It is declared to be the policy of the Branford Planning and Zoning
Commission to consider land subdivision as part of a plan for the orderly
and coordinated development and growth of the Town rather than as a mere aggregation
of lots. These regulations are adopted in order that land subdivision may
be made in the best interests of the Town and in accordance with this policy
and in order that land subdivided is of such character that it can be used
for building purposes without danger to health or safety, that proper provision
will be made for water supply, surface drainage and sanitary sewerage and
open spaces for parks and playgrounds and, in areas contiguous to brooks,
rivers or other bodies of water subject to flooding, including tidal flooding,
that proper provision will be made for protective flood control measures and
that the proposed roads are in harmony with existing roads and existing or
proposed principal thoroughfares shown on any plan of development for the
Town especially with regard to safe intersections and so arranged and of such
width as to provide an adequate and convenient system for present and prospective
traffic needs.
These regulations shall apply to the subdivision and resubdivision of
land within the Town of Branford. Any subdivision or resubdivision of land
within the Town of Branford shall conform to the requirements of these regulations.
No subdivision or resubdivision of land shall be made by any person, firm
or corporation until a map for such subdivision or resubdivision has been
submitted to and approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and has been
endorsed by the Commission and recorded in the office of the Branford Town
Clerk.
No subdivision or resubdivision shall be considered approved until the
Planning and Zoning Commission has endorsed its approval on the map.
The Planning and Zoning Commission, in reviewing any proposed subdivision
or resubdivision, and the person, firm or corporation proposing a subdivision
or resubdivision shall follow the procedures hereinafter specified. The Commission
shall not approve any subdivision or resubdivision unless it conforms to the
standards hereinafter specified.
Construction and installation of roads, drainage and other improvements
to comply with the requirements of these regulations shall not be deemed authorized
until the proposed subdivision or resubdivision has been approved by the Planning
and Zoning Commission.
Any person, firm or corporation making any subdivision or resubdivision
of land without the approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be
subject to penalties in accordance with the General Statutes of the State
of Connecticut.
Certain words used in these regulations are defined and explained as
follows:
Refers to the person, firm, partnership or corporation proposing
a subdivision or resubdivision.
The land in the floodplain within a community subject to a one-percent
or greater chance of flooding in any given year.
The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded
in any given year.
Refers to the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town.
Requirements applicable to subdivisions shall also apply to resubdivisions. The terms "subdivision" and "resubdivision," as used in these regulations, are defined in the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut. Chapter 126 of the 1958 Supplement to the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, as amended, defines "subdivision" and "resubdivision" as follows:
SUBDIVISIONThe 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.
RESUBDIVISIONA 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.
