Westport City Zoning Code

  The Town of Westport is divided into the following classes of Districts:

The boundaries of these districts are established as shown on the Official Building Zone Map dated August 18, 1930, as amended and which may be further amended from time to time, and signed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, Town of Westport, Connecticut. The map was replaced, effective January 1, 2008 pursuant to Amendment #575 utilizing the Town’s Geographic Information System (GIS). The GIS version of the map is updated periodically when zoning map changes are approved. Said map is hereby declared to be part of these regulations.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts shown on the Building Zone Map, the following rules shall apply:

Lots located in two or more residence districts shall be governed by the standards of the zoning district in which the greater portion of the minimum required lot area lies. Any lot so created that is less than 30,000 square feet in area shall be connected to public sanitary sewers.

1. Affordable Housing Developments Permitted in All Residence Districts
   
   Affordable Housing Developments shall be permitted in all Residence Districts by Site Plan approval in accordance with Section 43 of these Regulations.(751, 01/20/2021)

2.  

   Application

    

   An affordability plan must be submitted at the time of application in accordance with Connecticut General Statues Section 8-30g. Fractional units at 0.5 and above shall be rounded up.(751, 01/20/2021)

3. Comparable Dwelling Units

   Affordable housing units cannot be clustered, but shall be reasonably dispersed throughout the development and shall contain, on average, the same number of bedrooms and the same quality of construction as the other units in the development. Amenities for the market rate and below market rate units shall be comparable. No affordable unit shall be smaller than 75% of a market rate unit containing the same number of bedrooms.(751, 01/20/2021)

4. Exemptions for Affordable Housing Developments

   An Affordable Housing Development shall not be subject to §32-8, §34-11.4, §35 and

   §44-5.4 of these Regulations.(751, 01/20/2021)

5. Setbacks (See §31-4 through §31-8 & §32-18 HRS, also)

   No principal building, structure or use or accessory building or structure in an Affordable Housing Development shall extend closer than ten (10) feet from any street or lot line.(751, 01/20/2021)

6. Height (See §5 Definitions, Attic, & See §32-18 HRS, also)

   No principal building or other structure in an Affordable Housing Development shall exceed four (4) stories and a height of fifty (50) feet. No accessory building or structure shall exceed one story and a height of sixteen (16) feet, except barns as defined in §11-2.4.7.(751, 01/20/2021)

7. Coverage (See §5 Definitions & §32-18 HRS, also)

   The total coverage of an Affordable Housing Development constructed without tennis courts shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the lot area plus an additional three-thousand six-hundred (3,600) square feet.(751, 01/20/2021)

8. Parking and Loading

   Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with §34 of the Supplementary Regulations except that tandem parking shall be allowed in an Affordable Housing Development and the required multifamily parking standards shall be reduced by 0.5 spaces per efficiency, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom unit and reduced by 0.75 spaces per 3 or more bedroom unit. All parking spaces shall be at least five (5) feet from any street or lot line.(751, 01/20/2021)

9. Underlying Zoning District

   Except as modified in this Section 4-5, the provisions of the underlying zoning district shall apply to Affordable Housing Developments.(751, 01/20/2021)

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the center line of a street, highway, railroad, brook, stream, right-of-way or easement, such center lines shall be construed to be such district boundaries.

Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the center lines or right-of-way lines of streets, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto and at such distance therefrom as indicated on the zoning map.

Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately perpendicular to the center line or right-of-way lines of streets, such lines shall be construed as being perpendicular thereto.

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following lot lines of record at the time of adoption of these regulations, those lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.