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Monroe County, New York

Zoning, building permits and septic rules in the Village of Honeoye Falls, New York

The Village of Honeoye Falls, in Monroe County, New York, adopts its own zoning in Chapter 190 of the village code, with R-1 to R-4 residential districts1. Building work must follow the New York State Uniform Code2, and the village lists its own Code Enforcement office3. Septic permits come from the Monroe County Department of Public Health4.

At a glance

Zoning
Village zoning, Chapter 190, residential districts R-1 to R-415
Building permit
Required for work that must meet the NYS Uniform Code; village Code Enforcement office23
Septic
Monroe County Department of Public Health4
Manufactured homes
Parks only, by special use permit in R-46
Accessory dwelling
Special use permit in R-1, R-2 and R-4; not allowed in R-37
Minimum lot (single-family)
10,000 sq ft listed; more where there is no public sewer8
Max height
35 feet (2.5 stories) in R-1 to R-39

Who to call

Building permits

Village of Honeoye Falls Code Enforcement

The village's code enforcement office, listed among Village of Honeoye Falls departments

(585) 624-6150

5 East St, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472

Septic permits

Monroe County Department of Public Health, Bureau of Public Health Engineering

Permits and inspections for onsite wastewater (septic) systems under the Monroe County Sanitary Code

585 753-5060

111 Westfall Road, Room 844 Rochester, NY 14620

Contact details are copied from each office’s official page and were checked against it on October 14, 2026.

Off-grid gear

Going off-grid in Village of Honeoye Falls means bringing your own water and power. The kit we’d start with:

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Does Honeoye Falls have zoning, and what does it mean for lots and setbacks?

Yes. The Village of Honeoye Falls enforces its own zoning under Chapter 190 of the village code, and uses are permitted as of right or by special use permit, with unlisted uses prohibited1. Residential land falls in districts R-1 through R-45.

The lot and yard rules vary by district. The single-family minimum lot size is listed at 10,000 square feet, rising to 24,000 square feet in R-1 and R-2 without public sewers8. The minimum rear yard for residential use is 20 feet10, residential lot coverage tops out at 35%11, and primary structures in R-1 to R-3 are limited to 35 feet9. Read the district table for your parcel before you plan anything.

Can you put a tiny home, manufactured home or accessory dwelling in Honeoye Falls?

Manufactured homes are handled narrowly: a manufactured home park is a special use permit use only in the R-4 district, with a 5-acre minimum park size6. A single manufactured home on an individual village lot is not separately addressed in the table we read, so ask the village Code Enforcement office before buying3.

An accessory dwelling unit needs a special use permit in R-1, R-2 and R-4, and is not permitted in R-37. We could not confirm village rules for tiny homes or for living in an RV; ask the village Code Enforcement office.

Do you need a building permit in Honeoye Falls, and who issues it?

New York requires a building permit for work that must conform to the state Uniform Code or Energy Code, and each local authority runs its own code-enforcement program2. A local program may exempt small detached sheds and playhouses up to 144 square feet, but exempt work must still meet the code2.

The Village of Honeoye Falls lists a Code Enforcement office at 5 East St, phone (585) 624-61503. We could not confirm the village's own permit chapter, fees or process, so call that office before you start. A certificate of occupancy is required for work done under a building permit12.

How do septic permits work in Honeoye Falls?

Septic permits for Honeoye Falls addresses are administered by the Monroe County Department of Public Health under the county sanitary code4. Construction, alteration or repair of a private sewage system requires a permit from the county Health Director or an authorized representative13.

Where a public sanitary sewer is available and accessible, a private sewage disposal system generally may not be built14. Inside a village that matters: ask the village whether sewer reaches your lot before you plan a septic field. Installations are inspected, and the county says inspections are completed within 48 hours of request15. The county office is the Bureau of Public Health Engineering16.

Building a home in Honeoye Falls: the steps, in order

  1. Confirm the district and lot rules in Chapter 1901, including any special use permit your plan needs7.
  2. Ask village Code Enforcement whether sewer reaches your lot and what a building permit requires3.
  3. If no public sewer is available, apply to the county for a septic permit4.
  4. Get your building permit before work starts2.
  5. Keep work exposed until it is inspected17.
  6. Obtain a certificate of occupancy before moving in12.

