1.1

It is the purpose of these regulations to:

a.

Protect state's historic, tribal, cultural, and environmental resources.

b.

Consider the impact of permitted land uses on contiguous municipalities and on the planning region.

c.

Address significant disparities in housing needs and access to educational, occupational, recreational, and other opportunities.

d.

Promote efficient review of land use applications.

e.

Affirmatively further, the purposes of the Federal Fair Housing Act that prohibits housing discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability.

f.

Allow consideration to the physical site characteristics of the district and its peculiar suitability for uses.

g.

Expressly allow the development of housing which will meet the housing needs identified in the state housing plan.

h.

Be made in consideration of public and ground drinking water.

1.2

As authorized by the Charter of the Town of Seymour and Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 124, as amended, the Seymour Planning and Zoning Commission hereby establishes a comprehensive zoning plan for the Town of Seymour as set forth in the following text and accompanying Seymour Zoning Map which shall be known as the Zoning Regulations of the Town of Seymour.

1.3

The Town of Seymour Zoning Regulations were first adopted on October 31, 1957.