These regulations are enacted to promote the general welfare
of the Town of Sterling, to protect the health and safety of its inhabitants,
to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the Town,
to preserve the cultural, historical and agricultural heritage of
the community, to increase the amenities of the Town, and to reduce
the hazard from fire by regulating the location and use of buildings
and the area of open space around them, all as authorized by the provisions
of the Zoning Act, MGL c. 40A, as amended, and by Article 89 of the
Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.