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

Sec. 8-168a. Funds transferred to the Connecticut Growth Fund. Effective July 1, 1988, funds from the repayment of loans made pursuant to section 8-168, revision of 1958, revised to 1987 and in effect on June 30, 1988, shall be transferred to the Connecticut Growth Fund establish…

Sec. 8-169. Bond issue. Section 8-169 is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 619, S. 5; 1969, P.A. 742, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 225, S. 2; P.A. 73-190, S. 2; P.A. 75-606, S. 2, 4; P.A. 77-370, S. 5, 13; P.A. 88-265, S. 35, 36.) PART VI* COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT *Cited. 183 C. 523.

Sec. 8-169a. Declaration of policy. It is found and declared that the state's cities, towns and smaller urban communities face critical, social, economic and environmental problems; that the future welfare of the state and well being of its citizens depends upon the establishment…

Sec. 8-169aa. Appointment of receiver to rehabilitate abandoned and blighted property. Petition to superior court. Powers and duties of receivers. Disposition of property. Termination of receivership. Exceptions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Abandoned property” means any bui…

Sec. 8-169b. Definitions. As used in this part: (a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing. (b) “Community development activity” means any activity authorized under section 8-169f. (c) “Community development agency” means any authority, commission, department or agency …

Secs. 8-169bb to 8-169gg. Reserved for future use. PART IX CONNECTICUT MUNICIPALREDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Sec. 8-169c. Preparation and content of a community development plan. (a) Any municipality may prepare, or cause to be prepared a community development plan for submission to the legislative body of such municipality for approval. Such plan shall include: (1) A summary of a three…

Sec. 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 de…

Sec. 8-169e. Modification of existing development plans. Acquisition of property. (a) No activity under a community development plan which is inconsistent with any development plan, harbor improvement plan, housing site development plan, redevelopment plan or urban renewal plan, …

Sec. 8-169f. Community development activities. (a) A municipality or community development agency is authorized to undertake any activity authorized under Section 105 of Title I of said Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as from time to time amended, provided such act…

Sec. 8-169g. Issuance of municipal bonds. For the purpose of carrying out or administering a community development plan, a municipality is hereby authorized to issue from time to time bonds of the municipality which are payable solely from and secured by a pledge of a lien upon a…

Sec. 8-169h. Acceptance of financial assistance. Issuance of temporary notes. For the purpose of carrying out a community development program, a municipality or a community development agency may accept grants, advances, loans or other financial assistance from the federal govern…

Sec. 8-169hh. Definitions. For purposes of this section and sections 8-169ii to 8-169vv, inclusive: (1) “As of right” has the same meaning as provided in section 8-1a; (2) “Authority” means the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority established in section 8-169ii; (3) “Aut…

Sec. 8-169i. Modification of a community development plan. A community development plan may be modified from time to time by resolution of the legislative body, provided, where the proposed modification substantially changes the community development plan, no such modification ma…

Sec. 8-169ii. Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority established. Board of directors; appointments; record of proceedings; action. Authority's procedures for conduct. Termination. (a) There is hereby established and created a body politic and corporate, constituting a publ…

Sec. 8-169j. Joint activity by two or more municipalities. Any two or more contiguous municipalities may enter into, and thereafter amend, an agreement for the purpose of jointly carrying out a community development activity in their respective municipalities. Such agreement may …

Sec. 8-169jj. Purposes of authority. Powers. (a) The purposes of the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority shall be to: (1) Stimulate economic and transit-oriented development, as defined in section 13b-79kk, within Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority developmen…

Sec. 8-169k. State and federal assistance for community development projects. Section 8-169k is repealed. (P.A. 75-443, S. 11, 15; P.A. 78-373, S. 5; P.A. 82-186, S. 3; 82-322, S. 5, 6; P.A. 88-280, S. 14.)

Sec. 8-169kk. Written procedures for conduct of board of directors. The board of directors of the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority shall adopt written procedures, in accordance with the provisions of section 1-121, for: (1) Adopting an annual budget and plan of opera…

Sec. 8-169l. Discretionary funds. Planning advances. (a) The state, acting by the commissioner, may enter into a contract with a municipality for state financial assistance in order to assist such municipality to apply for discretionary funds provided under Title I of said Housin…

Sec. 8-169ll. Member municipalities; joint member entities. (a)(1) Any municipality, except the city of Hartford or any municipality that is considered part of the capital region, as defined in section 32-600, may, by certified resolution of the legislative body of the municipali…

Sec. 8-169m. Receipt of funds. Issuance of bonds. (a) The commissioner may receive and accept aid or contributions of funds from any source to be held, used and applied to carry out the purposes of section 8-169l and section 8-216b, subject to such terms and conditions as may hav…