What stays with Monroe County, and what to check before you buy

Septic permits stay with Monroe County4, and land outside the village is covered by the Monroe County page. The county itself has no authority to set local zoning; the municipality does18.

Monroe County advisory review applies within the 100-year floodplain of Honeoye Creek and other listed waterways19. If your lot lies near a creek, ask the village about flood rules, since we could not confirm village floodplain permits.

County-level figures: Monroe County's effective property tax rate is20% and the typical home value is21 dollars.

Watch-outs

  • We could not confirm the village's own building permit chapter, fees, or rules on RVs and tiny homes; call the Code Enforcement office at (585) 624-61503.
  • The zoning details above come from the residential districts only; commercial and other districts were not reviewed5.
  • Monroe County sets septic rules, not the village4.

Sources

  1. Village of Honeoye Falls Chapter 190 Zoning, Article IV Residential Districts (Village of Honeoye Falls), quoted and re-checked
  2. Part 1203 Uniform Code and the Energy Code: Minimum Standards for Administration and Enforcement (New York statewide rule), quoted and re-checked
  3. Village of Honeoye Falls Code Enforcement (villageofhoneoyefalls.gov)
  4. Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, quoted and re-checked
  5. Village of Honeoye Falls Chapter 190 Zoning, Article IV Residential Districts (Village of Honeoye Falls), quoted and re-checked
  6. Village of Honeoye Falls Chapter 190 Zoning, Article IV Residential Districts (Village of Honeoye Falls), quoted and re-checked
  7. Village of Honeoye Falls Chapter 190 Zoning, Article IV Residential Districts (Village of Honeoye Falls), quoted and re-checked
  8. Village of Honeoye Falls Chapter 190 Zoning, Article IV Residential Districts (Village of Honeoye Falls), quoted and re-checked
  9. Village of Honeoye Falls Chapter 190 Zoning, Article IV Residential Districts (Village of Honeoye Falls), quoted and re-checked
  10. Village of Honeoye Falls Chapter 190 Zoning, Article IV Residential Districts (Village of Honeoye Falls), quoted and re-checked
  11. Village of Honeoye Falls Chapter 190 Zoning, Article IV Residential Districts (Village of Honeoye Falls), quoted and re-checked
  12. Part 1203 Uniform Code and the Energy Code: Minimum Standards for Administration and Enforcement (New York statewide rule), quoted and re-checked
  13. Monroe County Sanitary Code, Article IIA, Private Sewage Disposal Systems, quoted and re-checked
  14. Monroe County Sanitary Code, Article II-A, Private Sewage Disposal Systems, quoted and re-checked
  15. Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, quoted and re-checked
  16. Monroe County Department of Public Health, Bureau of Public Health Engineering (monroecounty.gov)
  17. Part 1203 Uniform Code and the Energy Code: Minimum Standards for Administration and Enforcement (New York statewide rule), quoted and re-checked
  18. Plan Forward: Why Plan?, quoted and re-checked
  19. Development Review Guide, quoted and re-checked
  20. Effective property tax rate: Bolthole Index county data
  21. Typical home value (Zillow): Bolthole Index county data

Written October 14, 2026 from the rules quoted below, each taken from an official source and re-checked by an independent reviewer. This is research, not legal advice: rules change, so confirm with the office before you buy or build.

Answers from the rulebook for Village of Honeoye Falls

Village of Honeoye Falls’s own rules

  • Local zoningPresent

    Land inside Honeoye Falls village; village Chapter 190 Zoning with R-1 to R-4 residential districts

    • Uses are permitted as of right (p) or by special use permit (sp); unlisted uses are expressly prohibited
    “§ 190-15 use regulations. uses are allowed in residential zoning districts in accordance with the residential district use lists below.”
  • Zoning districtsPublished

    Residential districts R-1 to R-4 inside Honeoye Falls village; non-residential districts not read

    • Only Article IV residential districts were read
    “village residential (r-4) district. the purpose of the village residential district is to provide for growth and development”
  • Minimum lot sizeDistrict specific (with conditions)

