Town of Newtown, CT SECTION 6 Prohibited Uses

1.06.00 Uses, buildings or structures specifically prohibited.

The following uses, buildings or structures are specifically prohibited throughout all zones, even if only an accessory use:

1.06.100 Automobile junk yards, junk yards, the processing of junk materials, or motor vehicle body shops;

1.06.200 Amusement parks, drive-in theaters and race tracks;

1.06.300 Manufacture of poison, toxic chemicals or explosives;

1.06.400 Mobile home parks, trailer parks and individually occupied mobile homes or trailers, except as set forth in Sections 595-8.11.130 and 595-8.11.140 herein;

1.06.500 Rock or stone crushers, processing of sand, sand and gravel, or concrete batch plants. Rock crushing except as set forth in Section 595-8.08.330 herein;

1.06.600 Storage outdoors of any unregistered motor vehicle or obsolete and/or unused contractors' machinery or equipment. This section shall not prohibit outdoor storage of unregistered operable motor vehicles used on farms;

1.06.700 Slaughterhouse, rendering plant or refinery;

1.06.800 Tank farm or individual above-ground storage tanks over 5,000 gallons' capacity, except that the 5,000-gallon limitation shall not apply to above-ground tanks located in industrial zones;

[Amended 3-18-2002]

1.06.900 Used car sales lot except where conducted on the same premises as a new car sales lot and clearly incidental thereto.

1.06.1000 Dissemination of smoke, dust, observable gas or fumes, noise, odor, vibration, or light beyond the lot on which the use is being conducted. Violation of the specific performance standards established by Section 595-8.10, of these regulations for the industrial zones in which they apply shall automatically be considered a violation of this section. This section may also be found to be violated in any zone where the Zoning Enforcement Officer finds the existence of the items listed in the first sentence of this section without regard to said performance standards.

1.06.1100 Menace by reason of fire, explosion or other potential hazard to person or property.

1.06.1200 Any discharge into the atmosphere, the ground or any watercourse or other body of water of any substance which, in the form and quantity discharged, will damage the fauna and flora of the lot in question, or which will be harmful to persons breathing the atmosphere or drinking or bathing in the water on or off the lot.

1.06.1300 Disorderly accumulation of waste, abandoned or used materials, where visible from adjacent streets or lots.

1.06.1400 Cannabis establishment.