It is declared to be the policy of the Town Planning and Zoning
Commission to consider land subdivisions as living parts of the community
and as part of a plan for the orderly development and growth of the
Town of Stratford rather than as mere isolated aggregations of lots.
In order that land subdivisions may be made in the best interests
of the Town and in accordance with this policy and in order that adequate
provisions may be made for the proper arrangement and development
of streets, for open spaces, for recreation, light and air, for the
avoidance of undue density of population, for access of fire-fighting
apparatus to property and for proper drainage and sewerage facilities,
these regulations are hereby adopted.
For the purpose of identification, these regulations shall be
known as the "Land Subdivision of the Town of Stratford."
When used hereafter in these regulations, the following terms
are defined as follows:
The Town Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Stratford.
A street, or a portion of any street which has no outlet
at one end.
Includes "plats" wherever more than one "plat" of any subdivision
is submitted to the Commission.
Includes a blueprint photostat lithoprint or other copy which
reproduces exactly the data on the original plat from which it is
made.
Includes streets, avenues, roads, boulevards, lanes or other
ways.
Includes any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who shall lay out for the purpose of sale, rent, lease or development
any subdivision or part thereof as hereinbefore defined, either for
himself or for others.
The division of a tract or parcel of land into three or more
lots for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building
development expressly excluding development for agricultural purposes,
and shall include resubdivision; "resubdivision" shall mean a 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 thereon have been conveyed after the approval or recording
of such map.
[Amended effective 7-29-1980]
The Land Subdivision Regulations of the Town of Stratford,
Connecticut as the same are contained herein or any amendments thereto.
No subdivision of land shall hereafter be made unless the same
shall have been submitted to and approved by the Town Planning and
Zoning Commission.
Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located
within the jurisdiction of the Town Planning and Zoning Commission,
shall transfer or sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or
by other use of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been
approved by the Town Planning and Zoning Commission and recorded or
filed in the office of the Town Clerk shall be fined not more than
$200 for each lot so transferred or sold, and the description of such
lot by metes and bounds, or by courses and distances, in the instrument
of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring
shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties. The Town Planning
and Zoning Commission may enjoin such transfer or sale.
[Amended effective 7-29-1980; 7-20-1982]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall be the only agency
permitted to waive any requirement of these regulations.
A.Â
The Commission may waive requirements under these regulations by
a 3/4 vote of all the members of the Commission in cases where conditions
exist which affect the subject land and are not generally applicable
to other land in the area, provided that the waiver is sought under
one or more of the conditions contained in these regulations. No waiver
shall be granted that will have a significant adverse effect on adjacent
property or on public health and safety. The Commission shall state
upon its records the reasons for which a waiver is granted.
B.Â
Conditions for waiver:
(1)Â
The Commission may waive requirements of these regulations upon request
of the applicant or upon initiation by the Commission where, owing
to conditions especially affecting the subject land, a literal enforcement
of these regulations would result in a practical difficulty in its
development, so that substantial justice will be done and the intent
of these regulations secured. Conditions under which waivers may be
considered shall be limited to the following:
(a)Â
Topographic or geologic features, making compliance with design
standards as set forth in these regulations impractical.
(b)Â
Size and shape of the property, making compliance with design
standards set forth in these regulations impractical.
(c)Â
Inability of public utilities to provide service.
(2)Â
In no case shall a waiver be granted without the Commission first
receiving a report from the Town Engineer.
