Fort Wayne Zoning Map & Districts 2026

Allows agricultural land uses to continue alongside low intensity residential development and certain additional uses where adequate infrastructure is available.

Creates and maintains areas for single-family residential use on individual lots, with a minimum lot area of 4,000 sq ft for a detached single-family dwelling on an interior lot served by public sewer.

Provides for medium density residential development on individual lots, allowing both single-family and two-family dwellings along with certain additional uses.

Provides for high density multiple-family residential development, as well as single- and two-family dwellings and other compatible nonresidential uses where adequate public facilities are available.

Provides for professional offices, personal services and similar low intensity nonresidential uses, and can serve as a buffer between residential districts and higher intensity commercial uses.

Provides for moderate intensity business, community, office, personal service and limited retail uses, with neighborhood-oriented uses encouraged; outdoor display is restricted to within ten feet of the primary structure.

Provides for the day-to-day shopping needs of surrounding residential neighborhoods through moderate intensity business, office, personal service and limited retail uses.

Provides for multi-tenant commercial centers of appropriate design, scale and intensity that serve the retail needs of the community.

Provides for a variety of commercial uses including higher intensity uses not permitted in C1 and C2, typically located along arterial or collector roadways.

Provides for general commercial plus higher intensity uses not permitted in C1, C2 or C3, along principal arterial and collector roadways; new C4 districts are not intended adjacent to existing residential districts.

The city’s highest density district, intended for pedestrian-oriented, multi-story mid- to high-rise buildings mixing cultural, entertainment, government, institutional, office, residential, retail and restaurant uses.

Transitions between the downtown core and surrounding urban neighborhoods with predominantly multi-story buildings, typically between 2 and 6 stories, in a pedestrian-oriented mix of uses.

Applies to commercial corridors of distinct historic and urban character, encouraging mixed uses with neighborhood-oriented commercial and personal service uses at street level and buildings placed close to the street.

Provides for final assembly of goods, distribution of finished products, low intensity manufacturing and wholesale or storage activities, and may buffer heavier industrial districts from business or residential districts.

Provides for assembly, distribution, fabricating, manufacturing and processing industries whose operations are enclosed within a building so that no adverse impacts are emitted outside it.

Provides for intense industrial uses such as fabricating, manufacturing, processing, extraction, heavy repair and dismantling where outside operations and storage areas may be required.