Building Setbacks & Zoning in Connecticut (2026)

Bethel's zoning table sets principal-building setbacks that scale with lot size across its six residential zones. Front…

In Danbury's CL-10 Light Commercial District, buildings must sit back 20 feet from the front line, 10 feet from the…

A House A building in Hartford must sit within a 10-foot front build-to zone in MX-1, a 20-foot one in MX-2, and behind…

City Code § 213-48D(2) sets Meriden's minimum front yard setback for every zoning district, measured from the street…

In the City of New Britain, front, side and rear yard setbacks are set district by district in the zoning ordinance's…

New Haven's RS-1 Special Single-Family district requires a 25-foot front yard, a 25-foot rear yard, and side yards of…

Norwalk measures its main front-yard setback from the center line of the street, not the property line: no residential…

Ridgefield's zoning regulations set a graduated table of yard setbacks by residential zone under § 3.5.H, running from…

In Stamford's R-6 Single- and Two-Family District, single-family homes need a 15-foot front yard (or 40 feet from the…

In the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, the Zoning Commission sets minimum front, side and rear yards in a table in…

Every residential zone in Bethel caps a principal building at 35 feet and 2.5 stories, with no variation between the…

In an RMF-10 cluster development, Danbury zoning caps new buildings at 35 feet and three stories, with a 50-foot…

Under Hartford Zoning Regulations § 4.14.2.B, a House A building must be at least 2 stories tall in all three districts…

In the City of Meriden, homes in the S-R, R-1 and R-2 Districts on lots 60 feet wide or wider are capped at 30 feet…

In the City of New Britain, a house in the S-1 or S-2 single-family district can rise no higher than 35 feet under the…

New Haven's RS-1 Special Single-Family district limits new homes to three stories or an average height of 35 feet…

Norwalk caps accessory buildings in residence zones at 15 feet when they sit in the required rear yard, measured to the…

Zoning Regulations § 3.5.I caps house height in Ridgefield's residential zones at 35 feet average and 45 feet total…

Stamford's R-6 Single- and Two-Family District caps houses at two and a half stories or 30 feet, whichever comes first…

Danbury caps how much of a lot a building's ground floor can occupy: the exact percentage is set district-by-district…

Hartford caps House A building coverage at 30-35% of the lot and impervious surface at 40-70%, with a 10-15%…

Meriden caps lot coverage at 40% of the total lot area for garden-type multifamily developments approved as a special…

In the City of New Britain, how much of a lot a house and its accessory buildings can cover is fixed district by…

In New Haven's RS-1 Special Single-Family district, a home and any accessory buildings together cannot cover more than…

Ridgefield caps how much of a residential lot buildings can cover on a sliding scale, not a flat percentage. Zoning…

In Stamford's R-6 Single- and Two-Family District, total lot coverage, including every building, driveway, walkway and…

The Stratford Zoning Regulations cap building coverage and impervious coverage in the Single-Family Residence Districts…