Section 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 or under any special act. Such districts shall be located in areas of distinctive character, landscape or historic value that are specifically identified in the plan of conservation and development of the municipality. (b) […]
Section 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Section 8-2k is repealed, effective October 1, 2006.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.)
Section 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 appeals or inland wetlands commission. Such schedule shall supersede any specific fees set forth in the general statutes, or any special act or […]
Section 8-1cc. – (Note: This section is effective April 1, 2022.) 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 operate pursuant to section 19a-36i and “municipality” has the same meaning as provided in section 8-1a. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general […]
Section 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 wetlands agency. (P.A. 89-175, S. 2, 7.)
Section 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 developments, as defined in section 8-18, where such municipality has a population of not less than eighty-two thousand and not more than ninety thousand residents and a total area of […]
Section 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 occupied; (C) the size of yards, courts and other open […]
Section 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 copies of such regulations available to the public at a reasonable price upon request. (1961, P.A. 410.)
Section 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 special act or charter provision adopted under chapter 99, the zoning commission shall consist of […]
Section 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” appear in this chapter, they shall be deemed to include “district” and “officers of such district”, respectively. (b) As used in this chapter: (1) “Accessory apartment” means a separate dwelling unit […]