Land Use
Administration
Located in City Hall, this division provides complete administrative services for the city’s five land use boards:
Civic Clerk Meeting Portal Link:
https://bristolct.portal.civicclerk.com
- Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency (also serves as the city’s Conservation Commission)
- Historic District Commission
- Planning Commission
- Zoning Board of Appeals
- Zoning Commission (also serves as the city’s Aquifer Protection Agency)
Published Legal Notices for the past 30 days (Link)
Responsibilities
Services provided include receiving and processing applications, preparing legal notices, agendas, correspondence and meeting minutes, keeping the official records of the boards, and providing land use, zoning, and development information to the public.
Additionally, staff provides technical expertise and administrative assistance in the update of the city’s plan of conservation and development and the land use regulations.
Useful Links
- 2026 Schedule of Regular Meetings and Application Filing Deadlines for Land Use Board
- 2022-2027 City of Bristol Affordable Housing Plan (Adopted May 23, 2022)
- Zoning Regulation Rewrite Webpage (2022)
- Land Use Fees - Effective January 23, 2018
- Centre Square Master Plan (March 2017)
- Bristol awarded Bronze Certification from Sustainable CT
- Route 6 Corridor Plan
- 2015 Adopted Plan of Conservation and Development Homepage
- 2019 Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG) Regional Profile
- 2019 NVCOG Regional Profile Maps
- Studies and Reports