It is declared to be the policy of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Shelton to consider land subdivision as a living part of the community and as part of a plan for the orderly, efficient and economical development and growth of the City of Shelton rather than as a mere aggregation of lots. These Regulations are adopted in order that land subdivisions may be made in the best interests of the City and in accordance with this policy and in order that land subdivided is of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood, or other menace, that proper provision will be made for water, drainage, and sewerage 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 streets are in harmony with existing or proposed principal thoroughfares shown on any plan of development for the City especially in regard to safe intersections with such thoroughfares, and so arranged and of such width, as to provide an adequate and convenient system for present and prospective traffic needs, and that in places deemed proper by the Commission, open spaces and parks and playgrounds shall be shown on the site development plan, and the existing and proposed operations, uses, and public improvements shall conform to and be properly related to the proposals shown on the Comprehensive Plan of Development, and it is intended that these Regulations shall supplement and facilitate the enforcement of the provisions and standards contained in building and housing codes, Zoning Regulations and Comprehensive Plan of Development and the Plan of Open Space and the Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Regulations.
These Regulations shall apply to the subdivision and re-subdivision of land within the City of Shelton.
The definitions appended to these Regulations are hereby declared to be a part of these Regulations. Unless specifically defined herein as part of Section 1-3, words or phrases used in these Regulations shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common. usage and to give these Regulations their most reasonable application.
No subdivision or re-subdivision 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 of the City of Shelton and has been endorsed by the Commission and recorded in the Office of the Shelton Town and City Clerk.
No map of a subdivision or re-subdivision shall be endorsed by the Commission to permit filing in the Office of the Shelton Town and City Clerk until all conditions of approval have been met. The date of endorsement shall be considered the effective date of approval for the purpose of determining the 90 day period, specified in Section 8-25 of Chapter 126 of the Connecticut General Statutes, within which the map shall have been filed in the Office of the Shelton Town and City Clerk.
The Planning and Zoning Commission, in reviewing any proposed subdivision or re-subdivision, and the person, firm or corporation proposing a subdivision or re-subdivision shall follow the procedures hereinafter specified. The Commission shall not approve any subdivision or re-subdivision unless it conforms to the standards hereinafter specified.
No person, firm or corporation shall be deemed to be authorized to commence any of the construction proposed in any subdivision or re-subdivision until the record subdivision map 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.
