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CT Gen Stat § 8-22 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-22 - Contracts and expenditures. Action by majority vote.

 The commission may engage such employees as are necessary for its work and may contract with professional consultants. The commission may accept gifts but all of its expenditures, exclusive of such gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for its purposes. Action of the commission shall be taken only upon the vote of a majority of its members.(1949 Rev., S. 855.)Provision of statute that planning commission shall act only upon the vote of a majority of its members indicates chairman has no power to frustrate the majority vote of commission; held that commission itself is the head of department within the meaning of Policies and Procedures for Personnel of city of Meriden. 184 C. 1.Cited. 27 CS 78.
CT Gen Stat § 8-25a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-25a - Proposals for developments using water. Prerequisite.

 No proposal for a development using water supplied by a company incorporated on or after October 1, 1984, shall be approved by a planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission unless such company has been issued a certificate pursuant to section 16-262m. The municipality in which the planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission is located shall be responsible for the operation of any water company created without a certificate after October 1, 1984, except a water company supplying more than two hundred fifty service connections or one thousand persons created without a certificate between October 1, 1984, and September 30, 1998, if the water company at any time is unable or unwilling to provide adequate service to its consumers.(P.A. 84-330, S. 6; P.A. 98-250, S. 21, 39.)History: P.A. 98-250 created exception to municipality's responsibility for noncertified water companies supplying more than two hundred fifty service connections or one thousand persons created without a certificate between October 1, 1984, and September 30, 1998, effective July 1, 1998.See Sec. 16-262m for definition of “water company”.
CT Gen Stat § 8-25b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-25b - Fund. Payments in lieu of open spaces.

 Any municipality which provides in regulations, adopted pursuant to section 8-25, for the payment of a fee or the fair market value of land transferred in lieu of any requirement to provide open space, shall deposit any such payments in a fund which shall be used for the purpose of preserving open space or acquiring additional land for open space or for recreational or agricultural purposes.(P.A. 90-239, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-26d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-26d - Hearings and decisions.

 In all matters wherein a formal application, request or appeal is submitted to a planning commission under this chapter all public hearings shall be held and all decisions made in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d.(1971, P.A. 862, S. 13; P.A. 77-450, S. 6; P.A. 78-104, S. 2; P.A. 82-81, S. 2; P.A. 87-533, S. 11, 14; P.A. 99-21, S. 2; P.A. 03-177, S. 9.)History: P.A. 77-450 inserted new Subsecs. (a) and (b) and reworded former provisions which were designated as Subsec. (c); P.A. 78-104 amended Subsec. (a) to allow more than one extension and to change the duration of extension time from double the original period to time period equaling the original period, amended Subsec. (b) to allow more than one extension, and amended Subsec. (c) to replace references to “official receipt” with references to “submission” and to allow submission to agent of board or commission; P.A. 82-81 provided that town clerk would act as agent for receipt of documents for any board or commission not having regular office hours; P.A. 87-533 added Subsec. (d) regarding applications involving activities regulated pursuant to Secs. 22a-36 to 22a-45, inclusive; P.A. 99-21 amended Subsec. (a) to extend the time for completion of a hearing from 30 to 35 days after commencement; P.A. 03-177 replaced former provisions with requirement that all public hearings and decisions be made in accordance with Sec. 8-7d, effective October 1, 2003, and applicable to applications filed on or after that date.Cited. 181 C. 243. Where plaintiff company claimed it was entitled to a certificate of approval for a subdivision plan by operation of law on commission's failure to act within time allowed by section, request for writ of mandamus was denied when court determined that plaintiff had withdrawn its original application. 187 C. 232. Cited. 193 C. 387; 196 C. 676; 219 C. 303; 222 C. 269; Id., 380; Id., 912; 225 C. 432.Cited. 1 CA 621; 6 CA 34; Id., 284; 7 CA 684; 8 CA 556; 27 CA 443; 35 CA 599; 37 CA 348.Cited. 39 CS 306.Former Subsec. (c):Statute creates two alternative trigger dates for commencement of the applicable time period. 256 C. 674.
CT Gen Stat § 8-26e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-26e - Hearings by planning commission on applications for special permit or exception. Notice of decision.

