East Haddam Planning & Zoning Regulations
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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTIONS PAGES INTRODUCTION 3 1 PURPOSES 3 2 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT 3 3 SEVERABILITY AND VALIDITY 9 4 EFFECTIVE DATE 9 5 DEFINITIONS 10 6 ZONING DISTRICTS AND ZONING MAPS 23 7 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 24 8 CONFORMANCE AND NON-CONFORMANCE 28 9 USES PERMITTED IN DISTRICTS AND ZONES 32 9.1 Flood Plain Zone 32 9.2 Residence Districts 32 9.3 Resort District 34 9.4 Lake District 35 9.5 East Haddam Village District 36 9.6 C-3 District 42 9.7 IG District 43 9.8 Research & Development District 45 9.9 Conservation (Gateway) Zone 45 9.10 Commercial/Business/Light Industrial District (C/B/IG) 49 9.11 Eightmile River Watershed Overlay District 51 10 SCHEDULE OF LOTS AND BUILDINGS 55 10.1.4 Building Height 56 10.2.3 Accessory Dwellings 57 10.3 Schedule for Non-Conforming Lots 59 10.4 Minimum Buildable Land Requirements 59 10.5 Other Bulk Regulations 61 10.6 Interior Lot Regulations 62 11 GENERAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS 65 12 SIGNS 71 13 TRAILERS 78 14A SITE PLAN REVIEW 79 14B SPECIAL EXCEPTION 87 15 CAMP GROUNDS AND RECREATIONAL CAMPS 93 16 HISTORICAL PARKS 95 u/z/p&z/Regs/2016 1 17 FLOATING ZONES 97 18 SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AND AREA REGULATIONS 108 19 REGULATION OF EARTH MATERIAL OPERATIONS 124 20 COMMERCIAL CUTTING OF TIMBER 127 21 REGULATION OF OUTDOOR WOOD BURNING FURNANCES 129 22 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES 130 23 CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION 138 24 CONVERSION SEASONAL/YEAR ROUND 143 25 COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF JUNK MATERIALS, 144 ABANDONED VEHICLES, AND DEBRIS 26 MOBOLE FOOD UNITS 146 27 HOME OCCUPATION 148 28 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT 150 APPENDIX I AMENDMENTS 154 APPENDIX II LAND WITH LIMITATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT 156 APPENDIX III INVASIVE PLANTS LIST 161 APPENDIX IV RECOMMENDED PLANTS FOR CONNECTICUT 166 APPENDIX V STREETS LOCATED IN THE LAKES DISTRICT 169 APPENDIX VI SITE DESIGN AND COMPATIBLITY OBJECTIVES 171 AND GUIDELINES APPENDIX VII STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 190 THE IG DISTRICT APPENDIX VIII BUILDING HEIGHT DIAGRAM 224 APPENDIX IX DEVELOPED AREAS IN THE 225 CONSERVATION ZONE APPENDIX X EIGHTMILE RIVER WATERSHED 226 OVERLAY DISTRICT MAP APPENDIX XI INSET MAPS OF ZONING DISTRICTS 227 u/z/p&z/Regs/2016 2 INTRODUCTION The original Zoning Regulations were adopted on September 12, 1961. Since then, numerous revisions to the regulations have been made. These revisions have been written in such a manner as to make them more clear and concise. It is the hope that this will make the regulations easier to use for our citizens and taxpayers and any others who may desire to use them. The Zoning Regulations have been updated to include revisions to Sections 2, 5, 7, 8, 14A, 14B, incorporation of a new Section 17 and repeal of Sections 21 and 26 through October 14, 1987. All other Sections of the regulations include revisions made to December 1969 through June 1, 1979. Addition listing of amendments can be found in Appendix I SECTION 1 PURPOSES Pursuant to the power and authority invested in it by the Connecticut General Statutes as amended, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of East Haddam hereby adopts the following regulations. 1.0 PURPOSES There is hereby established a comprehensive zoning plan for the Town of East Haddam, Connecticut (hereinafter referred to as the “Town”) which plan is set forth in the text, maps, and schedule, which constitutes these Regulations. Said plan is adopted for the purposes set forth in Chapter 124 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, for the protection and promotion of the public health, safety, and welfare. 1.1 Such regulations shall encourage the most appropriate use of the land in accordance with the comprehensive zoning plan, with the purpose of: to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, flood and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population and to facilitate the adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration as to character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses with a view to conserving property values, and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout East Haddam. Zoning regulations may be made with reasonable consideration for the protection of historic factors and for the protection of existing and potential public surface and ground drinking water supplies; proper provisions be made for sedimentation and erosion control. The regulations also encourage energy- efficient patterns of development, the use of solar and other renewable forms of energy, and energy conservation. SECTION 2 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT 2.1. Zoning Enforcement Officer(s). These Regulations shall be administered and enforced by such Zoning Enforcement Officer or Officers as the Commission shall, by resolution, designate, including members and alternate members of the Commission. 