This chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
A.Â
To guide the future growth and development of the
Town in accordance with a comprehensive plan of land use and population
density that represents the most beneficial and convenient relationships
among the residential, commercial, industrial and public areas within
the Town, considering the suitability of each area for such uses,
as indicated by existing conditions, trends in population and mode
of living, and having regard for the use of land, building development
and economic activity, considering such conditions and trends both
within and adjacent to the Town.
B.Â
To protect and promote the public health, safety,
convenience, morals and general welfare of the community.
C.Â
To provide adequate light, air and privacy, to secure
safety from fire, flood and other danger and to prevent overcrowding
of the land and undue congestion of population.
D.Â
To protect and conserve the character, the environment
and the social and economic stability and value of all parts of the
Town and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of all
parts of the Town.
E.Â
To promote the most beneficial circulation of traffic
throughout the Town, having particular regard to the avoidance of
congestion in the streets and the provision of safe and convenient
traffic movements to and among the various uses of land and buildings
throughout the Town.
F.Â
To provide a guide for public policy and action in
the efficient provision of public facilities and services and for
private enterprise in building development, investment and other economic
activity relating to uses of land and buildings throughout the Town.
G.Â
To ensure that development takes place in an amount
commensurate with availability and present and future capacity of
public facilities and services.
H.Â
To provide adequately for transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, parks, conservation and recreation areas and other public
requirements.
I.Â
To protect streams and ponds from pollution and to
avoid hazardous conditions and excessive damage from stormwater runoff
and flooding, to safeguard the water table and to encourage the wise
use and sound management of the natural resources throughout the Town
in order to preserve the integrity, stability, beauty and good character
of the community and the value of the land.
J.Â
To provide a variety of housing types and environments
in order to afford the maximum opportunity for people to find a housing
and living style suitable to their needs and desires.
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K.Â
To ensure future preservation of open space and recreation
lands as an integral part of future development and to conserve the
natural resources of the Town.
L.Â
To preserve the natural beauty of the topography of
the Town and to ensure appropriate development with regard to these
natural features.