 The planning commission of any municipality shall hold a public hearing on an application or request for a special permit or special exception, as provided in section 8-2. Any such public hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d. Such commission shall decide upon such application or request within the period of time permitted under section 8-26d. Whenever a commission grants or denies a special permit or special exception, it shall state upon its records the reason for its decision. Notice of the decision of the commission shall be published in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the municipality and addressed by certified mail to the person who requested or applied for a special permit or special exception, by its secretary or clerk, under his signature in any written, printed, typewritten or stamped form, within fifteen days after such decision has been rendered. In any case in which such notice is not published within such fifteen-day period, the person who requested or applied for such a special permit or special exception may provide for the publication of such notice within ten days thereafter. Such permit or exception shall become effective upon the filing of a copy thereof (1) in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be, but, in the case of a district, in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk of the town in which such district is located, and (2) in the land records of the town in which the affected premises are located, in accordance with the provisions of section 8-3d.(1971, P.A. 862, S. 15; P.A. 73-616, S. 6; P.A. 77-509, S. 9; P.A. 78-104, S. 3; P.A. 87-215, S. 6, 7; P.A. 89-356, S. 15; P.A. 03-177, S. 10.)History: P.A. 73-616 required that first notice be not less than 10 days before hearing rather than 2 days before; P.A. 77-509 changed effective date for permits or exceptions from time fixed by commission to time of filing in clerk's office and in land records; P.A. 78-104 deleted specific reference to 65-day period for holding hearing and replaced 65-day period for rendering decision with period of time under Sec. 8-26d; P.A. 87-215 authorized commission to provide by regulation for additional notice by mail to adjacent landowners; P.A. 89-356 added provision authorizing the person who requested or applied for a special permit or special exception to provide for the publication of the notice of the decision of the commission when such notice is not published in a timely manner; P.A. 03-177 replaced provisions re publication of notice of time and place for public hearing and notice to adjacent landowners with requirement that the public hearing be held in accordance with Sec. 8-7d, effective October 1, 2003, and applicable to applications filed on or after that date.Cited. 213 C. 604.
CT Gen Stat § 8-26f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-26f - Notice to adjoining municipalities.

 Section 8-26f is repealed, effective October 1, 2003.(P.A. 87-307, S. 3; P.A. 89-175, S. 5, 7; P.A. 03-177, S. 14.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-26h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-26h - Validation re erected structures on lot or lots shown on filed map or plan of subdivision.

 No use or occupancy of or the presence of any building or other structure erected on a lot or lots either shown on a filed or recorded map or plan of subdivision or located in a subdivision created by the physical division of land into three or more parcels shall be deemed illegal or invalid because the lot or lots on which any building or other structure is located are not shown on an approved plan of subdivision or because the filed or recorded map or plan of subdivision fails in any manner to comply with any requirement of any general or special law, ordinance or regulation.(P.A. 00-84, S. 2, 6; P.A. 01-195, S. 14, 181.)History: P.A. 00-84 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change, effective July 11, 2001.
CT Gen Stat § 8-27 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-27 - Building on unaccepted streets.