2.2. Enforcement and Penalties. These Regulations shall be enforced by the Zoning Enforcement Officer(s), or his/her/their designee, who shall be empowered to cause any building, structure, place or premises to be inspected and examined and to order, in writing, the remedying of any conditions found to exist therein or thereat in violation of any provision of these Regulations, or any permit or approval issue hereunder. The owner or agent of a building, structure, or property where such violation shall have been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant of an entire lot where such violation shall have been committed or shall exist, or the agent, architect, builder, contractor or any other person who shall commit, take part or assist in such violation or who shall maintain any building or premises in which such violations exist shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Chapter 124 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Furthermore, the Commission may, at its sole discretion, direct the Town counsel to commence criminal or civil action in State or Federal Court for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of these Regulations. u/z/p&z/Regs/2016 3 2.3. Certificate of Zoning Compliance. Upon the request of any property owner, or the Building Official, the Zoning Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized to issue a Certificate of Zoning Compliance in the following cases: (a) For any site, building, or structure which has been reviewed and approved by the Commission or the Zoning Board of Appeals, as the case may be, pursuant to any provision of these Regulations. Such Certificate shall be evidence that such site, building, or structure has been developed in conformance with these Regulations and to the requirements and conditions attached to any variance, Site Plan Approval or Special Exception issued hereunder. (b) For any legally existing use, building or structure for which no variance, Site Plan Approval, or Special Exception is required under these Regulations. Such Certificate shall be evidence that such use, building or structure conforms to all applicable provisions of these Regulations, or is a valid nonconforming use, building or structure, as defined in these Regulations. c) For any addition to, or expansion of, a legally existing single family dwelling, and/or any permitted accessory buildings, uses or structures located on a non-conforming lot, which lot equals or exceeds one- half (1/2) acre in area. Such Certificate shall be evidence that such use, building, or structure conforms to all applicable provisions of these Regulations, other than required lot area or other required lot dimensions. (d) For any single-family dwelling and permitted accessory buildings, structures and uses, on a conforming lot. Such Certificate shall be evidence that such single-family home and permitted accessory buildings, structures and uses conform to all applicable provisions of these Regulations. Any use of land, buildings, or structures, or any expansion of such use, or the erection, extension, or alteration of any building or structure, for which a Certificate of Zoning Compliance is not required under this Section or for which a Special Exception is not required by these Regulations, shall require Site Plan Approval pursuant to Section 14A of these Regulations. Except as provided below, prior to the issuance of any Certificate of Zoning Compliance in coordination with a Certificate of Occupancy, the property owner shall provide a plan accurate to the Standards of A-2 Classification as defined in the Code of Practices for Standards of Accuracy of surveys and maps adopted December 10, 1975 as amended by the Connecticut Association of Land Surveyors, Inc. Said plan shall show all required setbacks and boundary lines and the location of all new construction and other important features, including, but not limited, new buildings, structures, parking areas, sanitary disposal systems, wells, wetlands, flood plains and other information required to determine compliance with these Regulations, the East Haddam Subdivision Regulations, or the East Haddam Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations, or any permit issued thereunder. Corner boundary pins are to be set prior to the issuance of the final Certificate of Zoning Compliance. Such plan shall not be required for any addition to an existing single-family residential building or structure, nor for any permitted residential accessory building or structure. No Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be issued if it is determined that a violation of these Regulations, the East Haddam Subdivision Regulations, or the East Haddam Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations, the Town of East Haddam Ordinance Book, or any permit issued thereunder, is proposed or exists. In accordance with Connecticut General Statutes Section 8-3(f), no Building Permit or Certificate of Occupancy for any building, use or structure shall be issued by the Building Official without the prior issuance of a Certificate of Zoning Compliance.