ARTICLE I: PURPOSES
SECTION 100: STATEMENT OF PURPOSES
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Goshen, Connecticut, hereby adopts these Regulations in accordance with the purposes, authority, and requirements of Chapter 124 of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, as amended. The basic purposes of these Regulations shall include the following:
1. To guide the future growth and development of the Town in accordance with a comprehensive plan designed to promote the most beneficial, appropriate, suitable, and convenient land uses within the Town, as indicated by existing conditions and future needs.
2. To protect the value of the buildings and property throughout Town; to preserve the predominantly residential, rural, and agrarian characteristics of the Town; and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its inhabitants.
3. To secure safety from fire and other dangers, to prevent overcrowding of the land, to avoid undue concentration of population, avoid traffic congestion, and provide safe and convenient traffic access appropriate to the various uses of land and buildings throughout the Town.
4. To protect the character, the social stability, and the economic stability of all parts of the Town.
5. To permit development commensurate with the availability and capacity of the infrastructure of the Town, thereby facilitating adequate provision for transportation, schools, recreation, and other public requirements.
6. To conserve the Town’s unique natural resources.
7. To protect the Town’s ground water and surface waters.
8. To preserve the historical resources, natural features, and qualities that enhance the character of the Town.
9. To encourage development of housing opportunities for all citizens of the Town consistent with soil types, terrain, and capabilities of the infrastructure of the Town.
10.To achieve in part the objectives of the Goshen Plan of Development, of the Goshen Open Space Plan, and of other plans that are officially adopted by the Town.
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