Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 39 - Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Regulations of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection › Section 22a-39-15 - Payments to the state for acting on inland wetlands and watercourses permit applications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) After July 1,
			 1988 any applicant for an inland wetlands and watercourses permit filed with
			 the commissioner pursuant to section
			 22a-39(i)
			 of the General Statutes for activity in a town which has not established an
			 inland wetlands and watercourses agency pursuant to section
			 22a-42
			 of the General Statutes, shall pay the state an application fee based on the
			 fee schedules established in subsection (i) of this section.
(b) Any municipality whose jurisdiction under
			 sections
			 22a-36
			 through
			 22a-45 of
			 the General Statutes has been revoked by the Commissioner, shall pay the state
			 for its acting on applications for inland wetland or watercourse activity in
			 such municipality in accordance with the fee schedules established in
			 subsection (i) of this section. All fees payable to the state by the
			 municipality shall be billed to the municipality after final action has been
			 taken on the application. Payment shall be made within 90 days.
(c) If the Commissioner revokes municipal
			 jurisidiction, any fees due the municipality from applicants for inland wetland
			 activity under the municipal inland wetland regulations, shall instead be paid
			 by the applicant to the state. All such fees shall be paid at the time the
			 application is filed with the Commissioner.
(d) In the case of inland wetland
			 applications pending before a municipality whose jurisdiction has been revoked,
			 the municipality shall refund to the applicant any application fees submitted
			 to it with instruction to remit such fees to the state pursuant to subsection
			 (c) of this section.
(e)
			 Application fees are not refundable.
(f) No application shall be deemed complete
			 unless the correct application fee required from the applicant is paid in full
			 or unless a waiver has been granted to the applicant by the Commissioner
			 pursuant to subsection (j) of this Section.
(g)
Method of Payment.
All fees
			 required by these regulations shall be submitted to the Commissioner by
			 certified check or money order made payable to the "Treasurer of the State of
			 Connecticut" provided payments by municipalities may be made by the draft of
			 such municipality.
(h)
Definitions:
"residential uses" means activities carried out on property
				developed for permanent housing or being developed to be occupied by permanent
				housing on an individual building lot or as part of a subdivision of land for
				housing.
"commercial uses" means activities carried out on property
				developed for industry, commerce, trade, recreation, or business or being
				developed to be occupied for such purposes, for profit or nonprofit.
"other uses" means activities other than residential uses or
				commercial uses.
(i)
Fee Schedule.
Application fees shall be based on the following
			 schedule:
(1) Regulated Uses
Residential uses on single lot . . . . . . . . . . . .
						  . . . . . . . . . . .
$400.00
plus fee from schedule A
Commercial uses of single lot. . . . . . . . . . . . .
						  . . . . . . . . . .
$500.00
plus fee from schedule A
Subdivision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
						  . . . . . . . . . . .
$200.00
Plus:
(A) $45.00 for
			 each proposed subdivision lot whether or not such lots contain wetlands or
			 watercourses, and
(B) $110.00 for
			 each lot on which a regulated activity is proposed, and
(C) fee from schedule A
All other uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
						  . . . . . . . . . . .
170.00
plus fee from schedule A