A.
For purposes of these regulations, certain numbers, abbreviations,
terms and words used herein shall be used, interpreted and defined
as set forth in this section. Unless the context clearly indicates
to the contrary, words used in the present tense include the future
tense; words used in the plural number include the singular; the word
"herein" means "in these regulations"; the word "regulations" means
"these regulations"; a "person" includes a corporation, a partnership
and an incorporated association of persons such as a club; "shall"
is always mandatory; "may" is permissive; a "building" includes a
"structure"; a "building or structure" includes any part thereof;
and "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." Accepted highway usage definitions may be
found in the publication of the American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials titled "AASHTO Highway Definitions (1968),"
as amended. Definitions of terms pertaining to planning may be found
in Title 8, Chapter 126, of the Connecticut General Statutes. In the
event a term's definition is in question, accepted nomenclature and
applicable state statutes will be consulted.
B.
ABUTTER
APPLICANT
APPLICATION
AQUIFER
BACK LOT
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
BUILDABLE LAND/LOT/AREA
CENTER ISLAND
CHECKLIST
COMMISSION
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
CONSERVATION EASEMENT
CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISION
CUL-DE-SAC
DATE OF RECEIPT
DESIGN ADVISORY BOARD
DEVELOPER
DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
DISTURBED AREA
EASEMENT
EROSION
FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAN
FLAG LOT
FLOOD or FLOODING
FORMAL SUBDIVISION PLAN
HALF STREET
IMPROVEMENT
INLAND WETLANDS AND WATERCOURSES AGENCY
INTERIOR LOT
KEYSTONE
LOOP STREET
LOT
LOT, CORNER
OPEN SPACE
OPEN SPACE SUBDIVISION
PASSIVE SOLAR ENERGY TECHNIQUES
PLAN AND PROFILE
PLAN OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE
PRELIMINARY LAYOUT
PRINT
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT SPECIFICATIONS
REGULATIONS, THESE
REQUIRED SUBMITTALS
RESERVE STRIP
RESUBDIVISION
RIGHT-OF-WAY
ROAD REGULATIONS
SEDIMENT
SLOPE RIGHTS
SOLAR ACCESS
STREET
STREET PAVEMENT
STREET TREES
STREET WIDTH
SUBDIVIDER
SUBDIVISION
SUBDIVISION APPLICATION
TOWN
TOWN CLERK or OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK
TRAVELED WIDTH
WETLANDS
ZONING REGULATIONS
For purposes of these regulations, certain terms and words used in
these regulations shall be interpreted and defined as set forth in
this subsection:
Adjacent landowners. Property sharing a common boundary line
with the property proposed to be subdivided or resubdivided and for
these regulations all property in any direction within 200 feet of
any boundary line of the proposed subdivision. Includes all adjacent
landowners within the Town of Ashford or any other town.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other legally
recognized entity which shall apply to the Commission for approval
of a subdivision, either on the applicant's own behalf or as an agent
for one or more or successor in interest.
A request for approval of a specific subdivision plan, including
an application form as may be prescribed by the Commission, accompanied
by all supporting information, documents, reports, and the like which
may be required by these regulations.
Any geological formation, such as bedrock, sand and gravel,
or glacial till, capable of yielding usable amounts of groundwater.
See "interior lot."
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Ashford.
That area of land within a lot or parcel meeting the requirements
of the Ashford Zoning Regulations.
Strip or corridor of land at least eight feet wide running
from the beginning of a cul-de-sac to the turnaround between two one-way
streets.
Lists found in Appendix A[1] that will assist in keeping track of various drawing requirements,
submissions and procedures for a complete formal subdivision plan
proposal application.
The Planning and Zoning Commission, Town of Ashford, Connecticut.
The Conservation Commission of the Town of Ashford, Connecticut.
See "easement."
A subdivision design that is consistent with the provisions
of the Ashford Zoning Regulations and Ashford Subdivision Regulations.
Specifically a conventional subdivision is a subdivision or resubdivision
of land into lots for single-family detached dwelling units that meets
the frontage and minimum two-acre buildable land requirements of the
Ashford Zoning Regulations. Not an open space subdivision.
