For the purpose of these Regulations, certain words and terms herein are defined as follows:

COMMISSION - means the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Shelton.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT OR PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT - means the Plan for Development of the City as provided in Chapter 126, Section 8-23 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

EROSION - means the process by which the ground surface is worn away by the action of wind or water and material there from is carried, or is likely to be carried, across any property line in significant quantities.

GRADING - means any act by which soil, rock or mineral matter is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated and including the removing of vegetative cover, excavation and land balancing.

INLAND WETLANDS AND WATER COURSES - means land regulated as an inland wetland or watercourse under the provisions of Chapter 40, Connecticut General Statutes.

SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA - means the land in the flood plain within the Community subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. The area may be designated as Zone A on the City's Flood Hazard Boundary Map. After detailed ratemaking has been completed in preparation of publication of the City's Flood Insurance Rate Map, Zone A is refined into Zones A, A1 - A5, and A 12, A 15, and A 19

SUBDIVISION AND RE-SUBDIVISION : Requirements applicable to subdivisions shall also apply to re-subdivisions. The terms "subdivision" and "re-subdivision" as used in these Regulations are defined in Chapter 126 of the Connecticut General Statutes as follows:

a. Subdivision - means the 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 re-subdivision.

b. Re-subdivision - means a change in a map of an approved or recorded subdivision or re-subdivision if such change

(a) affects any street layout shown on such map,

(b) affects any area reserved thereon for public use or

(c) 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.

1. Open Space includes, but shall not be limited to: Land left in its natural, undisturbed state; agricultural land for which development rights have been assigned or otherwise permanently alienated; land areas and facilities for non-commercial, non-profit recreation; and similar land use areas for wildlife habitat, passive and active recreation, groundwater recharge, scenic preservation, and the like.

2. Land means all real property, including improvements thereof and thereon, and all estates, interests, and rights therein of any kind or description, including, but not limited to, easements, rights-of-way and water and riparian rights, provided that these interests run with the subject real property.

3. Improvement or Public Improvement means any change or alteration to the existing conditions of the subdivision site:

a) for the purpose of complying with these Regulations, or any approval granted hereunder, or

b) depicted on any Final Subdivision Plan approved hereunder, or

c) rendering the site more suitable for development and/or habitation. As used in these Regulations, improvements include but are not limited to: Construction and installation of roadways, paved streets, curbs, gutters, utilities, street signs, monuments, shade trees and drainage facilities; erosion and sedimentation control measures; buildings; earth filling or removal, seeding and grading, the establishment or construction of parks, playgrounds, recreational buildings, equipment, structures, fields and similar facilities; and facilities designed to detain, redirect, store, or treat storm water discharge.

E. The subdivision is a re-subdivision of a parcel consisting of one or more lots previously included in an approved subdivision for which Open Space land was previously set aside and which is now subdivided into a new configuration of lots. Open Space reservation requirements of this Section 4-19 shall be applicable for any areas of land for which Open Space was not previously reserved or required. Such subdivision and prior dedication of or exemption from Open Space requirements shall be evidenced by such documents as the Commission may require to assure compliance with the intent of these Regulations.