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Current Projects 

Citywide Housing Study

Connecticut and Stamford are dealing with a housing. Housing production has not kept pace with demand for housing which makes housing for more and more residents difficult to afford. Together with HRA&A Advisors, the Land Use Bureau is analyzing Stamford's housing market and will come up with recommendations for addressing housing challenges.  

Citywide Parking Study

In collaboration with the City's Transportation, Traffic and Parking Bureau and BFJ Planning, the Land Use Bureau is conducting a citywide parking study. Stamford's parking regulations have not been comprehensively reviewed in decades. The goal of the study is to right size parking for different uses and different neighborhoods to assure that there is enough parking without creating too much parking. 

Omnibus Text Change

Since late 2019, the Land Use Bureau has been working on a comprehensive revision of the Stamford Zoning Regulations - the "Omnibus Text Change". The Omnibus Text change will reorganize, streamline and update Stamford’s Zoning Regulations. The goal is to make the regulations more user friendly, eliminate inconsistencies, incorporate new State and Federal mandates and implement the City’s Master Plan.

This change will affect many districts and many aspect of zoning, from parking to housing and from street trees to historic preservation.

You can email comments at StamfordLandUse@StamfordCT.gov. Subject to availability of staff the Land Use Bureau also offers to meet with neighborhood associations and other stakeholder groups to provide more information about the proposed changes or to listen to feedback. Please schedule a meeting with us by email or phone (203-977-4711).

Recently Completed Projects

V-C Village Commercial District Changes – APPROVED

Based on community concerns and encouragement by the Mayor, the Land Use Bureau proposes Zoning Text Changes to the V-C Village Commercial District. The goal of the changes are to:

  • Prohibit the expansion of V-C districts into established single-family residential districts
  • Provide a wider buffer (side and rear yards) and between V-C districts and single-family residential districts
  • Increase parking requirements
  • Better respond to character of specific neighborhoods
  • Reduce residential densities
  • Reduce building height, in particular on side streets
  • Prohibit commercial uses on Side streets
  • Stronger incentives for ground floor commercial uses along Arterial Streets
  • Strengthen urban design

More information

3. NX-D Neighborhood Mixed-Use Design District - APPROVED

The goal of this new district is to implement the recommendations of the Stamford Master Plan for parts of the Westside, specifically to:

  • Encourage investment in mixed residential, commercial, and industrial neighborhoods
  • Protect residences from impacts from commercial and industrial uses
  • Promote the opportunity for workers to live in the vicinity of their work.
  • To promote a vibrant commercial environment in harmony with residential uses.

More Information

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