Land Use                                                                           With few exceptions, the Town is mostly agricultural, forestland, and residential in character. Residential uses are most heavily concentrated along State Routes 64 and 21, County Roads 12 and 34, and along the lakeshore. The rest of the Town is sparsely populated, and either undeveloped forest or agricultural lands Recreational areas include a ski resort, a golf course, a large New York State owned recreation area, the Ontario County Park, a scout reservation, and the Rochester Museum's Cumming Nature Center, which together occupy large tracts. The State maintains a public boat launching area adjacent to and within the Town's southern boundary. Except for a number of home occupation business, commercial uses are located in relatively small areas along New York State Routes 64 and 21, and most may be characterized as being "light" or "neighborhood" types of businesses, with the exceptions represented by marina, gravel, sawmill and timber-frame milling operations. South Bristol has become more and more tourist oriented because of the year round recreational, retirement and artistic opportunities and the Town's proximity to the populated urban areas in and around Rochester. This trend can be expected to continue for the foreseeable future.