The Town Board may consider an application for rezoning a defined area of Rural Agricultural (RA) land to R-1-6 where, upon referral from the Town Planning Board, each of the following criteria have been found:
(1) The area has been identified on the Town of Chili Comprehensive Plan for higher density residential development than that envisioned in the Rural Agricultural (RA) District.
(2) The area is not located within the Southwestern Monroe County Agricultural District No. 5, identified in the adopted Town of Chili Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan as strategic farmlands to be protected by the Town of Chili Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan, nor are the lands involved being actively used for agricultural purposes.
(3) The area is served by public water and sewer, and there is adequate capacity to accommodate the proposed increased density of development.
(4) The area is within three highway miles of an existing fire station.
(5) The area is not located within the delineated Floodway Overlay District (FWOD) on the Official Zoning Map.
(6) The area does not contain major drainage problems for which solutions cannot be provided by the applicant as part of site plan approval.

See § 500-12: R-1-6 Single-Family Residential District for more information.

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