Council approves campus-district and congregate-living zoning changes to ease large institutional development

Aug 4, 2026

Council approved a package of zoning text amendments to create a campus district (for institutions such as colleges and hospitals), a new R‑3S congregate-living residential district, related summary-chart updates and definitions to facilitate institutional and dormitory-style development.

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The Watertown City Council approved multiple zoning-text amendments designed to streamline future institutional developments, including a new "campus district" and an R‑3S congregate-living residential district.

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