Compendium of Planning and Zoning Statutes - CT.gov

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Foreword
The Office of Policy and Management's Intergovernmental Policy Division
periodically compiles a legislative compendium of statutes concerning
municipal, regional and state land use planning, in order to provide a
single source of statutory information to governmental officials and
taxpayers. This compendium contains applicable sections of the General
Statutes of Connecticut (Revised to January 1, 2005) that govern municipal
planning and zoning, the duties and responsibilities of the boards and
commissions that administer these statutes as well as those that affect
inland wetlands commissions. Municipal boards and commissions are public agencies within the meaning of
Section 1-200. As such, their conduct in terms of holding meetings and
releasing information are subject to the Freedom of Information Act, the
provisions of which are contained in this publication. The Table of Contents lists relevant section numbers, the title description
for each section as it appears in the General Statutes of Connecticut and
the page in this publication on which it begins. W. David LeVasseur, Undersecretary
Intergovernmental Policy Division | |
|TITLE 1 |
|PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
|CHAPTER 1 |
|CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES |
|Sec. 1-1. |Words and phrases. |1 |
|Sec. 1-2. |Legal notices. |5 |
|Sec. 1-2a. |Construction of term "postmark". |6 |
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|CHAPTER 3 |
|PUBLIC RECORDS: GENERAL PROVISIONS |
|Sec. 1-8. |"Recorded" defined. |6 |
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|CHAPTER 14 |
|FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT |
|Sec. 1-200. |Definitions. |7 |
|Sec. 1-206. |Denial of access to public records or meetings. |10 |
| |Appeals. Notice. Orders. Civil penalty. Service of | |
| |process upon commission. Frivolous appeals. | |
|Sec. 1-210. |Access to public records. Exempt records. |15 |
|Sec. 1-211. |Disclosure of computer-stored public records. |23 |
| |Contracts. Acquisition of system, equipment, | |
| |software to store or retrieve nonexempt public | |
| |records. | |
|Sec. 1-212. |Copies and scanning of public records. Fees. |24 |
|Sec. 1-213. |Agency administration. Disclosure of personnel, |26 |
| |birth and tax records. Disclosure of voice mails by | |
| |public agencies. Judicial records and proceedings. | |
|Sec. 1-217. |Nondisclosure of residential addresses of certain |27 |
| |individuals. | |
|Sec. 1-225. |Meetings of government agencies to be public. |28 |
| |Recording of votes. Schedule and agenda of meetings | |
| |to be filed. Notice of special meetings. Executive | |
| |sessions. | |
|Sec. 1-226. |Recording, broadcasting or photographing meetings. |31 |
|Sec. 1-227. |Mailing of notice of meetings to persons filing |32 |
| |written request. Fees. | |
|Sec. 1-228. |Adjournment of meetings. Notice. |33 |
|Sec. 1-229. |Continued hearings. Notice. |34 |
|Sec. 1-230. |Regular meetings to be held pursuant to regulation, |34 |
| |ordinance or resolution. | |
|Sec. 1-231. |Executive sessions. |35 |
|Sec. 1-232. |Conduct of meetings. |35 |
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|TITLE 4 |
|MANAGEMENT OF STATE AGENCIES |
|CHAPTER 50 |
|OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT: |
|GENERAL PROVISIONS |
|BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS; |
|STATE PLANNING |
|PART I |
|Sec. 4-66a. |Secretary to advise Governor and General Assembly on|36 |
| |matters concerning local government and matters | |
| |affecting the state. Planning, management and | |
| |technical assistance for local governments. Federal | |
| |financial assistance and funds, and financial | |
| |assistance and aid from private sources. | | | |
|PART IV |
|STATE PLANNING |
|Sec. 4-124c. |Regional councils of elected officials. |37 |
|Sec. 4-124d. |Duties of council. |38 |
|Sec. 4-124e. |Bylaws. Officers. |38 |
|Sec. 4-124f. |Receipt of funds. Dues. Contracts. Audits. |38 |
|Sec. 4-124h. |Powers of regional council, where there is no |39 |
| |regional planning agency. | |
|Sec. 4-124i. |Regional councils of governments. Definitions. |39 |
|Sec. 4-124j. |Creation. Membership. Withdrawal. |40 |
|Sec. 4-124k. |Representatives of members. |40 |
|Sec. 4-124l. |Certification of establishment of council. |40 |
| |Transitional period. Reversion to regional council | |
| |of elected officials. | |
|Sec. 4-124m. |Rights and duties of councils. |41 |
|Sec. 4-124n. |Bylaws. Officers. Committees. Meetings. |42 |
|Sec. 4-124o. |Regional planning commissions. |42 |
|Sec. 4-124p. |Receipt of funds. Dues. Contracts. Audits. Annual |42 |
| |report. | |
|Sec. 4-124q. |Grants-in-aid to regional agencies. |43 |
|Sec. 4-124r. |Purchase of real property. |43 |
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|TITLE 4b |
|STATE REAL PROPERTY |
|CHAPTER 60 |
|CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATIONS |
|OF STATE BUILDINGS |
|PART I |
|CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS, ADDITIONS |
|AND DEMOLITION |
|Sec. 4b-74. |Approval of building or zoning permits for property |44 |
| |within district. | |
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|TITLE 7 |
|MUNICIPALITIES |
|CHAPTER 91 |
|SELECTMEN |
|Sec. 7-12a. |First selectman to be chief executive officer and |44 |
| |ex-officio member of town boards, commissions and | |
| |committees. | |
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|CHAPTER 92 |
|TOWN CLERKS |
|Sec. 7-31. |Maps of surveys and plots, filing requirements, |45 |
| |copies. | |
|Sec. 7-32. |Index of surveys and maps. |45 |
|Sec. 7-34a. |Fees. |46 |
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|CHAPTER 97 |
|MUNICIPALITIES: GENERAL PROVISIONS |
|Sec. 7-101a. |Protection of municipal officers and municipal |47 |
| |employees from damage suits. Reimbursement of | |
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