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Land Use Applications . .
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There are a number of land use
applications that must appear before the land use commissions:
Site Plan/Special Permit Applications
A Site Plan/Special Permit Application is required for all new commercial
and industrial development in the community as well as other single family
development in the residential areas of town. Forms and checklists are
available at the Planning Office, and a pre-application meeting with the Town
Planner is recommended. As a part of the process, the Town will advertise these
applications in a legal notice in the newspaper and the applicant will notify
property owners within 100 feet of the property.
The applicant will
attend the public hearing and explain to the Commission his project and how it
meets the Town regulations. Town staff reports will be provided, the Commission
will ask questions and the public will have an opportunity to speak.
The Commission will review how the project complies with the Plan of
Conservation and development, the Zoning regulations, and other criteria found
in Section 8 of the Zoning Regulations such as: impacts on the neighborhood,
traffic and storm water considerations; and, effects on the public health,
safety and welfare.
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Applications are required to the
Planning and Zoning Commission for any proposal to subdivide a lot or parcel of
land into three or more lots. The Town Subdivision Regulations contains the
standards to which all subdivision applications must adhere. The Commission
role is to hear the applicant and determine if all Zoning and Subdivision
Regulations have been met; and, to determine if the plan complies with the Plan
of Conservation and Development.
Application forms and checklists are
available at the Planning Office, and a pre-application meeting with the Town
Planner is recommended. As part of the process, the Town will advertise these
applications in a legal notice in the newspaper and the applicant will notify
property owners within 100 feet of the property.
The applicant will
attend the public hearing and explain to the Commission his project and how it
meets the Town regulations. Town staff reports will be provided, the Commission
will ask questions and the public will have an opportunity to
speak.
Variances
This is a
process established by the Connecticut State Statutes that allows a property
owner to apply to the Zoning Board of Appeals to vary the application of the
zoning regulations on a particular piece of property. The process requires a
public hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals. The applicant must submit an
application, fees, and a site plan showing the proposed use that requires the
variance. The Town advertises the application in a legal notice in the
newspaper and the applicant must send a notice to all property owners within
200 feet of the property.
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The Board of Appeals can only
grant a variance to the Zoning Regulations when specific conditions are
present. Some of these are:
 The strict application of the
regulations would result in an undo hardship;
The hardship imposed by the
regulations is unique to the property in question;
The property owner did not
create his own hardship;
The variance will not
negatively impact the surrounding properties; and
The variance will be generally
consistent with the Plan of Conservation and Development.
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Land Use
Commissions
Land Use Applications
