Lead High Risk Area Map

This web map depicts the lead high risk areas within Rochester, NY. What is the Rochester lead law? What properties are affected by the lead law? In December 2005, the City of Rochester adopted a local Lead Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Ordinance that requires inspections for lead paint hazards as an extension of the city’s existing inspection processes (Certificate of Occupancy, complaints, referrals, etc.), which applies to rental units within the City limits. This law went into effect on July 1, 2006. Most pre-1978 rental properties in the City of Rochester that require a Certificate of Occupancy are covered by this law. What does it mean that a property is within a high risk area? The lead ordinance requires that City designate high risk area, reflecting properties recorded with historic elevated blood lead level data and the recommendations of the Monroe County Department of Public Health to be classified with this designation. Properties in these high risk areas are subject to additional inspection requirements and a separate citation, violation, and clearance process. What is the City doing in regard to these high risk areas? Since the passage of the lead ordinance, the City has conducted over 100,000 lead inspections, including inspections of every residential dwelling unit within the high risk areas. For up-to-date reports on this effort, please see the lead program page on the Department of Neighborhood and Business Development website.