 Any municipality having a planning commission may, by ordinance, prohibit or regulate the issuance of building permits for the erection of buildings or structures on lots abutting unaccepted highways or streets. No such ordinance shall prevent the issuance of a building permit for the construction of (1) farm or accessory buildings which are not in violation of any lawful zoning or building regulations of the municipality, or (2) any building or structure on a site plan approved on or after June 15, 2012, pursuant to subsection (g) of section 8-3 or in a subdivision approved on or after June 15, 2012, pursuant to section 8-25, provided the approval for such site plan or subdivision has not expired. Any building erected in violation of any such ordinance shall be deemed an unlawful structure, and the municipality through the appropriate officer may bring action to enjoin the erection of such structure or cause it to be vacated or removed. Any person, firm or corporation erecting a building or structure in violation of any such ordinance may be fined not more than two hundred dollars for each building or structure so erected in addition to the relief herein otherwise granted to the municipality.(1949 Rev., S. 860; 1951, 1953, S. 388d; 1959, P.A. 679, S. 7; P.A. 12-182, S. 3.)History: 1959 act removed phrase “in unapproved subdivisions” in authorization to prohibit or regulate building permits, thus broadening power to include all buildings and structures not just those in unapproved subdivisions; P.A. 12-182 designated provision re farm or accessory buildings as Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (2) re any building or structure on a site plan or in a subdivision approved on or after June 15, 2012, provided approval has not expired, effective June 15, 2012.Cited. 151 C. 323. Section held not to authorize town to adopt a subdivision regulation imposing a charge against a real estate developer as a condition for granting permission to proceed with an approved subdivision plan when such charge was purportedly to cover reasonable costs incurred by the town for engineering services to inspect work done on public improvements in the subdivision. 153 C. 236.
CT Gen Stat § 8-28a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-28a - Change in zoning regulations or districts not to affect approved subdivision plan.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special act or municipal ordinance, when an application, petition or request for approval of a subdivision plan for residential property has been filed with or submitted or made to the planning commission of any town, city or borough, or to any other body exercising the powers of such commission, accompanied by a subdivision plan and such other documents as may be required by the regulations of such commission or body, in form and content as to all essential matters as is specified in such regulations, or when any modification of such plan or other documents has been subsequently filed or submitted in connection with the same application, petition or request, which modification is in conformance with such regulations as of the time of filing of the original application, petition or request, neither such original application, petition or request nor such subsequent modification shall be required to comply with, nor shall it be disapproved for the reason that it does not comply with, any change in the zoning regulations or the boundaries of zoning districts of such town, city or borough taking effect after the filing, submission or making of such original application, petition or request. If such subdivision plan or modification thereof is given final approval, any change in the zoning regulations or the boundaries of zoning districts made between the time of filing, submitting or making of such application, petition or request and the time of such final approval shall, as to such plan or modification thereof and the land shown thereon, be deemed to take effect following such final approval.(1959, P.A. 384, S. 1.)See Sec. 8-26a re effect of change in subdivision or zoning regulations after approval of subdivision plan.In order to fall within section, subdivision plan must be formally approved by planning commission. 148 C. 299. Cited. 153 C. 194. Plaintiff need not conform to a zoning change made after a proper application for tentative approval of a subdivision was accepted, but before final approval was granted. 154 C. 252. Cited. 222 C. 380.
CT Gen Stat § 8-28b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-28b - Change in subdivision regulations or zoning districts not to affect approved subdivision plan.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special act or municipal ordinance, when an application, petition or request for approval of a subdivision plan for residential property has been filed with or submitted or made to the planning commission of any town, city or borough, or to any other body exercising the powers of such commission, accompanied by a subdivision plan and such other documents as may be required by the regulations of such commission or body, in form and content as to all essential matters as is specified in such regulations, or when any modification of such plan or other documents has been subsequently filed or submitted in connection with the same application, petition or request, which modification is in conformance with such regulations as of the time of filing of the original application, petition or request, neither such original application, petition or request nor such subsequent modification shall be required to comply with, nor shall it be disapproved for the reason that it does not comply with, any change in the subdivision regulations or the boundaries of zoning districts of such town, city or borough taking effect after the filing, submission or making of such original application, petition or request. If such subdivision plan or modification thereof is given final approval, any change in the subdivision regulations made between the time of filing, submitting or making of such application, petition or request and the time of such final approval shall, as to such plan or modification thereof and the land shown thereon, be deemed to take effect following such final approval.(1959, P.A. 385, S. 1.)See Sec. 8-26a re effect of change in subdivision or zoning regulations after approval of subdivision plan.Cited. 153 C. 194; 222 C. 380.
CT Gen Stat § 8-30 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-30 - Appeals. Action by court.

 Section 8-30 is repealed.(1951, 1953, S. 391d; P.A. 76-436, S. 295, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 60, 82; P.A. 89-356, S. 18.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-30a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126 - Municipal Planning Commissions|Section 8-30a - Appeals provisions to apply in all municipalities.