Sec. 8-169mm. Reports to the Governor, Auditors of Public Accounts and General Assembly. Annual compliance and independent financial audits. Contract compliance officer; report. (a) In lieu of the report required under section 1-123, within the first ninety days of each fiscal ye…

Sec. 8-169n. Regulations. Section 8-169n is repealed. (P.A. 75-443, S. 14, 15; P.A. 88-280, S. 14.) PART VII URBAN HOMESTEADING

Sec. 8-169nn. Application or request for funds re authority development project. Economic development statement. Expenditure of funds. Coordination of resources. (a) Any person, including, but not limited to, a state or municipal agency, requesting funds from the state, including…

Sec. 8-169o. Declaration of policy. It is hereby found and declared that there exists within the municipalities of this state a large number of real properties containing vacant and abandoned buildings, that many of these vacant and abandoned buildings are located in areas which …

Sec. 8-169oo. Bonds, notes and other obligations of the authority. (a) The board of directors of the Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority is authorized from time to time to issue its bonds, notes and other obligations in such principal amounts as in the opinion of the bo…

Sec. 8-169p. Definitions. As used in this part: (a) “Abandoned property” means any real property on which there is a vacant structure and on which (1) real property taxes have been delinquent for one year or more and orders have been issued by the municipality's fire official, bu…

Sec. 8-169pp. State's pledge to not limit or alter rights of authority or holders of bonds, notes and obligations or parties to contracts. The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds, notes and other obligations issued under section 8-16…

Sec. 8-169q. Designation of urban homesteading agency. Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish an urban homesteading program and may authorize any existing board, commission, department or agency, including a housing authority, redevelopment agency or any nonprofit communit…

Sec. 8-169qq. Establishment and use of special capital reserve funds. Required minimum capital reserve. Conditions for bond issuance. (a) For the purposes of this section, “required minimum capital reserve” means the maximum amount permitted to be deposited in a special capital r…

Sec. 8-169r. Acquisition of abandoned property by urban homesteading agency. Certification of vacant municipally owned property. (a) In any municipality adopting an ordinance pursuant to section 8-169q, the building official shall certify to the urban homesteading agency (1) all …

Sec. 8-169rr. Economic development master plan. Development and submission to authority; review and approval. Section 8-169rr is repealed, effective October 1, 2024. (P.A. 19-117, S. 222; P.A. 24-81, S. 243.)

Sec. 8-169s. Disposition of property by urban homesteading agency. (a)(1) Upon acquisition of real property by the urban homesteading agency under section 8-169r or (2) upon certification by the building official of vacant municipally owned property under subdivision (2) of subse…

Sec. 8-169ss. Encouragement to hire local employees. Office of Workforce Strategy assistance with training and recruitment. The authority, member municipalities and joint member entities shall encourage businesses, as appropriate, to hire local employees. Any business that receiv…

Sec. 8-169t. Selection of urban homesteaders. The urban homesteading agency shall select from among applicants for urban homestead program property those applicants who in the determination of the agency can acquire the necessary financial and technical resources to rehabilitate …

Sec. 8-169tt. Approval of housing growth zones. (a) As used in this section, “housing growth zone” means any area within a municipality in which applicable zoning regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-2 are designed to facilitate substantial development of new dwelling units …

Sec. 8-169u. Financial assistance. Abatement of real property taxes. (a) An urban homesteading agency may provide financial assistance to urban homesteaders for the purchase and rehabilitation of, or construction on, urban homestead program property. Such financial assistance may…

Sec. 8-169uu. Authority development project impact evaluations. The authority may establish criteria to evaluate any potential impact of an authority development project. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to, the impact the proposed project may have on the tax base …

Sec. 8-169v. Acceptance of real property from United States government. Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 8-169o to 8-169u, inclusive, an urban homesteading agency may accept, on behalf of the municipality, any real property tendered to it without payment by the Uni…

Sec. 8-169vv. Technical support for member municipalities and joint member entities. The authority shall offer technical support to any member municipality or joint member entity in the development of project criteria and local regulations intended to substantially increase housi…

Sec. 8-169w. Urban Homesteading Fund created. Regulations. Bond authorization. (a) A fund to be known as the “Urban Homesteading Fund” is hereby created. Said fund shall be used (1) on a revolving basis to aid any urban homesteading agency in accordance with section 8-169q, in pr…

Secs. 8-169x to 8-169z. Reserved for future use. PART VIII ABANDONED AND BLIGHTED PROPERTY RECEIVERSHIP