The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-01


chairman and create and fill such
other Of It's offices as It may de-
termine. The term Of the chair.
man shall be one year, with eligi.
bility for reelection. It shall
adopt rules for the transaction Of
business and shall keep a record
Of its resolutions, transactions,
findings and determinations,
which record shall be q public
record. The city clerk Of said city
Of waterbury shall be secretary Of
said commission. I'd Staff and
finances. The commission may ap.
point such employees as 1t may
deem necessary for Its work, whose
appointment, promotion, demotion
and removal shall be subject to
the same provisions OF. law as gov.
ern other corresponding civil en-
ployes Of the city. The commits
sion may also contract with city
planners, engineers, architects and
other consultants for such service
as 1t may require. The expendi-
lures Of the commission, exclusive
Of gifts, shall be within the
amounts appropriated for the pur.
pose by the board Of aldermen,
which shall provide the funds,
equipment and accommodation
necessary for the commission's
work. (e) General powers and
duties. It shall be the function and
duty Of the commission to make
and adopt a master plan for the
physical development of the city.
Such plan, with accompanying
maps, plats, charts and descriptive
matter, shall show the commits
sion's recommendations for such
development, including among
other things, the general location,
character and extent Of streets,
building lines, viaducts, subways,
bridges, waterways, waterfronts,
boulevards, parkways, Fairgrounds,
squares, parks, aviation fields and
other public ways, grounds and
open spaces, the general location
OF public buildings and other pub
lie property, and the general lo-
cation and extent Of public utili-
ties and terminals, whether pub
licly or privately owned or oper-
ated, for water, light, sanitation,
transportation, CO mmunication,
power and other purposes; also
rules and regulations to control
the subdivision Of land and the
laying out Of streets; also the re-
moval, relocation, widening, mar
rowing, vacating abandonment,
change Of use or extension of any
Of the foregoing ways, grounds,
open spaces, buildings, property,
utilities or terminals. AS the work
OF making the whole master plan
progresses, the commission may,
from time to time. adopt and pub
lish q part or parts thereof, any
such part to cover one or more
major sections or divisions of the
city or one or more Of the afore-
said or other functional matters
to be included In the plan. The
commission may, from time to
time, amend, extend or add to the
plan. 81 Purposes In view. In the
preparation Of such plan, the COM
mission shall make careful and
comprehensive surveys and studies
OF present conditions and future
growth Of the city, with due re-
gard to Its relation to neighboring
territory. The plan shall be made
with the general purpose Of guild.
ing and accomplishing a coordi-
mated, adjusted and harmonious
development Of the city and its
environs which will, In accordance
with present and future needs,
best promote health, safety, NOR
ais, order, convenience, prosperity
and general welfare as well as eff
ficiency and economy In the pro-
cess Of development including
among other things, adequate pro-
vision for traffic, the promotion
Of safety from fire and other dam
gers. light and air, the promotion
Of the healthful and convenient
distribution Of population. the
promotion OF good civic design
and arrangement, wise and eff
cient expenditure Of public funds
and public utilities and other pub
lie requirements. (g) Procedure Of
commission. The commission may
adopt the plan as a whole by a
single resolution or may. by sue
cessive resolutions, adopt sue
cessive parts OF the plan, such
parts to correspond with major
geographical sections or divisions
Of the city or with functional SUBJ
divisions Of the subject-matter Of
the plan, and may adopt any
amendment or extension thereof
or addition thereto. Before the
adoption Of the plan or any such
part. amendment, extension or adj
dition, the commission shall hold
ct least one public hearing there
on. notice OF the time and place
OF which shall be given by one
publication In q newspaper Of gen.
eral circulation in the city. The
adoption Of the plan or Of any
such part or amendment or eX-
tension or addition shall be by
resolution Of the commission car
ried by the affirmative votes Of
not less than four members Of the
commission. The resolution shall
refer expressly to the maps and
descriptive and other matter in
tended by the commission to form
the whole or part OF the plan, and
the action taken shall be recorded
on the map and plan and de-
scriptive matter by the Identify
Ing signature OF the chairman
and/or secretary Of the commits
sion. An attested copy Of the plan
or part thereof shall be certified
70 the board Of aldermen and to
the town clerk. Chi Legal status
OF official plan. Whenever the
commission shall have adopted
the master plan Of the city or Of
one or more major sections or dis
tricts thereof, no street, square,
park or other public way, ground
or open space, or public building
or structure or public utility, whe-
Their publicly or privately owned,
shall be constructed or authorized
In the city or IN such planned Sec
ton and district until the loca.
ton. character and extent thereof.
shall have been submitted to- and
approved by the commission: pro-