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Norwich, CT zoning districts

What each zoning code in Norwich 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 Norwich's zoning regulations

CodeDistrictType ParcelsOpportunities Our reading
MF Multifamily Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 3,844 1,546 Multi-family
R20 the zone you clicked None 3,225 0 Single Family
R40 the zone you clicked None 2,734 0 Single Family
GC General Commercial Districtthe zone you clicked Business 908 0 Unclear
R80 the zone you clicked None 735 0 Single Family
PC Planned Commercial Districtthe zone you clicked Business 695 0 Unclear
NC Neighborhood Commercial Districtthe zone you clicked Business 340 0 Unclear
CC Chelsea Central Districtthe zone you clicked Mixed Use 232 0 Unclear
R-20 Single Family Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 186 0 Unclear
BP Business Park Districtthe zone you clicked Business 178 0 Unclear
WD Waterfront Development Districtthe zone you clicked Mixed Use 153 0 Unclear
R-40 Single Family Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 108 0 Single Family
R-80 Single Family Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 51 0 Single Family
R20/R40 the zone you clicked None 34 0 Unclear
ROS the zone you clicked None 31 0 Single Family
MF/R10 Multifamily District / Single-Family District R-10 (split-zoned)the zone you clicked Residential 30 1 Multi-family
PDD Planned Development Design Districtthe zone you clicked Mixed Use 24 0 Unknown
I the zone you clicked None 21 0 Unknown
GC/MF the zone you clicked None 18 0 Unknown
GC/R10 the zone you clicked None 16 0 Unknown
MF/R20 the zone you clicked None 15 0 Unknown
R20/MF the zone you clicked None 11 0 Unknown
GC/R20 the zone you clicked None 10 0 Unknown
R40/BP the zone you clicked None 10 0 Unknown
NC/R20 the zone you clicked None 9 0 Unknown
MF8 the zone you clicked None 8 0 Unknown
R40/R20 the zone you clicked None 8 0 Unknown
ID the zone you clicked None 7 0 Unknown
MF R10 the zone you clicked None 6 0 Unknown
MF/WD the zone you clicked None 6 0 Unknown
NC/GC the zone you clicked None 6 0 Unknown
BP/R40 the zone you clicked None 5 0 Unknown
MF/R40 the zone you clicked None 5 0 Unknown
R20/GC the zone you clicked None 5 0 Unknown
R80/R20 the zone you clicked None 5 0 Unknown
BP R40 the zone you clicked None 4 0 Unknown
R20. the zone you clicked None 4 0 Unknown
GC/NC the zone you clicked None 3 0 Unknown
MF/CC the zone you clicked None 3 0 Unknown
R20/R80 the zone you clicked None 3 0 Unknown
R20/ROS the zone you clicked None 3 0 Unknown
R40/MF the zone you clicked None 3 0 Unknown
R40/R80 the zone you clicked None 3 0 Unknown
CC/MF the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
GC/WD the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
I-R40 the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
I/R40 the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
MF/GC the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
MF/NC the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
MF5 the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
PPD the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
R20/NC the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
R80/PC the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
R80/R40 the zone you clicked None 2 0 Unknown
BP/GC the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
CC/NC the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
CC/WD the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
MF R40 the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
MF-5 the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
MF/BP the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
N/C the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
NC/CC the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
NC/MF the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
R0S the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
R10/GC the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
R25 the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
R40/NC the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
R40/ROS the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
R80/GC the zone you clicked None 1 0 Unknown
ROS/IND the zone you clicked None 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

Read the City of Norwich Zoning Regulations PDF at norwichct.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3226 (the Municode link on the town Zoning page is dead/legacy). Edition: ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 20, 2026, EFFECTIVE DATE FEBRUARY 15, 2026 — the current adopted regulations. District list taken verbatim from Section 1.3.A 'Table 1: Districts Established'. Assessor codes R20/R40/R80 were matched to the ordinance spellings R-20/R-40/R-80 and deduplicated against the already-hyphenated duplicates in the extract. Four assessor codes did not match: PC appears exactly once in the whole ordinance (Table 16, Dimensional Standards for Multifamily Dwellings, as the column heading 'GC / PC') but is never defined or named in Table 1 or anywhere else — it looks like a drafting leftover from the prior edition, so no label is asserted. ROS is absent entirely. 'R20/R40' and 'MF/R10' are split-zoning combinations recorded by the assessor for parcels spanning two districts, not districts in their own right.