CONNECTICUT MODEL ZONING CODE PROJECT - Land Use Law

Person:Any individual, firm, partnership, association, syndicate, company, trust, corporation, limited liability company,municipality, agency, political or administrative subdivision of the state, or other legal entity of any kind.Personal Services:Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving the care of a person or personal goods or apparel.(Aliquippa, PA)Pet:An animal that is domesticated and ordinarily kept in the home for personal use or enjoyment. (Tolland)Pet Services:A commercial establishment where animals are bathed, clipped, plucked or otherwise groomed, except that noanimals shall be kept, boarded, etc., overnight. (Binghamton, NY)Physical Fitness Center:A building or a portion of a building designed and equipped for the conduct of sports, exercise, leisure timeactivities, or other customary and usual recreational activities, operated for profit or not-for-profit and which can beopen only to bona fide members and guests of the organization or open to the public for a fee. (St. Paul, MN – APlanners Dictionary See health club)Pilings:Columnar support members which may be of any approved type capable of resisting all applied loads and shall, asfar as practicable, be compact and free from unnecessary appendages which would trap or restrict free passage ofdebris during a flood. (Westport)Place of Public Assembly:All buildings or portions thereof, the spaces used or intended to be used for gathering together fifty (50) or morepersons for amusement, athletic, civic, dining, educational, entertainment, patriotic, political, recreational, religious,social or similar purposes. Manufacturing establishments and similar employment centers are not considered placesof public assembly for purposes of this ordinance. The facility is open to the public as a theater, meeting hall,hearing room, amphitheater, auditorium, or in any other similar capacity. (Binghamton, NY)Place of Worship: (See, Place of Public Assembly)Planned Development:A tract of land which is developed as a unit under single ownership or control, which includes two (2) or moreprincipal buildings, and which is at least one (1) acre in area for a planned residential development and ten (10)acres or an entire city block in area for a planned area development. (Hartford)Planning and Zoning Commission:The administrative body of the local government, consisting of such [elected and appointed, or appointed] memberswho are charged with the formulation and administration of the zoning map and regulation. (Growing SmartLegislative Guidebook See Planning Commission; Walnut Creek, CA See Planning Commission – A PlannersDictionary)Play lot or tot lot:A small area developed especially for preschool or elementary school aged children. It may contain such facilities assandboxes, slides, teeters, swings, climbing apparatus, and the like. (Hartford)Playfield or athletic field:A developed recreation area which may contain a playground as well as fields for competitive sports such asbaseball, football or soccer. Bleachers or grandstands may be provided. (Hartford)Playground:33