Monroe County
Town of Chili, NY: zoning for new construction
Residential lots in the Town of Chili run from a 0.1377-acre minimum in Single-Family Residential (R-1-6) up to 50 acres in Planned Residential Development (PRD) — 50-acre qualifying tract; per-lot 10,000-20,000 sf and all setbacks set by Planning Board site plan approval, across 9 zoning districts in all. No local short-term-rental law on record - which is not the same as permission. Power here is RG&E territory. The district table below has the setbacks, height limits and coverage - confirm the specifics with the building department at (585) 889-6143 before you rely on a figure.
Looking specifically at an accessory dwelling unit? See ADU rules for Chili →
Zoning districts
| District | Min lot | Setbacks F / S / R | Max height | ADU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-Family Residential (R-1-6) | 0.1377 ac | 40 / 8 / 25 ft | 35 ft | No |
| Residential Single-Family (R-1-12) | 0.2755 ac | 60 / 10 / 30 ft | 35 ft | No |
| Residential Single-Family (R-1-15) | 0.3444 ac | 60 / 10 / 40 ft | 35 ft | No |
| Residential Single-Family (R-1-20) | 0.4591 ac | 60 / 10 / 60 ft | 35 ft | No |
| Residential Multiple-Family (RM) — 36,000 sf minimum SITE; yield set by 8 du/gross acre, 12 units per building, 6 in a row | 0.8264 ac | 60 / 40 / 30 ft | 35 ft | No |
| Rural Agricultural (RA-1) | 1 ac | 100 / 30 / 50 ft | 35 ft | No |
| Rural Agricultural (RA-10) | 10 ac | 100 / 50 / 50 ft | 35 ft | No |
| Agricultural Conservation (AC) — single-family figures; farms take a separate 10-acre column | 2 ac | 75 / 50 / 50 ft | 35 ft | No |
| Planned Residential Development (PRD) — 50-acre qualifying tract; per-lot 10,000-20,000 sf and all setbacks set by Planning Board site plan approval | 50 ac | — | — | No |
Short-term rentals
No local short-term-rental law on record - which is not the same as permission. The Town of Chili has NO short-term-rental provision. Zoning Ch. 500 contains no short-term rental, transient occupancy, tourist home or bed-and-breakfast use, and the Town Code's full chapter list carries no rental chapter and no rental-registration chapter — Ch. 205 Buildings and Property Maintenance is a maintenance and unsafe-structures chapter, not a rental-licensing one. The code is unusually fresh (eCode360 shows it current through 06-10-2026 with New Laws (0)), so this is the state of the law as of this ingest rather than a stale snapshot. Absence is NOT permission: every Chili residential district is written as a closed permitted-use list plus a closed special-permit list, so a transient-occupancy use that appears on neither list is not automatically allowed. Recorded unknown rather than permitted for that reason. New York State's 2025 STR registry (Ch. 99 of the Laws of 2025) separately requires every host statewide to register. Confirm with the Building Department at (585) 889-6143.
Good to know
- UtilityRG&E territory.
- Building dept(585) 889-6143
- Last reviewed2026-08-11
Working out a budget? A standard-finish build here runs $204–$268/sq ft , and a conforming lot adds about $516 on top - see the full cost to build a house in Chili, or what an ADU costs here.
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Zoning figures for Town of Chili are compiled from the municipal code (last reviewed 2026-08-11) and provided for decision-support only - not legal, engineering, or architectural advice. Setback and dimensional standards often carry conditions and exceptions; verify with the building department at (585) 889-6143 before relying on any number. Source: Offsite / Aldo zoning dataset, municipalData.js.