Responsibilities of the Town of Canaan Zoning Board include the interpretation of the Town Zoning Law, review/decision regarding Variance requests and all Special Permit applications with the exception of Telecommunication Facilities.

The Board of Appeals wants you to be as well prepared as possible. In the Preliminary Info side bar below, click on Guidelines for Applicants and Appeal Process to facilitate your appeal.

Zoning Law & Subdivision Regulations

If you would like to read Canaan’s Zoning Law or Subdivision Regulations, you may visit the Town Clerk’s office or Building Inspector/ZEO’s office during office hours, or purchase a copy from the Town Clerk.

You may also download the zoning law via this Web site, in Portable Document Format (PDF)

• Zoning Laws and Regulations

 Appendix I

• Zoning Map

• Planning Board Application Process

PDFs can be read and printed with the free Acrobat Reader. Already have Acrobat Reader? To download either document to your computer for reading or printing, right-click with your mouse on the link below, then choose “Save Target As” (Internet Explorer) or “Save Link As” (Netscape) to start the download. Then just double-click on the downloaded file to open it with Acrobat Reader. (If your Web browser has the Acrobat Reader “plug-in” installed, you can also view the documents within your Web browser by clicking on the links.)