These regulations shall be known and cited as the Zoning Regulations of the Town of Enfield. Zoning regulations were originally adopted by the Enfield in March of 1925. Major revisions to these regulations were made in November, 1966, July, 1975, and July 2002.

These regulations are adopted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community; for the purpose of lessening congestion in the streets; for the purpose of securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers; for the purpose of providing adequate light and air; for the purpose of preventing over-crowding of the land and avoiding undue concentration of population; for the purpose of facilitating adequate provision for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; for the purpose of conserving the value of building and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the town; for the purpose of providing for the public health, comfort, and the general welfare in living and working conditions, and for the purpose of regulating and restricting the location of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for specific uses; for the purpose of regulating and limiting the height and bulk of buildings hereafter erected and for the purpose of regulating and determining the areas of yards, courts and open spaces for buildings hereafter erected, and for said purposes to divide the town into zoning districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out these regulations and provide for its enforcement, in accordance with Chapter 124, Section 8-2 of the Connecticut General Statutes, 1958 Revision, as amended.

When interpreting and applying the provisions of these regulations, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare. Except as specifically herein provided, it is not intended by the adoption of these regulations to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any way to impair or interfere with any existing provisions adopted or issued, or which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to law relating to the erection, construction, maintenance, establishment, moving, alteration, or enlargement of any building or improvement; nor is it intended by these regulations to interfere with or abrogate or annul any easement, covenant or other agreement between parties; provided, however, that in cases in which these regulations imposes a greater restriction upon the erection, construction, maintenance, establishment, moving, alteration, or enlargement of buildings, or the use of any such buildings or premises in said several districts or any of them than is imposed or required by such existing provisions of law or regulation or by such rules, regulation, or permits or by such easements, covenants, or agreements, then in such case the provisions of these regulations shall control.

For purposes of these regulations the Town of Enfield is divided into the following zoning districts.

Table 1.10 — List of Zoning Districts

^* added 09/08/03

^** added 11/30/09

^*** added 09/08/17

The boundaries of such districts are shown on a map entitled, "Zoning Map of the Town of Enfield, Connecticut" which is filed in the office of the town clerk. Such map with all explanatory matter thereon is hereby declared to be part of these regulations as fully as if set out herein and changes in the boundaries of such districts as shown on said map may be made by the commission in accordance with the provisions of article 12.10 herein.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of any of the aforesaid districts shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply.

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following the center of a street, highway, brook or stream, such lines shall be construed to be such district boundaries.

Where district boundaries are so indicated that they are approximately parallel to the center lines of streets, such district boundaries shall be construed as being parallel thereto, and, at such distance therefrom as indicated on the zoning map. If no distance is given, such dimension shall be construed as being 200 feet from the centerline of a street in a business or industrial district.

Where district boundaries are indicated as approximately following lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be such boundaries.

Where the boundary of a district follows a railroad line, such boundary shall be deemed to be located midway between the main tracks of said railroad line.