A street having only one outlet to a through road. A street
with a temporary or permanent turnaround at the end.
The day of the first regularly scheduled meeting of the Commission
immediately following the day of submission of the application to
the Commission, or its agent, or 35 days after such submission, whichever
is sooner.
An ad hoc committee whose members are appointed by the Commission
to provide guidance with site plan and architectural design of nonresidential,
multifamily and open space subdivision buildings and structures.
Same as "subdivider."
Development exclusively for use as agricultural land, as
that term is defined in C.G.S. § 22-26bb.
An area where the natural vegetative ground cover is destroyed,
moved or removed.
A right, established by deed or other legal means, of one
party to use a designated portion of a second party's land for a specific,
limited purpose.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity. Human activities can aggravate and accelerate
erosion.
The Mylar maps, drawings, and all supporting data as approved
by the Commission, containing all modifications and revisions required
by such approval, and ready for endorsement by the Commission and
for filing with the Town Clerk pursuant to C.G.S. § 8-25.
See "interior lot."
A general and temporary condition of partial or complete
inundation of normally dry land areas from:
The map, drawings, and all supporting data required by these
regulations upon which a formal (i.e., non-preliminary) plan of subdivision
is presented to the Commission for action.
A proposed street, or any extension of an existing street,
along and roughly parallel to a property line such that less than
the entire required right-of-way and street improvements, longitudinally,
would be located on one property. (Prohibited)
Any change or alteration to the existing conditions of the
subdivision site for the purpose of complying with these regulations,
or any approval granted hereunder, or rendering the site more suitable
for development and/or habitation. As used in these regulations, improvements
include but are not limited to construction and installation of roadways,
paved streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, utilities, street signs,
monuments, shade trees, drainage facilities, erosion and sedimentation
control measures, buildings, driveways, septic systems, water supplies,
earth filling or removal, seeding, plantings and grading.
The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission of the Town
of Ashford.
A lot that does not meet the minimum lot frontage requirements.
Special permit required. Not allowed in open space subdivisions. See
Zoning Regulations.
A linkage property between two or more properties and/or
a property of large acreage that abuts other unfragmented properties.
A street intersecting with the same street twice.
A plot or parcel of land occupied or capable of being occupied
by one principal building and the accessory buildings or uses customarily
incidental to it, including such yards, open spaces, and buffer areas
as are required by the Ashford Zoning Regulations, and which meets
the frontage requirements of these regulations and the Ashford Zoning
Regulations.
[Amended 5-10-2021]
A lot located at the intersection of two roads, or a lot
bound on two sides by a curving road, any two chords of which form
an angle of 120° or less.
Land defined to include, but not be limited to, land left
in its natural, undisturbed, or undeveloped state; land used for managed
forest land or agriculture; and land containing important farmland
soils as defined in the report "Important Farmlands - Windham County
Connecticut, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service."
Open space land may include areas and facilities for passive or active
recreation; land areas for wildlife habitat, groundwater recharge,
watershed protection, or scenic view or vista preservation; lands
having the presence of an endangered or threatened species or other
natural resources and/or archaeological or historically significant
features and the like; forests; parks; reservoirs; and wetlands. "Open
space" does not necessarily mean open and accessible to the public.
"Open space" may include private property with permanent conservation
easements and other protections (e.g., Connecticut Farmland Preservation
Program where development rights are acquired by the state).
A cluster development, as defined by C.G.S. § 8-18,
in which the dimensions that would otherwise be required for lots
and buildable land under the Ashford Zoning and Subdivision Regulations
may be reduced for the purposes of encouraging the dedication and
preservation of additional open space. Specifically, an open space
subdivision is a subdivision or resubdivision of land into lots for
single-family detached dwelling units that meets the frontage and
minimum one-acre contiguous buildable land requirements of the Ashford
Zoning Regulations. Interior lots are prohibited.
