Housing Code UpdatesThe Town Board has prioritized updating our zoning and other related Town Code sections to facilitate the implementation of our Community Housing Plan. This update will occur in a series of steps and will involve several Town Code chapters. Click below to download a summary of those changes and the expected timeline.
● Summary of Housing Code Updates
TOWN CODE COMMITTEE MEETING 1A Southold Town Code Committee was held on Tuesday, September 15th at 10amat the Town Hall Meeting Room, 53095 Main Road, Southold
At this meeting, the Code Committee reviewed proposed draft changes to the Town Code with a new Chapter 112 Community Housing Administration
TOWN CODE COMMITTEE MEETING 2A second Southold Town Code Committee was held on Wednesday, September 23rdat 10am at the Town Hall Annex Basement Meeting Room, 54375 Route 25, Southold
At this meeting the Code Committee reviewed the following:● Revisions to Chapter 112 Community Housing Administration● Chapter 34 Housing Fund Amendments● Chapter 17 Community Preservation Fund and Community Housing Fund Amendments● Chapter 280 Zoning. Community Housing Overlay District Supporting documents for the Community Housing Overlay District review● Chapter 280 Zoning. Community Housing Overlay District Redline (formerly Affordable Housing District)● Data summary of parcels in the HALO and Hamlet Centers● Data summary of parcels proposed to be in Community Housing Overlay District
PUBLIC INPUT MEETING 1On September 29, 2026 at 6pm, the Town hosted a public input session on these proposed code changes in the Town Hall Meeting Room.
● Summary of public input
Draft Town Code that was reviewed at the public meeting includes the following:
● New Chapter 112 Community Housing Administration● Chapter 280 Zoning. Community Housing Overlay District● Updated: Data summary of parcels proposed to be in Community Housing Overlay District
Maps to illustrate the proposed Community Housing Overlay District locations● Cutchogue● East Marion● Greenport Hamlet● Laurel● Mattituck● New Suffolk● Orient● Peconic● Southold

TOWN CODE COMMITTEE MEETING 3A third Southold Town Code Committee was held on Thursday, October 15th at 9am at the Town Hall Annex Basement Meeting Room, 54375 Route 25, SoutholdAt this meeting the following was reviewed:Revisions to Chapter 240 SubdivisionsRevisions to Chapter 117 Sanitary Flow Credits

TOWN CODE COMMITTEE MEETING 4A fourth Southold Town Code Committee was held on Wednesday, October 21stat 9am at the Town Hall Annex Basement Meeting Room, 54375 Route 25, SoutholdAt this meeting the following was reviewed:New Short-term Rental CodeShort-term rental percentage analysisRevisions to Chapter 280-13 Accessory Apartments (new ADU code)Existing Accessory Apartment CodeThe immediate purpose of these revisions is to revise the code so that it is consistent with the Community Housing plan and new Chapter 112 Community Housing Administration, with the larger overall purpose being to allow for and subsidize the creation of more houses and apartments that people can afford.
Next Code Committee November 5th at 9am. Location to be announced here soon.
Please call the Town Planning & Housing Department at (631)765-1938 with any questions, or if there is any difficulty in downloading the documents.

  What's Next for Southold's Zoning Code?June 11, 2026 Information on how we plan to move forward with the zoning update for Southold Town.● Video of June 11 Presentation● Presentation Powerpoint with notesThe Zoning Update Project, as originally conceived, aimed to comprehensively revise the entire zoning code in a single effort. We made good progress towards this goal with a draft that went out for public review in 2025. We identified some major changes needed to that draft based on the public input. When it became apparent that our outside consultant had taken the project as far as they could, we chose to revise it with Town staff.
The approach of comprehensively revising the entire zoning chapter all at once has proven to be impractical for a small municipality with limited staff and resources. Accordingly, the Town Board is restructuring the project into a series of smaller, more manageable phases. You can learn more about this by watching the video from the information meeting on June 11, 2026, or reviewing the presentation document from that meeting, both with links above.
ZONING MAPThe proposed zoning maps from 2025 are being set aside. New maps will be created as needed for the priorities to be identified by the Town Board.
PREVIOUS DRAFT OF THE ZONING CODEThe Town Board will transfer the good ideas in the Public Review Draft from 2025 into the context of the existing code in smaller, more manageable pieces.
QUESTIONS?We held an information meeting on June 11, 2026. You can view the presentation video here:Presentation: What's Next for Southold Town Zoning Update?And the Powerpoint here:Presentation Powerpoint with notesAdditional Questions:vog.ynnwotdlohtuos%40etadpugninoz