Section 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 regulation made under authority conferred hereby, any official having jurisdiction, in addition to other remedies, may institute an […]
Section 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 establish the types of violations for which a citation may be issued and the amount of any fine to be imposed thereby and shall specify the […]
Section 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 percentage of lot area to be left unoccupied or impose other and higher standards than […]
Section 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 the lot or when a building or structure is situated on a lot that violates a zoning […]
Section 8-7d. – Hearings and decisions. Time limits. Day of receipt. Notice to adjoining municipality. Public notice registry.
(a) In all matters wherein a formal petition, application, request or appeal must be submitted to a zoning commission, planning and zoning commission or zoning board of appeals under this chapter, a planning commission under chapter 126 or an inland wetlands agency under chapter 440 or an aquifer protection agency under chapter 446i and a […]
Section 8-7e. – Notice to adjoining municipalities of applications or requests.
Section 8-7e is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (P.A. 87-307, S. 2; P.A. 89-175, S. 4, 7; P.A. 03-177, S. 14.)
Section 8-8. – Appeal from board to court. Mediation. Review by Appellate Court.
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Aggrieved person” means a person aggrieved by a decision of a board and includes any officer, department, board or bureau of the municipality charged with enforcement of any order, requirement or decision of the board. In the case of a decision by a zoning commission, planning commission, combined […]
Section 8-8a. – Process for mediation.
(a) As used in this section, “mediation” means the process where the parties in an appeal filed under section 8-8, 22a-34 or 22a-43 meet with an impartial third party to work toward resolution of the issues in the decision that was the subject of the appeal in accordance with generally accepted principles of mediation. (b) […]
Section 8-9. – Appeals from zoning commissions and planning and zoning commissions. Review by Appellate Court.
Appeals from zoning commissions and planning and zoning commissions may be taken to the Superior Court and, upon certification for review, to the Appellate Court in the manner provided in section 8-8. (1949 Rev., S. 845; 1953, S. 381d; February, 1965, P.A. 622, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 13; P.A. 74-183, S. 180, 291; […]
Section 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 provisions of this chapter and whether or not the charter of such municipality or the special act establishing zoning in such […]