marketing 2013

Appendix Q ACCORD Community Assessment 2011

Appendix R Allegany County Youth Bureau 2007 Annual Report: Statistical Comparison of Youth Participation

Appendix S Allegany County Department of Health 2010 – 2013 Community Health Assessment

Appendix T 2009 – 2011 Allegany County HEAL-9

Appendix U Allegany County Comprehensive Substance Abuse Prevention Plan 2010

Appendix V Allegany County Student Risk and Protective Factor Survey 2011

Appendix W Allegany County Community Partnership on Aging Strategic Plan 2009

Appendix X Allegany County Chapter of the Red Cross: Disaster Response Plan

Appendix Y Triple Divide Trail System Plan

Appendix Z Projects Listing 2013

Any Comments or suggestions may be submitted in writing only to:

Allegany County Office of Planning
6087 NYS Route 19 N
Belmont, NY 14813

or via e-mail to kier.dirlam@alleganyco.gov with subject line: Comprehensive Plan Comments

The Comprehensive Plan Implementation Group

The Comprehensive Plan Implementation Group is a group made up of members of the Economic and Business Community, Tourism Community, planning and interested citizens of Allegany County. They are appointed by the County Legislature. They review actions and work to implement the actions that are contained in the Comprehensive Plan.

The Allegany County Comprehensive Plan project is complete and the plan was approved in July 2008. The plan was developed under a very aggressive schedule. The plan covers all the topics outlined under Section 239 – d of the New York State General Municipal Law. Some parts of the plan utilize a reference to other plans as its primary method of covering a topic. Examples of this include a recently completed Agriculture Plan and a Hazard Mitigation Plan. As these other plans already cover their topic in detail it is best to have them be the plan for the topic of discussion and allow the specialists who created these plans to update them on a regular basis. Some sections of this new plan will indicate that a more thorough analysis needs to be undertaken and a specialized plan be created to cover the topic. This Plan is now been replaced by the revised plan approved October 15, 2013 noted above.

The Chronology of the 2008 Project

2008 Comprehensive Plan Project Meeting Minutes

Allegany County Data & Demographic Information

2008 Allegany County Maps

Allegany County Other Plans and Documents associated with the 2008 Comprehensive Plan

As additional documents become available via electronic format they will be added to this website. These essentially make up the “Other Documents & Plans” part of the Appendices for the Allegany County Comprehensive Plan.

APPENDICES

Appendix A New York Statutes General Municipal Law: 239 – D
Appendix B Creation of the Allegany County Comprehensive Planning Committee Resolution No.86-07
Appendix C Allegany County Legislative Board Resolution SEQR – Determining Significance
Appendix D Allegany County Legislative Board Resolution for Setting Public Hearing
Appendix E Allegany County Legislative Board Resolution for Adoption of the Comprehensive Plan
Appendix F Allegany County Strategic Tourism Marketing Plan
Appendix G Friendship Empire Zone Development Plan 2007
Appendix H Allegany County Agriculture Development and Farmland Enhancement Plan
Appendix I Allegany County Department of Health 2005 – 2010 Community Health Assessment
Appendix J

Appendix K

Allegany County 2011 – 2015 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Warning that this document is very large – not recommended for dial-up connections
Hazard Mitigation Planning Group
2011 – 2015 Hazard Mitigation Plan
The Hazard Mitigation Planning Group has met with the county’s towns, villages, colleges, special districts and groups to create the 2011 – 2015 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan which is an update to the 2005 Plan. To view this 2011 Update click on the various links below. The Plan has been completed and approved by NYS and FEMA as of the summer of 2011.
Title Page – [1 Page]
Addendum to Hazard Mitigation Plan [88 Pages]
Letter of Transmittal
Table of Contents – [4 Pages]
Table of Figures & Tables – [11 Pages]
Executive Summary – [5 Pages]
Section I: Introduction – [9 Pages]
Section II: Planning Process -[34 Pages]
Section III: Risk Assessment – [15 Pages]
Section III: Hazard Analysis – [70 Pages]
Section IV: General Inventory of Assets – [89 Pages]
Section V: Identified Critical Facilities and Structures – [92 Pages]
Section VI: Risk/Loss Estimation – [132 Pages]
Section VII: Mitigation Strategy – Goals – Actions – [93 Pages]
Section VIII: Plan Maintenance Procedures – [3 Pages]
Section IX: Adoption Process – [2 Pages]
Section X: Appendices – [156 Pages]
Section XI: References – [3 Pages]
Hazard Mitigation Planning Group
Members of the Hazard Mitigation Planning Group include:Jeff Luckey – Allegany County Office of Emergency Services
Guy James – Allegany County DPW
Kevin Demick – Allegany County Highway Superintendents Association
Fred Sinclair – Allegany County Legislator
Kier Dirlam – Allegany County Planner
Red Cross of Western New York
Scott Torrey – Allegany County Soil & Water District
Tom Hull – Allegany County Department of Health
If you have any questions or comments, please call the Planning Office at 585-268-7472 or e-mail us at development@alleganyco.gov

