ZONING REGULATIONS OF THE TOWN OF WILTON, CONNECTICUT

29-1 INTENT AND PURPOSEThe Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Wilton Connecticut hereby adopts theseRegulations in accordance with the purposes, authority and requirements of the General Statutes of theState of Connecticut, for the following purposes:A. To guide the future growth and development of the Town in accordance with a comprehensiveplan designed to represent and promote the most beneficial and convenient relationships amongthe residential, commercial, industrial and public areas within the Town, considering the suitabilityof each area for such uses as indicated by existing conditions, trends in development andchanging modes of living, and having due regard for the use of land, building development andeconomic activity, both within and adjacent to the Town;B. To provide adequate light and air;C. To prevent the overcrowding of the land and to avoid undue concentration of population;D. To secure safety from fire, panic, flood and other dangers;E. To protect and conserve the character, the environment and the social and economic stability ofall parts of the Town and to encourage the orderly and beneficial development of the Town;F. To protect and conserve the value of land and buildings throughout the Town, appropriate to thevarious zones established by these Regulations;G. To bring about the gradual conformity to the uses of land and buildings throughout the Town tothe adopted Comprehensive Plan of Development and to minimize conflicts among the uses ofland and buildings;H. To promote the most beneficial relationship of streets and traffic circulation throughout the Townand the arrangement of land uses, having particular regard for the minimizing of congestion in thestreets and the promotion of safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian access appropriate tothe various uses throughout the Town;I. To provide a guide for public policy and action in the efficient provision of public facilities andservices, and for private enterprise in building development, investment and other economicactivity relating to uses of land and buildings throughout the Town;J. To assure that development takes place in a manner commensurate with the availability andpresent and future capacity of public facilities and services, thereby facilitating adequate provisionfor transportation, water, school, parks, recreation, open space and other public requirements;K. To prevent the pollution of watercourses and wetlands, safeguard the water table andgroundwater supply, avoid hazardous conditions and excessive damage resulting from stormwaterrunoff and flooding, encourage the appropriate use and sound management of natural resourcesthroughout the Town and conserve the Town's natural beauty and topography; and,1