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Timestamp: 2017-10-24 00:33:15
Document Index: 245112556

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 60', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 8']

Town of Griswold, CT Open Space Land Acquisition
Division 1, Ordinances
Ch 5 Ambulance Service
Ch 6 Aquifer Protection Agency
Ch 10 Budget and Appropriations
Ch 14 Clerk
Ch 43 Funds, Special
Ch 60 Open Space Land Acquisition
§ 60-1 Open Space Land Acquisition Fund.
§ 60-2 Deposits and transfers to fund.
§ 60-3 Open Space Land Acquisition Committee.
§ 60-4 Appropriations from fund.
§ 60-5 Application for grants or matching funds.
Ch 61 Ordinances, Publication of
Ch 68 Planning and Zoning Commission
Ch 72 Public Health and Safety Committee
Ch 74 Recreation
Ch 78 Regional Council of Governments
Ch 80 Registrars of Voters
Ch 92 School Building Committee
Ch 96 Selectmen, Board of
Ch 101 Tax Collector
Ch 105 Tourism District
Ch 111 Water Pollution Control Authority
Ch 115 Zoning Board of Appeals
Ch 117 Adult-Oriented Establishments
Ch 124 Blight
Ch 131 Buildings, Numbering of (in the Town of Griswold and Borough of Jewett City)
Ch 137 Eminent Domain
Ch 139 Enforcement of Regulations
Ch 143 Fees
Ch 144 Fees for Land Use Application Processing and Review
Ch 155 Food Service Establishments
Ch 176 Mobile Homes and Trailers
Ch 195 Snow Emergencies
Division 2, Regulations
Ch 221 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
Ch 223 Subdivision of Land
Division 3, Bylaws
Ch 231 Conservation Commission Bylaws
Ch 232 Planning and Zoning Commission Bylaws
Ch A241 Special Acts
Ch A242 Jewett City Zoning Regulations
Chapter 60: Open Space Land Acquisition
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting of the Town of Griswold 11-14-2006. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Conservation Commission — See Ch. 18.
Planning and Zoning Commission — See Ch. 68.
Recreation — See Ch. 74.
Chapter 60 : Open Space Land Acquisition
Pursuant to the authority of C.G.S. § 7-131r, there is hereby established the Griswold Open Space Land Acquisition Fund to be used solely for the purposes of the preservation of open space, the acquisition of land (or any interest in land, including but not limited to easements and development rights, associated surveying and legal fees) to be used for open space, parks, playgrounds, natural resource protection, recreational or agricultural purposes. This fund is continuous and shall not lapse at the close of the municipal fiscal year, and the fund shall not be accessed by any Griswold public official and/or employee for any purpose other than the herein stated purpose.
There shall be deposited into the Open Space Land Acquisition Fund such sums as the Town may from time to time appropriate for that purpose. There shall also be deposited into the fund all payments received as fees in lieu of the provision of open space pursuant to subdivision regulations adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission under the authority of C.G.S. §§ 8-25a and 8-25b, and any other funds acquired by the Town, whether by gift, bequest, grant or otherwise, for the purposes to be served by the fund. By separate action annually, the Board of Selectmen may also transfer to the Open Space Land Acquisition Fund any unexpended funds from any Planning and Zoning budgeted funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year, and any Inland Wetlands and Watercourses and Conservation Commission budgeted funds remaining at the end of the fiscal year.
The Board of Selectmen shall appoint an Open Space Land Acquisition Committee to consist of the following seven members: two members of the Planning and Zoning Commission as selected by the Planning and Zoning Commission, two members of the Inland Wetlands Watercourses and Conservation Commission as selected by the Inland Wetlands Watercourses and Conservation Commission, all four members to have initial terms of two years each and then subsequent terms shall be three years each; and one member each from the Economic Development Commission, Board of Recreation, and Board of Selectmen, as selected by the Board of Selectmen, and these three members shall have terms of three years each. The Open Space Land Acquisition Committee shall elect its Chairperson and a Secretary and shall meet periodically, but not less frequently than biannually. Its charge shall be to identify and/or review potential acquisitions of land or interests in land for open space, natural resource protection, recreational or agricultural purposes, to make recommendations to the Board of Selectmen regarding acquisition of such land and other proper uses of the Open Space Land Acquisition Fund and to perform such other tasks relating to the use and administration of the fund as the Board of Selectmen may direct.
Appropriations from the fund for the purposes for which it is created shall be made upon the recommendation of all of the following commissions or committees: the Inland Wetlands Watercourses and Conservation Commission, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Open Space Land Acquisition Committee, and the Board of Selectmen; and, where the proposed appropriation is for the purpose of acquiring land (or any interest in land, including but not limited to easements and development rights), upon review by the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant to C.G.S. § 8-24, by any Annual or Special Town Meeting after due warning.
The Open Space Land Acquisition Committee is also authorized to direct the Griswold Planning and Development Department and Town Planner, upon the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to research and/or apply for any state or federal grants and/or matching funds which may be available, for the purpose of acquiring land for the preservation of open space, the acquisition of land (or any interest in land, including but not limited to easements and development rights) to be used for open space, parks, playgrounds, natural resource protection, recreational or agricultural purposes.