    Single-family dwelling lots in R-1, R-2, R-3 residential districts inside Honeoye Falls village

    • R-4 lot sizes set in subdivision and site plan review
    • Without public sewers 24,000 sf in R-1 and R-2, 30,000 sf in R-3 and R-4
    • Minimum lot width 45 ft R-1/R-2, 65 ft R-3

    minimum lot size single-family R-1/R-2/R-3: >= 10000 square feet (24,000 sf R-1/R-2 without public sewers)

    “residential district lot and yard requirements zoning district land use r-1 r-2 r-3 r-4 minimum lot size single family dwelling (square feet) 10,000 10,000 10,000 spr 1”
  • SetbacksDistrict specific (with conditions)

    Residential districts R-1 to R-4 inside Honeoye Falls village

    • Front yard 15 ft minimum R-1/R-2, 20 ft R-3, 40 ft maximum; or most common front yard on the block
    • Side yards 10 ft / 25 total in R-1 and R-2, 12 ft / 30 total in R-3 and R-4
    • Accessory structures 3 ft (10 ft in R-3)
    • R-4 front yard set in subdivision and site plan review

    rear yard residential use: >= 20 feet

    “minimum rear yard (feet) residential use 20 20 20 20 nonresidential use 25 25 25 25”
  • Lot coverageSpecified

    Residential districts R-1 to R-4 inside Honeoye Falls village

    • Nonresidential use 30% in R-1/R-2, 35% in R-3/R-4
    • Minimum open space 35% R-3, 45% R-4

    maximum lot coverage residential use: <= 35 percent

    “accessory structure 24 1 24 1 24 1 24 1 maximum lot coverage residential use 35% 35% 35% 35%”
  • Building heightSpecified

    Residential districts R-1 to R-3 inside Honeoye Falls village; R-4 set in subdivision and site plan review

    • Accessory structures 24 ft, not above principal structure height

    maximum primary structure height: <= 35 feet (2.5 stories) (R-4 per site plan review)

    “maximum building height (feet) primary structure 35 (2.5 stories) 35 (2.5 stories) 35 (2.5 stories) spr 1”
  • Manufactured homesLimited

    Manufactured homes inside Honeoye Falls village; only manufactured home parks are listed in the residential use table

    • Manufactured home park is a special use permit (sp) use only in the R-4 district; not listed in R-1, R-2, R-3
    • Uses not listed are expressly prohibited
    • Minimum park size 5 acres
    • Individual manufactured homes on single lots not separately addressed in the table read

    minimum manufactured home park size: >= 5 acres (R-4 only)

    “manufactured home park — — — sp nursing home or assisted-living facility”
  • Accessory dwellingsLimited

    Accessory dwelling units in R-1, R-2 and R-4 districts inside Honeoye Falls village

    • Special use permit required in R-1, R-2 and R-4
    • Not permitted in R-3
    • Subject to additional requirements in Article IX
    “**accessory dwelling unit sp sp — sp **accessory use or structure, residential”
  • Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

    Subdivision in R-3 and R-4 districts inside Honeoye Falls village (separate Chapter 161 Subdivision of Land exists)

    • ZBA may vary requirements if subdivision is under five acres
    • Open space and clustering required in R-3 and R-4
    “any subdivision of land in an r-3 or r-4 district shall provide for open space.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Village of Honeoye Falls or Monroe County directly.

  • Building permit — Building permits inside Honeoye Falls village
  • Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Honeoye Falls village
  • Inspections — Building inspections inside Honeoye Falls village
  • Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy inside Honeoye Falls village
  • Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size inside Honeoye Falls village
15 more unanswered
  • Living in an RV
  • Camping on your land
  • Tiny homes
  • Who permits septic
  • Septic permit
  • Septic inspection
  • Off-grid sanitation
  • Well permit
  • Mandatory utility hookup
  • Agricultural exemption
  • Driveway access
  • Building in a floodplain
  • Short-term rentals
  • Permit fees
  • Permit process

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.

Unanswered questions are usually a sign that Village of Honeoye Falls publishes no rule on the point, not that none exists. Monroe County’s page lists the county offices to call.

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