§1 LEGISLATIVE INTENT

Revised 05-26-78

In order to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, flood, and other dangers; to promote health and general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; and with reasonable consideration for the protection of historic factors and a view to conserving the value of buildings, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Westport, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut hereby adopts and promulgates the following rules and regulations in accordance with authority vested in it, the said Commission, by Chapter 242 of the Public Acts of the State of Connecticut, and Chapter 124 of Title 8 of the Connecticut General Statutes and any and all amendments thereto and by any other public act or statute of the State of Connecticut under which the Commission may properly act or derive authority.