All the following area is hereby designated as a conservation zone:

Beginning at a point 300 feet to the west of the intersection of the center line of Dublin Road and the town line between Middletown and Haddam and proceeding southerly along a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Dublin Road to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the south of the center line of Depot Hill Road, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Landing Hill Road, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1500 feet to the west of the center line of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Walkley Hill Road, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1500 feet to the west of the center line of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the town line between Chester and Haddam, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center lines of Old County Road and Goose Hill Road, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Story Hill Road, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the town boundary between Deep River and Chester, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 600 feet to the east of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of Kirtland and Reade Streets, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of Arnold Street, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the south of the center line of River Street, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of Fairview Avenue, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the westerly boundary line of what is now or formerly the Valley Railroad right-of-way, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the town line between Deep River and Essex, thence northeasterly along said line to a point on such town line 400 feet before the intersection of the town line with the center line of Book Hill Road, thence due southerly along a line to its intersection with a stream running in said southerly direction, continuing along said stream to its intersection with the center line of Dennison Road, thence southeasterly along a straight line to the intersection with a stream running in said southerly direction, continuing along said stream to its intersection with the center line of Dennison Road, thence southeasterly along a straight line to the intersection of Sunset Terrace and Cunningham Lane, thence along the center line of Sunset Terrace to its intersection with the center line of West Avenue, which at this point is also the northerly boundary line of the Limited Industrial District (LI-80) as drawn on the zoning map of the town of Essex dated June 1966, as amended, thence easterly, southerly and southwesterly along said Limited Industrial District boundary line to its intersection with the easterly boundary line of Connecticut Route 9, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the town line between Old Saybrook and Essex, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the south of the center line of Essex Road, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Ferry Road and Ferry Place, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the southern boundary line of the Penn Central Railroad right-of-way, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with the center line of the old trolley crossing, thence southerly and westerly along said center line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 750 feet east of Ford Drive, thence southwesterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet northeast of the northeasterly property line of the former Valley Railroad right-of-way to Fenwick, thence southeasterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1100 feet southeast of Ford Drive, thence southwesterly along said line to its intersection with the northeasterly property line of the former Valley Railroad right-of-way to Fenwick, thence southeasterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 50 feet inland from the mean high water line of North Cove, thence southerly and easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of North Cove Road and South Cove Road, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 50 feet inland from the mean high water line of South Cove, thence westerly, southerly and easterly along said line to its intersection with the western boundary line of Fenwick Borough, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the mean high water line of Long Island Sound, thence easterly along said line to Lynde Point at Saybrook Lighthouse, thence easterly along a line across the mouth of the Connecticut River to the westernmost tip of Griswold Point, thence easterly along the mean high water line of Long Island Sound to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of Springfield Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Old Shore Road, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Buttonball Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north and west of the center line of Mile Creek Road, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Whippoorwill Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with the southerly boundary line of the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike (Interstate 95), thence westerly along said line to its intersection with the center line of Lyme Street, thence running northerly along said center line to its junction with the center line of Sill Lane, thence running northerly along said center line of Sill Lane to its intersection with a line 300 feet to the north of the center line of Saunders Hollow Road, thence running westerly and northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of Connecticut Route 156, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet north of the center line of Joshuatown Road in the town of Lyme, thence westerly and northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Connecticut Route 148, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of River Road in the town of East Haddam, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with the projected center line of the main entrance road to Gillette Castle State Park, thence westerly along said center line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of River Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 2500 feet to the west of the center line of Connecticut Route 82, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Palmer Martin Road, thence northerly along said line and its projection across Connecticut Route 82 to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Connecticut Route 82, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 600 feet to the east of the center line of Creek Row, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with the center line of the electric power transmission line right-of-way which crosses Connecticut Route 149 near the junction of Creek Row and Connecticut Route 149, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1000 feet to the west of the center line of Connecticut Route 149, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1000 feet to the west of the center line of Johnsonville Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 4000 feet to the north of the center line of the power transmission line previously described, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line drawn perpendicular to it at its point of intersection with the east bank of the Salmon River, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1500 feet to the north of the center line of the previously described power transmission line, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Jenks Hill Road, thence northerly and westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 600 feet to the west of the center line of Upper Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Haddam Neck Road, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of Hurd Park Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with the town line between Haddam and East Hampton, thence westerly along said line and the town line between Middletown and Haddam to the point of beginning, 300 feet to the west of the center line of Dublin Road.

(P.A. 73-349, S. 3, 11; P.A. 74-103, S. 1, 10; P.A. 76-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 86-201, S. 11.)

History: P.A. 74-103 revised conservation zone boundary description; P.A. 76-91 revised conservation zone boundary description; P.A. 86-201 changed name of Connecticut Turnpike to Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike.