These Zoning Regulations are promulgated to secure to the Borough of Newtown the protections and benefits provided by Chapter 124 of the General Statutes, Revision of 1958, as amended. They are designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic, flood and other dangers, to promote health and the general welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, to facilitate adequate provision for transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks and other public requirements, to conserve the value of the buildings and to encourage the most appropriate use of land throughout the Borough of Newtown. These Regulations and the Zoning Map constitute the comprehensive plan for zoning in the Borough of Newtown.