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 Appendix A. INLAND WETLANDS AND WATERCOURSES REGULATIONS

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  • 1.1 These regulations shall be known as the "Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations of the City of Bristol."

    1.2 These regulations have been prepared and adopted and may be amended, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Sections 22a-36 through 22a-45 of the Connecticut General Statutes by the Bristol Conservation Commission, as authorized by ordinance of the Bristol City Council meeting on March 6, 1973.

    1.3 The preservation and protection of the wetlands and watercourses from random, unnecessary, undesirable and unregulated uses, disturbance or destruction is in the public interest and is essential to the public health, welfare and safety. It is, therefore, the purpose of these regulations to implement the provisions of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act of the State of Connecticut and to protect the citizens of Bristol, Connecticut, by making provisions for the protection, preservation, maintenance and use of the inland wetlands and watercourses by minimizing their disturbance and pollution; maintaining and improving water quality in accordance with the highest standards set by federal, state or local authority; preventing damage from erosion, turbidity or siltation; preventing loss of fish and other beneficial aquatic organisms, wildlife and vegetation and the destruction of the natural habitats thereof; deterring and inhibiting the danger of flood and pollution; protecting the quality of wetlands and watercourses for their conservation, economic, aesthetic, recreational and other public and private uses and values; and protecting potable fresh water supplies from danger of drought, overdraft, pollution, misuse and mismanagement by providing an orderly process to balance the need for economic growth of the City of Bristol, Connecticut, and the use of its land with the need to protect its environment and ecology in order to forever guarantee to the people of the City of Bristol, Connecticut, the safety of such natural resources for their benefit and enjoyment of generations yet unborn.

    1.4 Pursuant to the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, the agency shall enforce all provisions of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act and shall grant, grant with conditions, or deny all regulated activities on inland wetlands and watercourses in the City of Bristol pursuant to Sections 22a-36 through 22a-45, inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statues, as amended.