For the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals, and general welfare of the community; for the purpose of lessening
congestion in the streets; for the purpose of securing safety from
fire, panic, flood, and other dangers; for the purpose of providing
adequate light and air; for the purpose of preventing the overcrowding
of land and avoiding undue concentration of population; for the purpose
of facilitating adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, parks, and other public requirements; for the purpose of
conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate
use of land throughout the Town; for the purpose of providing for
the public health, comfort, and general welfare in living and working
conditions; for the purpose of regulating and restricting the location
of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for
such uses; for the purpose of regulating and limiting the heights
and bulk of buildings; and for the other purposes specified in Chapter
124 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the following Zoning Regulations
for the Town of Killingworth are and have been adopted pursuant to
the provisions of the statutes of the State of Connecticut.
It is hereby declared that nonconforming uses,
improvements and characteristics are incompatible with and detrimental
to permitted uses, improvements and characteristics in the districts
in which they are located; they cause disruption of the comprehensive
land use pattern of the Town; they inhibit present and future development
of nearby properties; and they confer upon their owners and users
a position of unfair advantage. It is a fundamental principle of zoning
law that nonconformities are not to be expanded and they should be
abolished or reduced to conformity as quickly as the fair interests
of the parties will permit. This principle is declared to be the intent
of these regulations. It is the further intent of these regulations
that existing nonconforming uses or characteristics or uses authorized
by variance shall not cause further departures from these regulations
and therefore the existence of any present nonconforming use or characteristic
or use authorized by variance anywhere in the Town shall not in itself
be considered grounds for the grant of a variance in respect of any
other property.
It is the purpose of the Floodplain District regulations set forth in Article XV of these regulations to:
A.
Minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions
in specified areas of the Town of Killingworth by the establishment
of standards designed to:
(1)
Protect human life and public health;
(2)
Minimize expenditure of money for costly flood-control
projects;
(3)
Minimize the need for rescue and relief efforts associated
with flooding;
(4)
Minimize prolonged business and employment interruptions;
(5)
Minimize damage to public facilities and utilities;
(6)
Help maintain a stable tax base;
(7)
Ensure that purchasers of property are notified of
special flood hazards; and
(8)
Ensure that persons who occupy areas of special flood
hazard assume responsibility for their actions; and
B.
Ensure continued eligibility of owners of property
in the Town of Killingworth for participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program pursuant to rules and regulations published in the
Federal Register.
