Connecticut General Statutes Section 8-25(a), as amended, provides that any person, firm or corporation making any subdivision of land without the approval of the Commission shall be fined not more than $500 for each lot sold, or offered for sale or so subdivided; and further that any person, firm or corporation who, prior to approval, sells or offers for sale any lot subdivided shall be fined not more than $500 for each lot sold or offered for sale. The Zoning Enforcement Officer is authorized to commence such actions as may be necessary to enforce said regulations and statutes and collect said fines on behalf of the Town.
A. 
The Zoning Enforcement Officer, unless otherwise directed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, is authorized to stamp "Approved for Filing," reflecting the first division of property meeting the corresponding zoning district requirement and the zoning permit application requirements contained in Chapter 595, Zoning, § 595-285, provided that said first division, or cut, is the only division made of premises since the enactment of subdivision regulations adopted effected February 8, 1956, and provided that no accessway is involved, for only the Planning and Zoning Commission has authority to authorize such accessways under the provisions of § 595-170.
[Amended effective 4-1-2008]
B. 
All applications for first division of property pursuant to Subsection A shall be accompanied by:
(1) 
The original and three copies of a Class A2 survey map prepared by a land surveyor licensed by the State of Connecticut showing the desired "first cut" surveyed wetlands and watercourses, and FEMA one-hundred-year floodplains. In addition, the applicant shall deliver an electronic copy of such survey map, for purposes of adding the approved "first cut" to the Town's Geographic Information System (GIS). The electronic copy shall meet the following criteria:
(a) 
Drawings shall be on a compact disk (CD).
(b) 
Electronic drawings shall be in a format as prescribed by the Town's GIS Coordinator.
(c) 
Electronic drawings shall be accompanied by a certification letter that the electronic drawing is a copy of the survey that was approved by the Zoning Enforcement Officer for recording in the office of the Town Clerk. A land surveyor licensed by the State of Connecticut shall certify the letter.
[Amended effective 4-14-2003]
(2) 
An affidavit attesting that, following title research performed by the applicant's attorney, the proposed division of property is the first such division or cut being made since enactment of subdivision regulations.
(3) 
All deeds conveying voluntary road-widening easements for slope rights and drainage, etc.
(4) 
Copies of recorded Zoning Board of Appeals variances, as applicable.
C. 
If the proposed first division parcel is to be served by an accessway, the approval or disapproval thereof shall be by action of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or any portion of these regulations is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.
Any person aggrieved by an official action of the Commission may appeal therefrom within 15 days of the publication of such official action to the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County.
These regulations shall become effective April 25, 1987.
Previous subdivision regulation dated March 13, 1981, and all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed.
The Commission may from time to time alter or amend these regulations in accordance with the procedure by the Connecticut General Statutes.