2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development › Chapter 130 - Redevelopment and Urban Renewal. State and Federal Aid. Community Development. Urban Homesteading. Abandoned and Blighted Property › Section 8-169d. - Adoption and implementation of community development plan.

(a) A community development plan prepared by a municipality pursuant to subsection (a) of section 8-169c or a description of the activities the municipality contemplates undertaking pursuant to a community development plan, shall be filed at the office of the city clerk or similar office within the municipality for public inspection and transmitted to the legislative body at least forty-five days prior to the approval of the community development plan by the legislative body. Such plan shall simultaneously be referred to the planning agency of the municipality for its review and comment and the housing authority of the municipality for its review and comment on the housing assistance plan which may be required under subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 8-169c. Where said plan contemplates activities within a development project area, harbor improvement project area, housing site development project area, redevelopment project area or urban renewal project area, or if the plan contemplates human resources development activities, the plan shall likewise be simultaneously referred to the economic development agency, harbor improvement agency, housing site development agency, or redevelopment agency, or human resources development agency, as the case may be, for review and comment on the portion of the community development plan falling within the jurisdiction of the particular agency.
(b) Any agency to which a community development plan is referred, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall submit written comments to the legislative body not more than thirty days after receipt of the plan by such agency. Failure of the agency to comment within thirty days shall be deemed approval of such plan by such agency. Prior to the approval of a community development plan, at least one public hearing shall be held on such plan not less than thirty days after the community development plan has been filed for public inspection pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. The first publication of notice for any such hearing shall be not less than two weeks before the date set for such hearing but may be published at any time after the filing of the community development plan for public inspection pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) A community development plan may be approved by the legislative body if it determines that:
(1) The community development plan has been developed so as to give maximum feasible priority to activities which will benefit low or moderate income families and persons or aid in the prevention of slum or blight or that the activities contemplated in the plan, in whole or in part, are designed to meet other community development needs having a particular urgency which cannot otherwise be met.
(2) There has been (A) adequate information provided citizens of the municipality concerning the amount of funds available for activities proposed under the plan, the range of activities which may be undertaken and other important program requirements, (B) adequate opportunity for citizens to participate in the development of the plan and (C) adequate public hearings by the legislative body and by any other agency of the municipality designated to hold hearings on such plan to obtain the views of citizens on the community development and housing needs.
(3) The community development program shall be conducted and administered in compliance with the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, P.L. 88-352 and P.L. 90-284, as from time to time amended, Section 109 of said Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as from time to time amended, and sections 46a-58, 46a-59, 46a-60 and 46a-64.
(4) Where federal financial assistance is to be provided, the chief executive officer of the municipality has consented to make the certifications required under Subsection (h) of Section 104 of said Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as from time to time amended.
(5) In implementing its community development program the municipality shall comply with the provisions of chapter 135 and where federal financial assistance is to be provided, the municipality shall comply with the provisions of Titles II and III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, P.L. 91-646, as from time to time amended.
(6) Where federal financial assistance is to be provided in the implementation of a community development program, all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on construction or rehabilitation work, except as provided under Section 110 of said Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as from time to time amended, and part III of chapter 557 and part I of chapter 558, shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction within the locality, as determined by the United States Secretary of Labor under the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act, as from time to time amended, 40 USC, Sections 276a to 276a-5, inclusive, or by the Labor Commissioner under section 31-53, and all such persons shall receive overtime compensation in accordance with the provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, 40 USC, Sections 327 to 332, inclusive, and section 31-60, or where no such federal financial assistance is to be provided, then compliance with part III of chapter 557 and part I of chapter 558 shall be required.
(7) Where federal financial assistance is to be provided, the community development plan has or shall be submitted for review and comment to an area-wide agency pursuant to the provisions of Title II of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, P.L. 89-754, as from time to time amended, and Title IV of the Intergovernmental Relations Act of 1968, P.L. 90-557, as may from time to time be amended, and procedures established by the president thereunder. A municipality may submit its community development plan for such review and comment at any time subsequent to the filing of the community development plan for public review under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(d) The provisions of this section and section 8-169c shall not be applicable to any community development plan submitted to a legislative body of a municipality for approval prior to July 1, 1975.
(P.A. 75-443, S. 4, 15; P.A. 76-70, S. 2, 4, 5; P.A. 78-373, S. 3; P.A. 82-186, S. 2; 82-322, S. 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 76-70 amended Subsec. (a) to include descriptions of activities pursuant to development plan, to require filing 45 days before approval of community development plan rather than 60 days before commencement of program, amended Subsec. (b) to require that one hearing be not less than 30 days after filing and clarified notice provision, amended Subdiv. (7) of Subsec. (c) to allow submission for review by area-wide agency after filing plan for public review and added Subsec. (d) re applicability; P.A. 78-373 added phrase “as from time to time amended” to references to “Housing and Community Development Act of 1974”; P.A. 82-186 provided that only one, rather than two, hearings would be mandatory; P.A. 82-322 changed effective date of P.A. 82-186 from October 1, 1982, to July 1, 1982.
Cited. 183 C. 523.