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PETITIO:N

ZONING COMMISSION
CITY OF DANBURY

APPLICATION TO

..A..1V:1EN°D "I':FLE ZONING REGl:JL.A-"I'IONS

Date: Ma~ 1998

Name, Address & Phone No. of Applicant: City of Danbury by Dennis T. Elpern, Planning Dir.
155 Deer Hill Ave,
Danbury, CT 06810
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Name and Address of any client or principal on whose behalf the petition is being submitted:
None

Name, Address & Phone No. of Agent: Dennis T. Elpern, Planning Director
(if applicable) same as above

Section of Zoning Regulations to be amended: 4.A.5.f,~ and new subsection (8)

State briefly why this petition should be granted: To further clarify the definition of farm and
farm market.

Submit the following:

~A 1) Filing Fee of $210.00, payable to the City of Danbury (includes $ 10.00 State Land Use Application Fee
as required per P.A. 92-235);

[] 2) Fifteen copies of Petition,

~ 3) Fifteen copies of Proposed Amendment(s), pursuant to Section 10.L1.c. of the Zoning Regulations.

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Section 4.A.5.f. Farming.

1. Amend subsection (4):

(4) No [Any] structure used for the purpose of keeping livestock[,] or poultry, [or any] and no
greenhouse in excess of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet~shall be located within the
front yard or within [at a minimum of] one hundred (100) from any side or rear property line.

2. Add new subsection (8):

(8) The retail sale of products related to dairy, truck and nursery gardening, and similar
farming related materials or products is allowed as an accessory use to a £ann, as herein defined,
provided that (a) the sale of such products occurred on the fann prior to the enactment of this
Subsection 4.A.5.f.(8) of the Regulations, and (b) the products sold are limited orimarilv to (i)
fann products grown or raised on the premises, (ii) vegetables, fruit, trees, shrubs, flowers, and
seeds, and (iii) fertilizer. potting soil. mulch, wood chips, lime, and hay: and. (iv) incidentallv to
other customary fann market and nursery gardening products, including planting pots.. bird houses
and feeders, jellies and iams, svru{>and honey, baked goods, £ann t>roducenot necessarily grown
or raised on the {>remises,landscaping materials and gardening supplies, and garden hand tools and
edging materials used in landscaping or gardening. Permitted fann and nursery gardening products
and related materials allowed to be sold under this Subsection specificallv exclude the sale or rental
of mechanical and electrical equipment. power tools and hardware. and the sale of' building
supplies, fencing. bricks. gravel. and glI other construction materials.