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Canton, CT zoning districts

What each zoning code in Canton stands for, read from the town's own adopted regulations. Every parcel we list carries one of these codes; this is where you check what it permits.

Read Canton's zoning regulations

CodeDistrictType ParcelsOpportunities Our reading
R-3 Residential (R) Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 1,838 0 Single Family
R-2 Residential (R) Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 753 0 Single Family
R-1 Residential (R) Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 599 0 Single Family
CDVD Collinsville Design Village Districtthe zone you clicked Mixed Use 227 86 Multi-family
CVDVD Canton Village Design Village Districtthe zone you clicked Mixed Use 134 0 Unclear
R-SL Residential (R) Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 100 0 Single Family
MR Mixed Residential Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 85 0 Unclear
EGDVD East Gateway Design Village Districtthe zone you clicked Mixed Use 35 0 Single Family
I Industrial Districtthe zone you clicked Industrial 34 0 Single Family
HCDVD Harts Corner Design Village Districtthe zone you clicked Mixed Use 32 0 Single Family
MCPF Municipal, Community, and Public Facilities Districtthe zone you clicked Special 17 0 Unknown
IP the zone you clicked None 12 0 Unknown
B Business Districtthe zone you clicked Business 3 0 Unknown
LI the zone you clicked None 3 0 Unknown
AAH Active Adult Housing Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 2 0 Unknown
HI the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
AR-3 the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
CSH Canton Specialty Housing Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 1 0 Unknown
GA Garden Apartment Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 1 0 Unknown
IH Industrial Heritage Districtthe zone you clicked Mixed Use 1 0 Unknown

Our reading is derived from what is actually built in each district today, not from the code string — a code like R-15 means different things in different Connecticut towns. It is an estimate, and the regulations linked above are the authority.

Where these names come from

Source: eCode360 Town of Canton Code, Chapter 470 Zoning (Articles I-XX), read via the r.jina.ai text proxy because ecode360.com returns 403 to both WebFetch and curl. Current online edition, amendments listed through 2026-07-17. Districts were assembled from Art. III (Residential), Art. IV (Business and Industrial), Art. V (Design Districts), Art. VI (Other Districts) and Art. X sec.470-1002 (Design Village Districts). Two caveats: (1) Canton's Art. III gives NO individual name to R-1/R-2/R-3/R-SL - the ordinance names them collectively 'Residential (R) Districts' and distinguishes them only by lot area/density, so that collective ordinance wording is used as the label rather than inventing per-code names. (2) Three districts the ordinance defines carry no letter code and are therefore omitted from the code list: sec.470-601 Collinsville Business Overlay District, sec.470-602 Floodplain Overlay District, and the Industrial Park District of sec.470-504 (whose only coded form is the existing 'Industrial Park District 1 (IPD-1)' in Table 470-504, listed below as written). All 10 assessor codes matched.