No dumping or storage of solid waste, biomedical waste, or bulk
waste, construction and demolition waste shall be permitted in residential
zones other than the temporary storage of small amounts of such material
for brief periods pending final lawful disposition.
The following uses are permitted by right in
residential zones:
A.
Single-family and two-family dwellings and accessory
buildings and uses. See Table I for lot requirements for single- and
two-family dwellings[1] and Section 6.4 for minimum floor areas.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Table I is included at the end of this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: Former § 6.4 was deleted 3-16-1998.
B.
Bed-and-breakfast, limited to two bedrooms and serving
no meals except breakfast.
C.
Agriculture, forestry, truck gardening, livestock
and poultry raising and dairy farming.
D.
Temporary roadside stands for the seasonal sale of
farm produce and products grown within the Town of Haddam, only when
accessory to the premises on which they stand, provided they shall
contain not more than 200 square feet in area. Such stand shall be
not less than 20 feet from any street line, and not less than 50 feet
from any street intersections, and not less than 10 feet from the
side boundary.
The following uses are permitted in residential
zones subject to approval of a site plan in accordance with Article
XVIII of these regulations:
A.
Nursery schools and day-care centers for 12 or fewer
children.
B.
Public recreational uses not subject to a special
permit. Shooting ranges, racetracks, amusement parks and other uses
so deemed by the Commissioner are prohibited. Municipal parks may
be allowed under site plan review.
D.
Nursery gardening and greenhouses.
E.
Buildings used for the storing, processing and manufacture
of agriculture and forestry products accessory to a farm.
The following uses may be permitted in residential
zones subject to the issuance of a special permit by the Planning
and Zoning Commission in accordance with Article XIX of these regulations,
and for such length of time as determined by the Commission:
A.
Cemeteries.
B.
Nursing and convalescent homes. In addition to the
customary special permit requirements, the following conditions must
be met:
(1)
The maximum area of the building measured to the outside
walls shall not exceed 10% of the gross area of the lot.
(2)
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance
with the provisions of Article XXIV. The parking area shall be exclusive
of the front, side and rear yard requirements, and shall be screened
from rear and side lot lines by a landscaped strip at least 15 feet
wide, seeded to grass and properly planted with trees and shrubs.
(3)
The
requirements of this subsection are in addition to and not in lieu
of other requirements for the districts involved. Nursing and convalescent
homes are not permitted except in the specified districts and in accordance
with this section. In the case of a nursing or convalescent home existing
on or before August 18, 1970, the parking and screening requirements
herein shall apply only to an addition or expansion and not to the
nursing or convalescent home existing at the time of such expansion
or addition.
C.
Outdoor recreational facilities, both public and private,
whether commercial or of a nonprofit or charitable nature. (See Article
XXVII.)
D.
Post offices, serving only the Town of Haddam, and
operated by the United States Postal Service. In addition to the customary
special permit requirements, the following conditions shall be met.
(1)
The maximum combined coverage of buildings, accessory
structures and uses, driveways and parking areas shall not exceed
50% of the lot area.
(2)
Off-street parking shall be provided for at least
one automobile per employee. Parking spaces shall also be provided
in the ratio of one car to every 150 square feet of gross floor area
of the building. Parking areas shall be designed so as to avoid conflict
with on-site loading and unloading of vehicles.
(3)
Front, side and rear yards, as defined in these regulations,
shall not contain buildings, accessory structures and uses, parking
areas and driveways, except as necessary for ingress to and egress
from the site.
(4)
On the lot or part thereof adjoining a residential
zone, without separation by a street or road, there shall be a fifteen-foot
buffer strip, which shall not be used in satisfying yard requirements,
seeded to grass and properly landscaped with trees and shrubs. Failure
to maintain such strip in good condition shall constitute a violation
of these regulations by the owner of such lot or portion thereof.
(6)
Building plans, including front, side and rear elevations,
shall be submitted to ensure a harmonious relationship with surrounding
residential uses.
E.
Veterinary hospital or commercial kennel, provided
that no dogs are kept in any buildings or enclosures within 500 feet
of any property line, and further provided that none of these uses
shall create offensive odors or noise noticeable off the premises.
F.
Police stations, fire houses, volunteer ambulance
headquarters or other municipal buildings and uses.
G.
Housing for elderly and/or physically handicapped
persons. In addition to customary special permit requirements, the
provisions of Article XVI shall be applied.
H.
Churches and schools, except correctional institutions.
I.
Bona fide clubs or community houses not operated for
profit.
J.
Professional and/or business offices, subject to the
following requirements:
(1)
Professional and/or business offices may be proposed
for a parcel of land bordering, contiguous with or adjacent to a commercial
or industrial zone on either Route 81, 82 or 154, except south of
the Higganum Center C-1 Zone. The lot must include a minimum of 80,000
square feet, excluding land in floodplain zones and existing conservation
zones. The use and all accessory and ancillary uses, buildings and
buffering must be within 500 feet of the zone boundary. The 500 feet
shall be measured off the zone boundary as mapped without regard to
such additional commercial or industrial land as may result from the
application of § 270-18 of these zoning regulations.