 The provisions of section 8-8 shall apply to appeals from planning commissions or other final planning authorities of any municipality whether or not such municipality has adopted the provisions of this chapter and whether or not the charter of such municipality or the special act establishing planning in such municipality contains a provision giving a right of appeal from planning commissions, and any provision of any special act, inconsistent with the provisions of said section, is repealed.(February, 1965, P.A. 192; P.A. 89-356, S. 5.)History: P.A. 89-356 replaced reference to “sections 8-28 and 8-30” with “section 8-8”.Rights of appeal from planning commission are governed by Secs. 8-28 and 8-30 rather than city charter. 159 C. 1.
CT Gen Stat § 8-30h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126a - Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals|Section 8-30h - Annual certification of continuing compliance with affordability requirements. Noncompliance.

 On and after January 1, 1996, the developer, owner or manager of an affordable housing development, developed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 8-30g, that includes rental units shall provide annual certification to the commission that the development continues to be in compliance with the covenants and deed restrictions required under said section. If the development does not comply with such covenants and deed restrictions, the developer, owner or manager shall rent the next available units to persons and families whose incomes satisfy the requirements of the covenants and deed restrictions until the development is in compliance. The commission may inspect the income statements of the tenants of the restricted units upon which the developer, owner or manager bases the certification. Such tenant statements shall be confidential and shall not be deemed public records for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.(P.A. 95-280, S. 2, 3; P.A. 97-47, S. 16.)History: P.A. 95-280 effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 97-47 substituted reference to the Freedom of Information Act for list of sections.
CT Gen Stat § 8-30i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126a - Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals|Section 8-30i - Sales price of certain housing subject to affordable housing deed restriction or limitation of bylaws of condominium unit owners' association.

 Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or the bylaws of a condominium unit owners' association, adopted under section 47-80, or any affordable housing deed restriction limiting the sales price of housing subject to such provisions or restrictions, an owner who purchased such housing on or after July 1, 2004, but before July 15, 2004, for an amount exceeding the amount specified in every such provision or restriction may sell such housing for an amount not exceeding the amount such owner paid to purchase the housing.(P.A. 08-173, S. 2.)History: P.A. 08-173 effective June 12, 2008.
CT Gen Stat § 8-30j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 126a - Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals|Section 8-30j - Affordable housing plan. Hearing and adoption. Amendments. Filing requirement.

 (a) At least once every five years, each municipality shall prepare or amend and adopt an affordable housing plan for the municipality. Such plan shall specify how the municipality intends to increase the number of affordable housing developments in the municipality.(b) The municipality may hold public informational meetings or organize other activities to inform residents about the process of preparing the plan. If the municipality holds a public hearing, at least thirty-five days prior to the public hearing on the adoption, the municipality shall file in the office of the town clerk of such municipality a copy of such draft plan or any amendments to the plan, and if applicable, post such draft plan on the Internet web site of the municipality. After adoption of the plan, the municipality shall file the final plan in the office of the town clerk of such municipality and, if applicable, post the plan on the Internet web site of the municipality.(c) Following adoption, the municipality shall regularly review and maintain such plan. The municipality may adopt such geographical, functional or other amendments to the plan or parts of the plan, in accordance with the provisions of this section, as it deems necessary. If the municipality fails to amend such plan every five years, the chief elected official of the municipality shall submit a letter to the Commissioner of Housing that explains why such plan was not amended.(P.A. 17-170, S. 2.)History: P.A. 17-170 effective July 24, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 8-31 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 127 - Regional Councils of Governments|Section 8-31 - Formation. Representation.

 Section 8-31 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 863, 865; 1955, S. 395d, 397d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 43; 635, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 613, S. 10.)
CT Gen Stat § 8-31a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development|Chapter 127 - Regional Councils of Governments|Section 8-31a - Formation of regional planning agencies. Representation.

 Section 8-31a is repealed, effective January 1, 2015.(1959, P.A. 613, S. 1, 2; 1969, P.A. 628, S. 6; P.A. 73-679, S. 30, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 43, 55; P.A. 77-604, S. 43, 84; 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 09-80, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 62; P.A. 13-247, S. 390.)