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Waterbury, CT zoning districts

What each zoning code in Waterbury 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 Waterbury's zoning regulations

CodeDistrictType ParcelsOpportunities Our reading
RL Low Density Residential Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 12,877 0 Single Family
RS Single-Family Residential Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 6,240 0 Single Family
RM Moderate Density Residential Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 5,144 1,368 Multi-family
RS-12 Large Lot Single-Family Residential Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 1,321 0 Single Family
CA Arterial Commercial Districtthe zone you clicked Business 702 0 Single Family
CG General Commercial Districtthe zone you clicked Business 565 0 Unclear
RH High Density Residential Districtthe zone you clicked Residential 391 58 Multi-family
CBD Central Business Districtthe zone you clicked Business 380 0 Unclear
IL Limited Industrial Districtthe zone you clicked Industrial 246 0 Single Family
IG General Industrial Districtthe zone you clicked Industrial 206 0 Single Family
RO Residential Office Districtthe zone you clicked Mixed Use 189 0 Unclear
IP Industrial Park Districtthe zone you clicked Industrial 139 0 Single Family
CN Neighborhood Shopping Districtthe zone you clicked Business 126 0 Unclear
CO Commercial Office Districtthe zone you clicked Business 84 0 Single Family

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: City of Waterbury Zoning Regulations, 'With Amendments Through: December 1, 2023' (adopted 4/27/2011, effective 5/16/2011, revised to 12/1/2023), Article 3 § 3.01 Establishment of Districts plus § 7.04. The live waterburyct.org PDF URL now returns 404, so I read the Wayback Machine capture dated 2024-06-13 of https://www.waterburyct.org/filestorage/103431/108302/108357/108359/Waterbury_Zoning_Regs_Revised_to_December_1,_2023.pdf. All 14 assessor codes matched exactly; the CA-IL overlay is added from § 7.04 and does not appear in assessor data.