Sec. 22a-101. Municipal coastal programs.
Sec. 22a-101. Municipal coastal programs. (a) In order to carry out the policies
and provisions of this chapter and to provide more specific guidance to coastal area
property owners and developers, coastal municipalities may adopt a municipal coastal
program for the area within the coastal boundary and landward of the mean high water
mark.
(b) A municipal coastal program shall include, but is not limited to: (1) Revisions
to the municipal plan of conservation and development under section 8-23 or special
act, insofar as it affects the area within the coastal boundary, such revisions to include
an identification and written description of the municipality's major coastal-related issues and problems, both immediate and long-term, such as erosion, flooding, recreational facilities, and utilization of port facilities and to include a description of the
municipal boards, commissions and officials responsible for implementing and enforcing the coastal program, a description of enforcement procedures and a description of
continuing methods of involving the public in the implementation of the municipal
coastal program; (2) revisions to the municipal zoning regulations under section 8-2
or under special act and revisions to the following regulations and ordinances if the
municipality has adopted such regulations or ordinances, and insofar as such regulations
or ordinances affect the area within the coastal boundary: (A) Historic district ordinances
under section 7-147b; (B) waterway encroachment line ordinances under section 7-147;
(C) subdivision ordinances under section 8-25; (D) inland wetland regulations under
subsection (e) of section 22a-42 and section 22a-42a; (E) sewerage ordinances under
section 7-148; (F) ordinances or regulations governing filling of land and removal of
soil, loam, sand or gravel under section 7-148; (G) ordinances concerning protection
and improvement of the environment under section 7-148; and (H) regulations for the
supervision, management, control, operation or use of a sewerage system under section
7-247.
(c) If a municipality has not yet adopted a municipal plan of conservation and development under section 8-23, a municipal planning commission may prepare a municipal
coastal plan of development solely for that portion of municipality within the coastal
boundary in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and section 22a-102.
(d) A municipal coastal program may include revisions to the following municipal
plans or programs which revisions shall be consistent with the municipal plan of conservation and development revised in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and
section 22a-102: (1) The community development plan under sections 8-169c and 8-169d; (2) the harbor improvement plan under section 13b-56; (3) the redevelopment
plan under sections 8-125 and 8-127; (4) the port development plan under section 7-329c; (5) the capital improvement plan under section 8-160; (6) the open space plan
under section 12-107e; (7) any development project plan or plans under section 8-189;
and (8) the municipal water pollution control plan under section 7-245.
(e) Revisions to the municipal plan of development in accordance with subsection
(b) of this section and section 22a-102 may include a description of any development
projects, acquisition plans, open space tax abatement programs, flood and erosion control projects and other nonregulatory measures which the municipality intends to undertake in order to promote wise management of coastal resources.
(P.A. 79-535, S. 7, 25; P.A. 82-327, S. 10; P.A. 85-409, S. 1, 8; P.A. 95-335, S. 18, 26.)
History: P.A. 82-327 changed a reference to sewer ordinance adopted under Sec. 7-153 to Sec. 7-148 to acknowledge
a transfer; P.A. 85-409 removed reference to planned unit development regulations under Secs. 8-13c and 8-13d, which
were repealed by that act; P.A. 95-335 amended Subsecs. (b) to (d) to change "plan of development" to "plan of conservation
and development", effective July 1, 1995.