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

Sec. 8-28. Notice of decision of planning commission. Appeal. Notice of all official actions or decisions of a planning commission, not limited to those relating to the approval or denial of subdivision plans, shall be published in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in …

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 resident…

Sec. 8-29. Filing of maps and plans. Notice and hearing. Assessments. Such commission is authorized, unless otherwise provided by ordinance adopted by the municipality, to prepare and file surveys, maps or plans of proposed highways, streets, sidewalks or the relocation, grade, w…

Sec. 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 Section 8-30 is repealed.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.)

Sec. 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 wh…

Sec. 8-30g. Affordable housing land use appeals procedure. Definitions. Affordability plan; regulations. Conceptual site plan. Maximum monthly housing cost. Percentage-of-income requirement. Appeals. Modification of application. Commission powers and remedies. Exempt municipaliti…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 8-30j. Affordable housing plan. Submission to Office of Policy and Management. Hearing and adoption. Filing requirement. Review and amendment of plan. (a)(1) Not later than June 1, 2022, and at least once every five years thereafter, each municipality shall prepare or amend …

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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;…

Sec. 8-31b. Restructure of regional planning agencies and regional councils of elected officials into regional councils of governments. (a) On or before January 1, 2015, each regional planning agency created pursuant to sections 8-31a to 8-37a, inclusive, of the general statutes,…

Sec. 8-31c. Term “regional council of governments” substituted for “regional planning agency”. (a) (1) Wherever the term “regional planning agency” is used in the following general statutes, the term “regional council of governments” shall be substituted in lieu thereof; and (2) …

Sec. 8-32. Jurisdiction. Section 8-32 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 863; 1955, S. 395d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 43; 635, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 613, S. 10.)

Sec. 8-32a. Jurisdiction. Extension to contiguous municipality. Section 8-32a is repealed, effective January 1, 2015. (1959, P.A. 613, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 628, S. 7; P.A. 73-679, S. 31, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 44, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 13-247, S. 390.)

Sec. 8-33. Termination. Section 8-33 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 635, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 613, S. 10.)

Sec. 8-33a. Officers of agency. Bylaws. Meetings. Annual report. Section 8-33a is repealed, effective January 1, 2015. (1959, P.A. 613, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 628, S. 8; P.A. 73-679, S. 32, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 45, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 08-182, S. 7; P.A. 13-247, S. 390.)

Sec. 8-34. Withdrawal from regional planning authority. Section 8-34 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 864; 1955, S. 396d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 44; 1959, P.A. 613, S. 10.)

Sec. 8-34a. Receipt of funds. Dues. Borrowing. Employees and consultants. Contracts. Audits. Section 8-34a is repealed, effective January 1, 2015. (1959, P.A. 613, S. 5; P.A. 81-229, S. 1; P.A. 83-256, S. 3; P.A. 91-96, S. 3; 91-401, S. 9, 20; P.A. 13-247, S. 390.)

Sec. 8-35. Officers of board. Meetings. Section 8-35 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 866; 1959, P.A. 613, S. 10.)

Sec. 8-35a. Regional plan of conservation and development. Assistance to municipalities or other public agencies. (a) At least once every ten years, each regional council of governments shall make a plan of conservation and development for its area of operation, showing its recom…

Sec. 8-35b. Recommendations for metropolitan, regional or intermunicipal arrangements. A regional council of governments may make recommendations to the municipalities within its area of operation for such metropolitan, regional or intermunicipal arrangements for the most efficie…

Sec. 8-35c. Feasibility studies for municipalities. Whenever any municipality is considering the feasibility of developing or operating a physical facility and services, the regional council of governments may, upon request from such municipality, render assistance by making stud…

Sec. 8-35d. Referral of proposal for interlocal agreement or formation of district to regional planning agency. Section 8-35d is repealed. (1967, P.A. 862, S. 3; P.A. 95-308, S. 10.)

Sec. 8-35e. Intercouncil committees and staff sharing. (a) Two or more regional councils of governments may establish one or more intercouncil committees to recommend policies relating to matters of an interregional nature, provided each participating council shall have first ado…

Sec. 8-36. Authority to receive funds. Employees and consultants. Section 8-36 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 867; 1955, S. 398d; 1959, P.A. 613, S. 10.)

