Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/SUM/2009SUM00181-R02HB-05254-SUM.htm
Timestamp: 2019-03-25 18:21:47
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PA 09-181—sHB 5254
SUMMARY: This act gives developers more time to complete an ongoing project without seeking reapproval. When a planning and zoning commission or an inland wetlands agency approves a project, it must set an expiration date. Consequently, a developer must complete the project before that date or resubmit it to the commission for approval. The expiration date must fall within the timeframes the law specifies. The timeframes vary depending on the commission and the nature of the project.
The act's timeframes apply to all projects except large-scale residential and commercial projects approved based on a site plan, which is a tool used to determine if a proposed project conforms to the zoning regulations. The new timeframes range from six to 11 years after a project's approval date. In some cases, the act allows zoning and planning commissions to extend a six-year timeframe to 11 years after the project's approval. Its extensions do not apply for large-scale housing and business development projects approved based on site plan. The act also allows wetlands agencies to extend a permit's expiration date for up to 11 years.
The act extends the initial and extended expiration deadlines that apply to subdivisions, wetlands permits, and relatively small-scale site plans that were approved between July 1, 2006 and July 1, 2009, inclusive. The table below highlights this change.
Deadlines and Extensions under Prior Law and the Act for Projects Approved between July 1, 2006 and July 1, 2009
Prior Law (CGS §)
Act (§)
Residential site plans for projects with 400 or more units
Within 10 years after approval (CGS § 8-3 (j))
Business site plans for projects with at least 400,000 square feet
Between five and 10 years after approval (CGS § 8-3 (j))
Within five years of approval (CGS § 8-3 (i))
Not less than six years after approval
Subdivisions plans for 400 or more dwelling units
Within 10 years of approval (CGS § 8-26g)
11 years after approval
Within five years of approval (CGS § 8-26c (a))
Within six years of approval
Wetlands permits for site plans and subdivisions
Permit expires five years after approval (CGS § 22a-42a (d)(2))
Permits expire within six years of approval
Permit expires between two and five years after approval permits (CGS § 22a-42a (d)(2))
No extensions (CGS § 8-3 (j))
Up to 10 years from approval if the initial deadline was less than 10 years (CGS § 8-3 (j))
Up to 10 years from approval (CGS § 8-3 (i))
Up to 11 years from approval
Subdivision plans for 400 or more dwelling units
No extensions (CGS § 8-26g)
Up to 10 years from approval (CGS § 8-26c (b))
Permit expiration date may be extended up to 10 years from approval (CGS § 22a-42a (d)(2))
Permit expiration date may be extended up to 11 years from approval
Other wetlands permits
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