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TOWN OF LEDYARD ZONING REGULATIONS APPROVED - DECEMBER 13, 2018 EFFECTIVE - FEBRUARY 1, 2019 REVISED – March 9, 2020 TOWN OF LEDYARD ZONING REGULATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1.0: AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, ADOPTION, RETROACTIVITY, & SEVERABILITY 1 1.1 AUTHORITY 1.2 PURPOSE 1.3 ADOPTION 1.4 RETROACTIVITY 1.5 SEVERABILITY SECTION 2.0: DEFINITIONS 2 2.1 INTERPRETATION AND USE OF WORDS 2.2 DEFINITIONS SECTION 3.0: ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS 11 3.1 ZONING DISTRICTS 3.2 Zoning Map 3.3 Zoning District Boundaries 3.4 AREA AND BULK SCHEDULE REQUIREMENTS 3.5 Uses by District - SCHEDULE OF PERMITTED USES SECTION 4.0 ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS 19 4.1 High Density Residential District (R-20) 4.2 Medium Density Residential District (R-40) 4.3 Low Density Residential District (R-60) 4.4 Ledyard Center Design District (LCDD) 4.5 Ledyard Center Transition District (LCTD) 4.6 Multi-Family Design District (MFDD) 4.7 Gales Ferry Design District (GFDD) 4.8 Resort Commercial Cluster District (RCCD) 4.9 Industrial District (I) 4.10 Commercial Marine District (CM) 4.11 Neighborhood Commercial District (NC) 4.12 Commercial Industrial District (CIP) 4.13 Technology Park District 4.12 Commercial Industrial District (CIP) SECTION 5.0: CONSERVATION & OPEN SPACE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENTS 31 5.1 Conservation Subdivision Developments 5.2 Open Space Subdivision Developments SECTION 6.0: SITE PLANS AND SITE PLAN REVIEW 36 6.1 Site Plans 6.2 Application Procedures 6.3 Review Procedures 6.4 Certificate of Use and Compliance 6.5 Site Plan Expiration 6.6 Site Plan Requirements 6.7 Additional Site Plan Requirements by District 3/9/2020 i. TOWN OF LEDYARD ZONING REGULATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 7.0: SPECIAL PERMITS 44 7.1 Purpose 7.2 Application for Special Permit 7.3 Special Permit Standards 7.4 Public Hearing 7.5 Conditions of Approval 7.6 Enforcement 7.7 Amendments or Modifications to Special Permits SECTION 8.0: SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS: 47 8.1. Accessory Dwelling Unit 8.2 Accessory Structures and Uses 8.3 Antennas & Antenna Towers 8.4 Assisted Living for Senior Citizens (Affordable Housing Set aside development) 8.5 Bed and Breakfasts 8.6 Campgrounds 8.7 Cemeteries 8.8 Child Day Care Center 8.9 Construction Trailers 8.10 Country Inn 8.11 Dwellings, Multiple Family (Apartments, Condominiums, Townhouses) 8.12 Dwelling, Single-family 8.13 Dwelling – Two-family (Duplex) 8.14 Farm Stands 8.15 Home Husbandry 8.16 Home Occupations 8.17 Affordable Housing District 8.18 Incentive Housing Zone 8.19 Kennels 8.20 Deleted 8.21 Nursing Home and Residential Care Home 8.22 Portable Storage Units – See Accessory Structures 8.23 Recreational Vehicle and Power Equipment Vehicles Sales and Service 8.24 Sawmills – Temporary 8.25 Transformer Substation 8.26 Personal Service Establishments SECTION 9.0: SIGNS 73 9.1 Purpose 9.2 General Requirements 9.3 Exempt Signs (Signs not requiring a sign permit): 9.4 Prohibited signs: 9.5 Sign Standards for Specific Districts 9.6 Application for Sign Permit 9.7 Lawful Non-Conforming Signs. SECTION 10.0: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING 79 10.1 General Requirements 10.2 Residential Districts (R-20, R-40, R-60) 10.3 Ledyard Center Districts (LCDD, LCTD) and Gales Ferry Design District (GFDD) 3/9/2020 ii. TOWN OF LEDYARD ZONING REGULATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS 10.4 Commercial, Industrial, & Special Use Districts (I, CM, NC, CIP) 10.5 Shared Parking 10.6 Assisted Living for Seniors 10.7 Bed and Breakfasts 10.8 Country Inn 10.9 Home Occupations SECTION 11.0: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS 82 11.1 Small Wind Energy Systems 11.2 Solar Energy Systems 11.2.1 Solar Energy Systems as an Accessory Use (Small Solar Systems) 11.2.1 Solar Energy Systems as a Principal Use (Large Solar Systems) SECTION 12.0: NATURAL RESOURCES 86 12.1 Coastal Area Management (CAM) 12.2 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan 12.3 Flood Protection 12.4 Soil, Gravel and Stone Removal SECTION 13.0: NON-CONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES, AND PROPERTY 97 SECTION 14.0: MISCELLANEOUS 99 14.1 Changes in Use in Design, and Commercial Districts 14.2 Prohibited Uses 14.3 Building on Non-Conforming Lots 14.3.1 Use of Non-Conforming Vacant Lots 14.3.2 Merger of Non-Conforming Lots 14.4 Replacement of Lawful Nonconforming Mobile Homes 14.5 Handicap Ramps for Residential Purposes 14.6 Interior Lots 14.7 Junk and Hobby Motor Vehicles 14.8 Driveways SECTION 15.0: ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT 104 15.1 Enforcement 15.2 Violation Procedure 15.3 Procedure for Changing Zoning Districts and Zoning Regulations 15.4 Zoning Board of Appeals 15.5 Aquifer Protection Agency 15.6 Fee 3/9/2020 iii. SECTION 1.0: AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, ADOPTION, RETROACTIVITY, & SEVERABILITY SECTION 1.0: AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, ADOPTION, RETROACTIVITY, & SEVERABILITY 1.1 Authority A. These regulations are enacted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 124, Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958 as amended. 