110 Main St Manchester, CT 06042-3142

• Allow nurseries in AA zone as a permitted principal use (it is currently allowed in the RR, RA, RB, and RC zones without a known reason for its exclusion from the AA zone). • Allow two-family residential in the AA zone by Special Exception. • Allow single-family conversion to two-family in the AA zone by Special Exception. • Allow multi-family residential in RB and RC zones by Special Exception and provides a new Section 6.29.3 that establishes regulations for such uses. • Restore renting of rooms as a permitted accessory use in the AA, RA, RB, and RC zones, which had been allowed in those zones prior to adoption of the updated regulations in June of 2025. • Expand Section 24 definition of “place of worship” to include accessory uses such as memorial gardens and eliminates memorial gardens from the accessory use summary table so as to allow memorial gardens in any zone a place of worship is permitted, memorial gardens are currently only permitted in the RR. 4/6/26 5/4/26 Proposed Text (PDF, 188KB) Town Clerk Exhibit (PDF, 547KB) Comprehensive amendments to the zoning regulations: Recommendation 2: Update Prohibited Use List to: • Add junk yard to the Section 3.2 list of prohibited uses. • Provide a definition of “Gas manufacture”, which is currently in the Section 3.2 prohibited use list. 3/9/26 3/30/26 Proposed Text (PDF, 154KB) Town Clerk Exhibit (PDF, 552KB) Comprehensive amendments to the zoning regulations: Recommendation 1: Update Nonconforming Use and Structure Regulations at Section 3.1.2 to: Remove the 6-month time limit for building permit applications for nonconforming structures. Eliminate Section 3.1.4.C as there should not be prohibitions on the reconstruction of a building if the building itself is conforming, regardless of whether the use is nonconforming. Provide specific detail regarding how the Section 3.1.5 exemption is applied. 3/9/26 3/30/26 Proposed Text (PDF, 180KB) Town Clerk Exhibit (PDF, 573KB) Proposed zoning regulation amendment at Art. II, Sec. 5.2 to show Loading Area as a permitted accessory use in the Historic Zone Silk Mill Area (H-SM). 1/5/26 1/19/26 Proposed Text (PDF, 161KB) Town Clerk Exhibit (PDF, 421KB) Proposed zoning regulation amendment at Art. II, Sec. 4.2 to remove Medical Office from the Principal Uses Summary Table; at Art. III, Sec. 9.7.B.2 to remove a reference to Medical Offices; at Art. V, Sec. 16.4.2 to specify parking requirements for General Office for Medical Professionals and to replace the use "Medical Offices / Clinics" with "Medical Clinics"; at Art. V, Sec.