Title 8 — Title 8: Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development

Sec. 8-1. Zoning commissions. (a) Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, adopt the provisions of this chapter and exercise through a zoning commission the powers granted hereunder. On and after July 1, 1974, in each municipality, except as otherwise provided by sp…

Sec. 8-10. Appeals procedure to apply to all municipalities. The provisions of sections 8-8 and 8-9 shall apply to appeals from zoning boards of appeals, zoning commissions or other final zoning authority of any municipality whether or not such municipality has adopted the provis…

Sec. 8-11. Disqualification of members of zoning authorities. No member of any zoning commission or board and no member of any zoning board of appeals or of any municipal agency exercising the powers of any zoning commission or board of appeals, whether existing under the general…

Sec. 8-11a. Disqualification of board member as enforcement officer. No person may serve as zoning enforcement officer in any municipality wherein he is a member of the zoning board of appeals. (1963, P.A. 628.) Cited. 186 C. 106; 221 C. 374.

Sec. 8-12. Procedure when regulations are violated. If any building or structure has been erected, constructed, altered, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land has been used, in violation of any provision of this chapter or of any bylaw, ordinance, rule or re…

Sec. 8-12a. Establishment of municipal penalties for violations of regulations. (a) Any municipality may, by ordinance adopted by its legislative body, establish penalties for violations of zoning regulations adopted under section 8-2 or by special act. The ordinance shall establ…

Sec. 8-13. Controlling requirement in case of variation. If the regulations made under authority of the provisions of this chapter require a greater width or size of yards, courts or other open spaces or a lower height of building or a fewer number of stories or a greater percent…

Sec. 8-13a. Nonconforming buildings, structures and land uses. (a)(1) When a building or other structure is so situated on a lot that it violates a zoning regulation of a municipality that prescribes the location of such a building or structure in relation to the boundaries of th…

Sec. 8-1a. “Municipality” and “town” to include district; “selectmen” to include district officers. Definitions. (a) “Municipality” as used in this chapter shall include a district establishing a zoning commission under section 7-326. Wherever the words “town” and “selectmen” app…

Sec. 8-1aa. Ridgeline protection: Definitions. As used in section 8-2: (1) “Traprock ridge” means Beacon Hill, Saltonstall Mountain, Totoket Mountain, Pistapaug Mountain, Fowler Mountain, Beseck Mountain, Higby Mountain, Chauncey Peak, Lamentation Mountain, Cathole Mountain, Sout…

Sec. 8-1b. Alternate members of zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission. Any town, city or borough, in addition to such powers as it has under the provisions of the general statutes or any special act, shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the appo…

Sec. 8-1bb. Temporary health care structures. Municipal permit required. Municipal opt-out. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Caregiver” means a relative, legal guardian or health care agent who is responsible for the unpaid care of a mentally or physically impaired pers…

Sec. 8-1c. Fees for municipal land use applications. (a) Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish a schedule of reasonable fees for the processing of applications by a municipal zoning commission, planning commission, combined planning and zoning commission, zoning board of …

Sec. 8-1cc. Outdoor food and beverage service as accessory use. (a) For the purposes of this section, “beverage” includes alcoholic liquor or an alcoholic beverage, as defined in section 30-1, “food establishment” means a food establishment that is licensed or permitted to operat…

Sec. 8-1d. Hours for holding land use public hearings. Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish an hour at or after which public hearings shall be held by its planning commission, zoning commission, combined planning and zoning commission, zoning board of appeals and inland …

Secs. 8-1e to 8-1y. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 8-1z. Exclusion of conservation easement from open space percentage allocation required for land use application. For the purpose of final approval of a municipal land use application, including, but not limited to, the open space percentage allocation required for cluster d…

Sec. 8-2. Regulations. (a)(1) The zoning commission of each city, town or borough is authorized to regulate, within the limits of such municipality: (A) The height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures; (B) the percentage of the area of the lot that may be…

Sec. 8-2a. Copies of zoning and subdivision regulations to be available. The secretary or clerk of each regulatory board of a political subdivision of the state, adopting subdivision or zoning regulations pursuant to the general statutes or a special act, shall make printed copie…

Sec. 8-2b. Use of maps of Soil Conservation Service as standard. Any planning commission, zoning commission or planning and zoning commission of any municipality may use soil survey maps of the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture as a standard…

Sec. 8-2c. Payment of a fee in lieu of parking requirements. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, any town, city or borough having zoning authority pursuant to this chapter or any special act or planning authority pursuant to chapter 126 or any special act may, by r…

Sec. 8-2d. Planned unit developments under former chapter 124a continue to be valid. Any land use regulations concerning planned unit developments or planned residential developments adopted by a municipal zoning commission, planning and zoning commission or other applicable zoni…

Sec. 8-2e. Municipal agreements regarding development rights. Any two or more municipalities which have adopted the provisions of this chapter or chapter 125a or which are exercising zoning power pursuant to any special act may, with the approval of the legislative body of each m…

Sec. 8-2f. Joint applications necessary for transfer of development rights. Any zoning regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-2 concerning development rights shall authorize the transfer of the development rights to land only upon joint application of the transferor and transf…

Sec. 8-2g. Special exemption from density limits for construction of affordable housing. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, any zoning commission existing pursuant to this chapter and any municipal agency exercising the powers of a zoning commission pursuant t…

Sec. 8-2h. Zoning applications filed prior to change in zoning regulations not required to comply with change. Applications for building permit or certificate of occupancy filed prior to adoption of zoning regulations not required to comply with regulations. (a) An application fi…

Sec. 8-2i. Inclusionary zoning. (a) As used in this section, “inclusionary zoning” means any zoning regulation, requirement or condition of development imposed by ordinance, regulation or pursuant to any special permit, special exception or subdivision plan which promotes the dev…

Sec. 8-2j. Village districts. Compatibility objectives with other uses in immediate neighborhood. Applications. Village district consultant. (a) The zoning commission of each municipality may establish village districts as part of the zoning regulations adopted under section 8-2 …

Sec. 8-2k. Zoning regulations re construction near lakes. Section 8-2k is repealed, effective October 1, 2006. (P.A. 04-248, S. 3; P.A. 05-263, S. 2, 3.)