1.2 Purpose A. The purpose of these regulations is to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the community; to conserve the value of property and encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the Town; to lessen congestion in the streets; to avoid undue concentration of population; to secure safety from fire; to facilitate adequate provision for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks, recreation and other public requirements; to provide for the Public Health, comfort and general welfare in living and working conditions and to regulate and restrict the location and time of operation of trades and industries and the location of buildings/structures for specific uses; to regulate and limit the height and bulk of buildings/structures hereafter erected; to regulate and determine the area of yards, courts and other Non-Developed Land for building hereafter erected in the Town of Ledyard; to conserve and improve the physical appearance of the Town. 1.3 Adoption A. These regulations are adopted in accordance with the provisions for notice and public hearing set forth in §8-3, Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958, as amended. 1.4 Retroactivity A. Nothing herein contained shall require any change to approved site plans, or to the construction or designated use of a building for which a building permit has been issued and construction shall have commenced, based upon regulations in effect prior to the effective date of these regulations (or any amendment thereto) if the development work is completed according to such plans within the period specified by CGS §8-3(i) & CGS §8-3(j). "Work" for purposes of this subsection, means all physical improvements required by the approved plan. The Commission can grant extensions as provided by law. 1.5 Severability A. If any part of these Zoning Regulations, the Attachments to these Zoning Regulations, and/or the Ledyard Zoning Map, is declared invalid and/or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of these Zoning Regulations, the Attachments to these Zoning Regulations, and/or the Ledyard Zoning Map, which shall remain in full force and effect. 3/9/2020 1. SECTION 2.0: DEFINITIONS SECTION 2.0: DEFINITIONS 2.1 Interpretation and Use of Words A. The following terms shall be interpreted as follows: (1) The masculine includes the feminine, (2) The singular includes the plural and the present tense includes the future tense, (3) The word "person" includes an individual, firm or corporation, limited liability company, trust, and federally recognized tribe, (4) The word "shall" is always mandatory; the word “may” is permissive or discretionary, (5) The words "used" or "occupied," as applied to any land or building, shall be construed to include the words "intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied," (6) Any reference to a residence or residential district shall be interpreted to mean any district with the word "residence" in its title, (7) A building or structure includes any part thereof, (8) The words “zone”, “zoning district”, and “district” have the same meaning, 2.2 Definitions ABANDONMENT: The discontinuance of a use of property with the intent by its owner to voluntarily, intentionally, and permanently renounce said prior use. Failure to maintain a use for a specific time period is not, by itself, sufficient to constitute abandonment. ACCESSORY USE/ACCESSORY BUILDING: A use, building, structure and/or portion thereof customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the land or building and located on the same lot as the principal use. ADULT DAY CARE CENTER: Any building or structure which is used to provide supervision for persons who are 18 years of age or older who may be elderly, physically ill, infirm, or physically handicapped such that they require daily supervision and medical treatment incidental to such supervision. The term does not include uses which provide residential, surgical, medical, or special treatment as relates to housing persons who have a chronic illness, disease or injury, or other condition that would require the degree and treatment provided by a nursing home or hospital. AGE RESTRICTED HOUSING: Housing intended for residents age fifty-five (55) or older. Age restricted housing is subject to state and federal fair housing regulations and may be single-family dwellings, mobile manufactured homes, two-family dwellings, and multi-family dwellings. Age restricted housing proposed for development shall be so designated on any site plan submitted to the Zoning Commission for approval. APARTMENT: A dwelling unit located (a) in a building consisting of one or more other dwelling units; (b) above or behind a commercial use; or (c) within a single-family dwelling.