Zoning Information
The Town has four zones/districts in the Zoning Regulations: Community District, Industrial Park District, the Village Green District and the new Lake District. You can see the newly revised Zoning Map that was approved by zone change on 8/21/14. Click here for the revised Zoning Map which became effective on 9/14/14.
- The Lakes District includes all properties within the following Lake Tax Districts; Lake Bunggee, Quassett Lake and Witches Woods.
- The Village Green District is a floating zone, and as such shall be established only after: (1) a zone change and (2) a general plan of development application has been approved for a Village Green Development at a specific location or locations.
The Woodstock Industrial Park District shall comprise those lands specifically described as follows: all those parcels or tracts of land known as the Woodstock Industrial Park, located in South Woodstock, as more particularly bounded and described in the Declaration and Agreement dated March 1, 1973, and recorded at Volume 66, Page 671 of the Woodstock Land Records, and as shown on the map entitled "Plan of Land of the Woodstock Industrial Park Butts Road & Peake Brook Road Woodstock, Connecticut Scale 1" = 100' February, 1973," filed and recorded as Map No. 512 in the Woodstock Land Records. (The properties are off of Crab Tree Lane).
The Village Green District is a floating zone, and as such shall be established only after (1) a zone change and (2) a general plan of development application has been approved for a village green development at a specific location or locations. Please see the Zoning Regulations, Articles III, Section D and IV, Section E (page 57) for more information on the Village Green District regulations.
Please note: The Town of Woodstock does not have any Village Green Districts at this time.
The following explains key details about land use regulations.
There are two kinds of zoning amendments:
- Zoning Regulations Text Amendment - this modifies, changes, replaces or creates new language within the regulation.
- Zoning Map amendment - this change modifies the zones or land use districts in town by altering the boundaries, creating new zones or districts or can abolish current zones or districts.
Facts about the Land Use Regulations
A zone and a district are essentially the same thing.
Zoning identifies minimum standards for development in town such as the density (lot size and dimensions), etc. as well as the kinds of land uses in various zones or districts in town. The Regulations define, describe and provide details on what the rules are for how development must occur as well as well as defining what types of uses are allowed or prohibited by zone or district.
The Zoning Map geographically illustrates the zones or districts coinciding with the Regulations.
Special Note: Please don't confuse zoning or Zoning Regulations with subdivisions or Subdivision Regulations.
Subdivisions Regulations detail how properties are divided up into smaller properties for development. The kind of development needs to comply with what is allowed in the zone or district the land is located in.
Affordable Housing Plan
The Woodstock Affordable Housing Plan was approved on May 5th, 2022 by the Planning & Zoning Commission. Per state law, (PA 29-21), the Town needed to update this plan by June 1st, 2022.