Appendix L

Allegany County Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan
Completed July 2007
Cover Letter [2 pages]
Preface [5 pages]
I. Introduction [6 pages]
II Federal Transit Programs Legislation [7 pages]
III. Demographic Profile [14 pages]
IV. Research [37 pages]
V. Developing the Mobility Plan [12 pages]
VI Implementation and Evaluation [9 pages]
VII Allegany County Transportation Task Force [7 pages]
VIII Allegany County Transportation Work Plan [14 pages]
IX Appendices [27 pages]
HAT Bus Guide [8 pages] [Please Note: 2.4 MB]

Appendix M Allegany County Youth Bureau 2007 Annual Report: Statistical Comparison of Youth Participation
Appendix N Allegany County Chapter of the Red Cross: Disaster Response Plan
Appendix O Information on Australia’s Tidy Towns Program
Appendix P PPAC
Appendix Q The Allegany County Community Partnership on Aging Strategic Plan
Appendix R Project Listings – To be officially appended in 2011

Open Space Planning

Allegany County is in the western region of New York State for Open Space Planning. We participate in the plan that is developed by the state on a regular basis. See the plan here.

Another Plan that is relevant on a statewide basis is: The New York State Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan

and finally there is also a Statewide Trails Plan, which we are part of.

Allegany County Open Space Resources

Planning Intern, Nick Arquette, worked with several trail stakeholders, as well as the Trails Task Force while he was here to create a Trails Plan for Allegany County. The plan identifies existing conditions, needs, and possible solutions for the trail system. His work is a collection of the pre-existing documentation of trails dating back from 1974 to the present, and the ideologies of residents and the rising outdoor recreation market. The draft was presented at the November 13, 2019 Trails Task Force meeting; the presentation and subsequent meeting served as a catalyst for collaboration between stakeholders groups in the County.

The trails presentation is available here

Allegany County Trail Plan

NYSDEC maintains more than 50,000 acres of State Forest and Wildlife Management Areas within Allegany County. Their website is an excellent resource for reviewing each of the state forests within our County. The DEC also oversees part of the former WAG Trail south of Wellsville that extends to the PA border.

Allegany County maintains over 2,000 acres of County forests. The Soil & Water Conservation District is the group that maintains these resources.

Finger Lakes Trail – This trail is connected to the North Country Trail and makes it one of the longest hiking trails in the country. The trail crosses the northern part of the County and is a purely hiking trail.

Genesee Valley Greenway – This Greenway follows the old Genesee Valley Canal line from Cuba, NY northeast through the County until it exits into Letchworth State Park and continues north to Rochester, NY. The greenway is owned now by NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. There is also a group that helps maintain the Greenway – Friends of the GVG.

Allegany Trails – is a small group of people interested in creating more trails within Allegany County. Presently they control about 1 mile of the old WAG Trail – now renamed the Upper Genesee River Trail from Wellsville’s Island Park south to Weidrick Road.

Genesee River Wilds Inc. is a small Not for Profit group that is working to assist other groups with their projects and bring new project on-line. Primary focus during 2012 is to bring two pocket parks on-line for canoe and Kayak access onto the Genesee River at Transit Bridge and Belfast bridge.

Fishing resources in Cuba Lake, Rushford Lake and the small lakes and ponds are plentiful. NYSDEC stocks many of the streams and lakes annually. Allegany County is a perennial top five deer hunting county in New York State for both deer per square mile and bucks per square mile. Black Bear, and Turkey are also popular hunting sports in county.

Virtually every Town and Village in the County maintains at least one park within it’s boundaries. Many of these include playing fields for soccer, baseball, softball and similar team sports while also having picnic areas and playgrounds in some of them. Some have pavilions for use by larger parties. Contact a particular Town or Village to see what they offer.

See Chapter III of the 2013 Allegany County Comprehensive Plan for a chart of many of the resources available within Allegany County.

Hazard Mitigation Planning

The Hazard Mitigation Planning Group has met with the county’s towns, villages, colleges, special districts and groups to create the 2011 – 2015 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan for Allegany County. The HMP is an update to the 2005 Plan. The Plan is available on the Other Plans & Documents Page.

The Hazard Mitigation Planning Group has completed the review of the Hazard Mitigation Plan as of September 2018. All Towns and Villages have approved and adopted the 2018 Plan.

Reports

Our Vision, Our Mission: Outlook for 2030

Maps

APPENDICES

APPENDICES

Other Documents and Reports Not part of the County Comprehensive Plan

Open Space Planning

Allegany County Open Space Resources

Hazard Mitigation Planning