Sec. 8-2l. Zoning regulations re structures or uses located in floodplain. (a) As used in this section and section 25-68i, “floodplain” means that area of a municipality located within the real or theoretical limits of the base flood or base flood for a critical activity, as dete…

Sec. 8-2m. Floating and overlay zones and flexible zoning districts. The zoning authority of any municipality that (1) was incorporated in 1784, (2) has a mayor and board of alderman form of government, and (3) exercises zoning power pursuant to a special act, may provide for flo…

Sec. 8-2n. Zoning regulations re crematories. The zoning regulations adopted under section 8-2 or any special act shall not authorize the location of a crematory within five hundred feet of any residential structure or land zoned for residential purposes not owned by the owner of…

Sec. 8-2o. Zoning regulations re accessory apartments. Municipal opt-out; exception. (a) Any zoning regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-2 shall: (1) Designate locations or zoning districts within the municipality in which accessory apartments are allowed, provided at least …

Sec. 8-2p. Municipal opt-out re dwelling unit parking space limitations. The zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission, as applicable, of a municipality, by a two-thirds vote, may initiate the process by which such municipality opts out of the provision of subd…

Sec. 8-2q. Simplified approval process re solar canopies. (a) As used in this section, “solar canopy” means an outdoor, shade-providing structure that hosts solar photovoltaic panels located above a parking or driving area, pedestrian walkway, courtyard, canal or other utilized s…

Sec. 8-2r. Zoning regulations re vacant nursing home conversions into multifamily housing. Summary review process. (a) For the purposes of this section, (1) “summary review” means able to be approved in accordance with the terms of a zoning regulation or regulations and without r…

Sec. 8-2s. Zoning regulations re middle housing development. Housing unit-equivalent points. (a) Any zoning regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-2 may allow for the as-of-right development of any type of middle housing on any lot that allows for residential use, commercial u…

Sec. 8-3. Establishment and changing of zoning regulations and districts. Enforcement of regulations. Certification of building permits and certificates of occupancy. Site plans. District for water-dependent uses. (a) Such zoning commission shall provide for the manner in which r…

Sec. 8-3a. Findings of consistency of proposed regulations or boundaries with the plan of development. Referral of proposed regulations or boundaries to planning commission. (a) In any municipality which has a combined planning and zoning commission operating under the general st…

Sec. 8-3b. Notice to regional council of governments of proposed zone or zone use change. When the zoning commission of any municipality proposes to establish or change a zone or any regulation affecting the use of a zone any portion of which is within five hundred feet of the bo…

Sec. 8-3c. Special permits, exceptions and exemptions. Hearings. Filing requirements. Expiration and extensions. (a) If an application for a special permit or special exception involves an activity regulated pursuant to sections 22a-36 to 22a-45, inclusive, the applicant shall su…

Sec. 8-3d. Variances, special permits, special exceptions and special exemptions to be recorded. No variance, special permit or special exception granted pursuant to this chapter, chapter 126 or any special act, and no special exemption granted under section 8-2g, shall be effect…

Sec. 8-3e. Regulation of community residences for persons with intellectual disability, child-care residential facilities, community residences for persons receiving mental health or addiction services and hospice facilities. (a) No zoning regulation shall treat the following in …

Sec. 8-3f. Establishment of community residences for persons with intellectual disability and child-care residential facilities. No (1) community residence, except a community residence that (A) houses eight or fewer persons with intellectual disability and necessary staff person…

Sec. 8-3g. Regulation of community residences for mentally ill adults and UCONN 2000 projects. (a) No zoning regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter or any special act shall prohibit any community residence in any area which is zoned to allow structures containing two or more…

Sec. 8-3h. Notice to adjoining municipalities. Section 8-3h is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (P.A. 87-307, S. 1; P.A. 89-175, S. 3, 7; P.A. 03-177, S. 14.)

Sec. 8-3i. Notice to Department of Public Health and water company re applications, petitions, requests and plans re land within aquifer protection area or watershed of water company. (a) As used in this section “water company” means a water company, as defined in section 25-32a,…

Sec. 8-3j. Regulation of family child care homes. (a) No zoning regulation shall treat any family child care home or group child care home, located in a residence and licensed by the Office of Early Childhood pursuant to chapter 368a, in a manner different from single or multifam…

Sec. 8-3k. Expirations and extensions of site plan, subdivision, permit, special permit and special exception approvals. (a)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, any site plan, subdivision or permit approval by a zoning commission, planning commission, combined p…

Sec. 8-3l. Annual reports re dwelling units permitted and demolished. Residential permit applications questionnaire. (a)(1) Not later than March 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, each municipality shall report to the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in a form …