Waterbury, CT Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Issuing authority
- Superintendent of Streets
- Fee basis
- street frontage occupied
- Site requirement
- enclosed and lighted per section 99.74
- Combined license
- no second permit needed under (B)
- Penalty
- section 99.99, separate offense per day
Summary
Anyone building or repairing along a Waterbury street can license part of the street for building materials under City Code section 99.04, issued by the Superintendent of Streets. The licensed space must be enclosed and lighted, and fees run by the amount of street frontage occupied, set in the city's annual fee schedule.
(A) Every person intending to erect or to repair any building upon any land abutting on any of the streets of the city, may receive a license to occupy a portion of the street for building materials in the manner, and upon such terms and conditions as provided in Chapter 110 of this code, and in all cases the portion so allotted shall be enclosed and lighted as prescribed in Section 99.74. ... (B) The Superintendent of Streets shall issue licenses for the following and collect fees: for obstructing streets with building materials, and the like, in proportion to the street frontage occupied, at the rate as set forth in the schedule of fees, charges, penalties and rewards attached to the annual budget of the city, pursuant to Section 41.11 of this code, the Superintendent of Streets to designate the amount of space to be occupied; provided, however, that, any permittee under division (A) above shall not be required to obtain any license under this division.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-8: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through September 8, 2025).
Full Breakdown
04 lets anyone intending to erect or repair a building on land abutting a city street obtain a license to occupy part of that street for storing building materials. The license issues under the terms of Chapter 110, the city's general licensing chapter, which routes applications through a signed, numbered application on file with the issuing officer and lets the relevant board set conditions protecting public health, safety or welfare. 74, the chapter's barricading and lighting rule for street obstructions. 11. The Superintendent also fixes how much space a permittee may occupy.
A licensee under division (A) does not need a second license under division (B) for the same obstruction, so builders pay once for the combined materials-storage and street-occupancy privilege. The section traces to 1967 Code section 19-8 and was last amended by ordinances passed May 22, 1989 and August 19, 2013. 04(C), so the permit cannot be leased or subcontracted to an unlicensed party.
Violations & Fines
Occupying a Waterbury street with building materials without the Superintendent of Streets' license, or exceeding the allotted space, is punishable under section 99.99: a fine set in the city's annual fee schedule, referral to community court under Conn. Gen. Stat. section 51-181c(d), and community service at the court's discretion. Each day the unlicensed occupancy continues counts as a separate offense, and the city may remove the material at the owner's expense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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