Newtown City Zoning Code
§ B70-12.01
Purpose.
[Amended 9-21-2016, effective 10-3-2016]
A.
Village District. The purpose of these regulations is to protect the Village District, which is comprised of those properties that abut Church Hill Road on the northern side between Wendover Road and the railroad tracks that mark the Borough boundary, those that abut Church Hill Road on the southern side that do not abut Main Street, those properties any portion of which abuts Queen Street on the easterly side between Church Hill Road to and including Newtown Middle School, and on the westerly side for a distance of 800 feet measured from Church Hill Road in accordance with the authority and intent of § 8-2j of the General Statutes, as amended from time to time. In the event there is a conflict between the requirements of the Village District Regulations and the regulations applicable to the underlying zone, those in the Village District Regulation will control.
B.
Protection of Main Street Village Design District.
(1)
The purpose of these regulations is also to protect the Main Street Village Design District, which is comprised of those properties that abut Main Street extending to Johnny Cake Lane and South Main Street and those that abut Church Hill Road on the northerly side between Main Street and Wendover Road within the Borough of Newtown.
(2)
All properties lying within the Main Street Village Design District shall be subject to and shall conform to the requirements and standards contained in Article 12 of the Borough of Newtown Zoning Regulations, insofar as they are applicable, and shall be subject to Village District review thereunder; provided, further, that properties in the Main Street Village Design District shall not be required to comply with the curbing, sidewalk and sidewalk lighting requirements contained therein.
C.
Historic District properties exempt.
[Added 11-8-2016, effective 12-1-2016]