The utilization of building features, materials and systems,
building orientation, street and/or lot layout, vegetation, natural
or man-made topographical features and the protection of solar access
within a subdivision as tools for maximizing solar heat gain, minimizing
heat loss, and providing thermal storage within a building during
the heating season and for minimizing heat gain and providing for
natural ventilation during the cooling season.
The Plan of Conservation and Development of the Town of Ashford,
as it may be adopted and amended from time to time, in accordance
with C.G.S. § 8-23, as amended.
A meeting between the Commission, or its designee, and a
potential subdivider, resubdivider, applicant, or property owner for
the purpose of discussing conceptually a possible subdivision or resubdivision
of land.
The preliminary map(s), drawing(s) and all required supporting
data indicating the proposed manner and layout of a subdivision or
resubdivision likely to be submitted to the Commission for consideration
as a formal subdivision plan.
A blueprint, photostat, lithoprint, or other copy which reproduces
exactly the data on the original drawing(s) from which it is made.
Those requirements covered in the Ashford Public Improvement
Specifications document relating to roads, streets, driveways, storm
drainage, etc.
Town of Ashford Subdivision Regulations, including amendments
thereto.
The complete list of documents, certifications, reports,
statements, study results, letters of recommendation, etc., that must
be submitted for a complete subdivision application.
Land to be set aside for dedication to the public upon future
development. Reserve strips may include land to be set aside for streets,
street connections, pedestrianways, parks, or other land dedicated
to public use.
A change in a map of an approved or recorded subdivision
or resubdivision if such change affects any street layout shown on
such map, affects any area reserved thereon for public use, or diminishes
the size of any lot shown thereon and creates an additional building
lot, if any of the lots shown thereon have been conveyed after the
approval or recording of such map.
The distance between property lines measured across and perpendicular
to a street or, where no right-of-way has been established, 25 feet
on either side of the center line of the street pavement as defined
below.
The standards, specifications and details for construction
of streets, driveways, drainage, etc., as specified in Ashford Public
Improvement Specifications. The word "road" is interchangeable with
the word "street." Both "road" and "street" mean the same thing in
these regulations.
Solid material, either mineral or organic, that is transported,
or has been moved from, its site of origin. (See "erosion.")
The two fifteen-linear-foot rights-of-way, adjacent to both
sides of the street right-of-way, reserved for remedying drainage
problems.
Where feasible the access to unobstructed sunlight required
by solar collectors for efficient operation. Solar access shall be
considered adequately available for 75% of the time between 7:34 a.m.
and 3:08 p.m. local time on December 21.
A street, avenue, lane, road or other right-of-way dedicated
and legally accepted by the Town, the State of Connecticut or a private
association for the purpose of public travel. All new streets and
streets serving new streets must meet the minimum standards of the
Ashford Public Improvement Standards. "Road" means the same thing
as "street" in these regulations.
The wearing or exposed surface of the roadway used by vehicular
traffic.
Those trees, six-inch diameter at breast height or greater,
along existing and proposed streets that maintain and enhance the
rural character of the roadway and are within 30 feet of the center
line of the street.
The width of the street pavement.
The person or other legally recognized entity primarily responsible
for implementing an approved final subdivision plan. The applicant
may or may not be the subdivider.
The division of a tract or parcel of land into three or more
parts or lots for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale
or building development, expressly excluding development for municipal,
conservation, or agricultural purposes, and includes resubdivision.
Building development includes development for residential, commercial,
or industrial purposes. See Zoning Regulations for divisions of less
than three lots.
The body of forms, drawings, studies, engineering, and other
required submittals that must be submitted to request the subdivision
of land.
The Town of Ashford, County of Windham, Connecticut.
The office or officer of the Ashford Town Clerk.
The distance between curb faces, or the width of the street
pavement, measured in a direction perpendicular to the street.
Land, including submerged land, which consists of any of
the soil types designated as poorly drained, very poorly drained,
alluvial and floodplain by the National Cooperative Soils Survey,
as may be amended from time to time, of the Natural Resources Conservation
Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
The Town of Ashford, Connecticut, Zoning Regulations.[2]