Sec. 8-36a. Withdrawal from agency. Section 8-36a is repealed, effective January 1, 2015. (1959, P.A. 613, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 764; P.A. 13-247, S. 390.)

Sec. 8-37. Regional plans of development. Section 8-37 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 868; 1959, P.A. 613, S. 10.)

Secs. 8-37a and 8-37b. Termination of agency. Powers and duties of prior authorities. Sections 8-37a and 8-37b are repealed, effective January 1, 2015. (1959, P.A. 613, S. 8, 9; 1969, P.A. 628, S. 10; P.A. 73-679, S. 34, 43; P.A. 75-537, S. 47, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 1…

Sec. 8-37aa. Income-grouped housing: Definitions. As used in sections 8-37bb to 8-37dd, inclusive, “housing agency” means the Department of Housing, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and the Connecticut Housing Authority, and “income group” means one of the following hous…

Sec. 8-37aaa. Grants for physical needs assessment of eligible housing. (a) For purposes of this section, “eligible housing” means the housing included in the housing loan portfolio that was transferred from the Department of Economic and Community Development to the Connecticut …

Sec. 8-37bb. Annual report re fair housing choice and racial and economic integration. (a) On or before December 31, 2013, and annually thereafter, each housing agency, except the Department of Housing, shall submit to the General Assembly a report, for the year ending the preced…

Sec. 8-37c. Compact. The New England Interstate Planning Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with any other state or states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: NEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE PLANNING COMPACT Article I Findings New England is by v…

Sec. 8-37cc. Housing agencies to serve households with incomes less than fifty per cent of area median income and to promote fair housing choice and racial and economic integration. (a) Each housing agency, as defined in section 8-37aa, shall, within available resources and to th…

Sec. 8-37d. Appointment of commission member and alternate. The member of the New England Interstate Planning Commission and his alternate who represent this state thereon shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure. The alternate may act in the member's pl…

Sec. 8-37dd. Retention of housing assisted by housing agencies. Not more than six months after July 1, 1990, each housing agency shall adopt written policies concerning the extent to which housing assisted by such agency shall be retained on a long-term basis for members of the i…

Sec. 8-37e. Renunciation. Renunciation, within the meaning of Article XII of the compact, shall be accomplished by act of the General Assembly repealing the compact and by notice in accordance with said article. In the event of such an act of repeal, the Governor shall send the n…

Sec. 8-37ee. Establishment of affirmative duty for entities participating in programs assisted or supervised by state housing agencies to promote fair housing. (a) Each entity participating in any program administered by a housing agency, as defined in section 8-37aa, under this …

Sec. 8-37ff. Maintenance of comprehensive inventory of all assisted housing. The Department of Housing shall develop and maintain a comprehensive inventory of all assisted housing, as defined in section 8-30g, in the state. The inventory shall identify all existing assisted renta…

Sec. 8-37gg. Fair hearings by commissioner. Application. An aggrieved person authorized by law to request a fair hearing on a decision of the Commissioner of Housing, or the conservator of any such aggrieved person on his or her behalf, may make application for such hearing in wr…

Sec. 8-37hh. Decision. Appeal. Extension of time for filing appeal. (a) Not later than sixty days after such hearing, the Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designated hearing officer, shall render a final decision based upon all the evidence introduced before him or …

Sec. 8-37i. Department of Economic and Community Development. Commissioner. Successor department to Department of Commerce and to economic development functions of Department of Community Affairs. (a) There shall be a Department of Economic and Community Development. The departme…

Sec. 8-37jj. Electric resistance as primary source of heat. (a) The Department of Housing may not approve electric resistance as the primary heat source in new, subsidized housing except where justified by a life-cycle cost analysis whose methodology has been approved by the divi…

Sec. 8-37k. Terms “Commissioner of Commerce” and “Department of Commerce” and “Department of Community Affairs” and “Commissioner of Community Affairs” deemed to mean the Commissioner or Department of Economic Development, when. Terms “Department of Economic Development” and “Com…

Sec. 8-37kk. Preference to loans for energy efficient projects. The Department of Economic and Community Development, the Department of Housing and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall give preference to loans for energy efficient projects in all grant and loan program…