Bridgeport City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Zoning District Classifications
§ 560-401 Establishment of districts.
The Borough of Bridgeport is hereby divided into zoning districts of different types, with each type being of such number, shape, kind, and area, and with common unity of purpose and adaptability of use, that are deemed by the Borough Council as most suitable to carry out the goals and objectives in the Comprehensive Plan and the general purpose and intent set forth in this chapter.
§ 560-402 Enumeration of districts.
A.
For the purposes of this chapter, Bridgeport Borough is hereby divided into the following zoning districts, which shall be designated as follows:
(1)
OS Open Space District.
(2)
R1 Low Density Residential District.
(3)
R2 Medium Density Residential District.
(4)
R3 High Density Residential District.
(5)
INS Institutional District.
(6)
NC Neighborhood Commercial District.
(7)
GC General Commercial District.
(8)
LIC Light Industrial Commercial District.
(9)
GIC General Industrial Commercial District.
(10)
MUR Mixed-Use Riverfront District.
(11)
TOD Transit-Oriented Development.
§ 560-403 Overlay districts.
The floodplain area, as defined by Article XVI, shall serve as an overlay district to the applicable underlying districts.
§ 560-404 Application of district regulations.
A.
The regulations set by this chapter shall apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, except as provided for in this chapter.
B.
No structure shall hereafter be erected, used, constructed, reconstructed, structurally altered or occupied and no land shall hereafter be used, developed or occupied unless it is in conformity with the regulations herein specified for the use and district in which it is located.
C.
No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this chapter shall be reduced in dimension or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this chapter.
D.
Boundary change. Any territory which may hereafter become part of the Borough through annexation or a boundary adjustment shall be classified as the R1 Zoning District of Bridgeport Borough until or unless such territory is otherwise classified by Borough Council.
§ 560-405 Zoning Map.
The boundaries of said districts shall be shown upon the map attached to and made part of this chapter which shall be designated "Zoning Map." The map and all notations, references, and other data shown thereon are hereby incorporated into this chapter and shall be as much a part of this chapter as if all were fully described herein.
§ 560-406 District boundaries.
The boundaries between districts are, unless otherwise indicated, either the center lines of street or railroad rights-of-way, or such lines extended, or lines parallel thereto. Where figures are shown on the Zoning Map between a street and a district boundary line, they indicate that the district boundary line runs parallel to the street line at a distance therefrom equivalent to the number of feet indicated.