(2)
The proposed use must be so designed and laid out
as to serve as a buffer or transition between the commercial or industrial
zone and the neighboring residential zone. To accomplish this end,
in addition to the review criteria of Article XVIII of these zoning
regulations, the Commission shall consider details of the proposal
involving buffering between the proposed use and the remaining residential
zone, conservation easements or other methods employed to create a
transitional area as well as the effect the style, layout and design
of the proposed use, the patterns of development of both the residential
zone and the neighboring commercial or industrial zone, and the permit
would have on the uses existing in both zones.
(3)
The applicable Schedule of Area, Height, Bulk and
Placement Regulations shall be in accordance with the residential
designation of the zone where the parcel exists, as found in Table
I of these zoning regulations.[1] The maximum combined coverage of buildings, accessory
structures and parking areas shall not exceed 45% of the lot area.
In instances where a side yard involves property dedicated to a buffer
zone, the minimum side yard shall be increased to the depth of the
required buffer.
[1]
Editor's Note: Table I is included at the end of this chapter.
(4)
Each special permit use shall include a buffer area
on each side of the area which faces another property in a residential
zone. The buffer shall be not less than 30 feet wide, and shall be
planted with such vegetative matter as the Commission shall approve,
suitably landscaped and maintained.
(6)
Signage shall be in accordance with those signs permitted
for a residential zone under these zoning regulations.
(7)
Lighting shall be designed, located and maintained
so as to minimize glare and illumination off the parcel. Special care
should be taken to design the lighting in such a fashion that it does
not interfere with or encroach upon nearby residential uses.
(8)
Access to the use must be from a state highway or
a Town road facing or bordering an existing commercial or industrial
parcel.
(9)
Child day-care centers or group day-care homes licensed
under C.G.S. § 19a-77 or a school for kindergarten-age children
per C.G.S. § 10 are permitted by special permit in professional
and/or business offices approved and constructed pursuant to this
Subsection J. (Effective date: November 22, 2004)
L.
Permanent year-round farm markets, provided they meet
all of the following conditions:
(1)
The market shall be on a parcel which abuts a state
highway or a Town collector road.
(2)
Products and services which may be sold shall include
produce, dairy and food products primarily from products grown or
produced on the premises or elsewhere in Connecticut when reasonably
available and except during times of winter weather conditions; farm
bakery products; hot and cold deli products, which must be prepared
on-site; light grocery, soups, coffee, cider, juices, and soda; flowers;
seasonal farm products (such as honey, maple syrup, jams, dried fruits
and candy); seasonal crafts (such as wreaths, baskets, ornaments,
flower pots); pick-your-own vegetables and fruits; pre-cut Christmas
trees; and horticultural supplies.
(3)
Buildings shall meet setback requirements of the zone
in which they are located.
(4)
Adequate off-street parking shall be provided but
in no event less than one space for each 250 square feet of gross
building area of the market.
(5)
The market shall be located within either an existing
farm structure or a permanent separate rural, farm-like structure
that is not to exceed 1,500 square feet and is compatible with the
neighborhood.
M.
Private schools.
(1)
Such use shall be permitted only in the R-2 and R-2A
Zones.
(2)
The minimum lot area shall be seven acres.
(3)
The minimum front yard shall be 70 feet.
(4)
The minimum side and rear yards shall be 35 feet.
(5)
The maximum height shall be 35 feet.
(6)
The maximum coverage of buildings and impervious surfaces
shall not exceed 20%. The design engineer shall demonstrate through
the use of design techniques and best management practices that coverages
between 11% and 20% are equivalent to the runoff equivalent of 10%.
(7)
The Commission may impose such buffering and/or screening
requirements as it deems necessary to protect adjacent properties
from any off-site impacts of the proposed use.
The construction of accessory apartments shall
only be allowed in existing residential structures, subject to the
following standards and conditions:
A.
Requests for accessory apartments must demonstrate
that all health, building, fire, and other local and state codes and
regulations can be satisfied.
B.
Either the single-family dwelling or the apartment
unit shall be occupied by the owner of the premises. Evidence of this
restriction shall be filed on the land records and in a form approved
by Town Counsel. The accessory apartment may not be occupied by more
than three people.
C.
The non-accessory-unit portion of the single-family
residence shall meet the minimum floor area requirements of these
regulations.
D.
The floor area of the accessory apartment shall not
exceed 33 1/3% of the nonaccessory unit.
E.
The maximum number of bedrooms in an accessory apartment
shall be two.
F.
Conversion of a structure to accommodate an accessory
apartment must conform to setbacks and coverage requirements of the
underlying zone. An existing structure in a nonconforming location
on a lot may be converted to accommodate an accessory apartment, provided
such conversion does not result in an expansion of such nonconformity.
There shall be no external evidence of the accessory apartment other
than what is required by the Fire Marshal, Building Official or Health
Official. Under such requirements, construction shall be in harmony
with the single-family character of the structure and the neighborhood.
The construction of new exterior stairways shall be properly screened
from view off site.
G.
There shall be no more than two dwellings units per
lot.
H.
No structure on a lot with an accessory apartment
is eligible to be used for a professional office or a home occupation.
See § 270-143.
