Sec. 22a-113k. Harbor management commissions.
Sec. 22a-113k. Harbor management commissions. (a) Any municipality having
within its limits navigable waters as defined in subsection (b) of section 15-3a may
establish by ordinance one or more harbor management commissions or may designate
any existing board, commission, council, committee or other agency as a harbor management commission. Any harbor management commission established under this section
may include one member representing each of the following: The planning commission,
the zoning commission, or the combined planning and zoning commission, the conservation commission, shellfish commission and flood control board. The harbor master or
deputy harbor master for the municipality shall be a nonvoting ex-officio member of
any harbor management commission. The ordinance shall designate the area within the
territorial limits of the municipality and below the mean high water that shall be within
the jurisdiction of a commission and shall set forth the number of members of a commission, their method of selection, terms of office and procedure for filling any vacancy.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or any special act, if an
existing municipal waterfront authority, municipal shellfish commission or municipal
port authority is designated as a harbor management commission, the municipality may
by ordinance increase the membership of such authority, commission or agency and
may include one member representing each of the following: The planning commission,
the zoning commission, or the combined planning and zoning commission, the conservation commission, shellfish commission and flood control board.
(c) Any two or more municipalities whose common boundaries lie within navigable
waters, as defined in subsection (b) of section 15-3a, may by concurrent ordinances of
their legislative bodies establish one or more harbor management commissions. Each
such commission shall consist of an equal number of members from each municipality
constituted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Any municipality that is a member
of a commission may, by vote of its legislative body, elect to withdraw from a commission.
(P.A. 84-247, S. 1; P.A. 88-336, S. 3, 5; P.A. 90-269, S. 5, 8; P.A. 07-217, S. 109.)
History: P.A. 88-336 inserted new Subsec. (b) concerning membership of existing authorities designated as commissions
and relettered former Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c); P.A. 90-269 authorized a municipality to have one or more harbor management commissions; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 12, 2007.
Statutory scheme demonstrates state did not intend to fully occupy field of regulating conduct waterward of the mean
high water mark because it expressly delegated responsibility of regulation to harbor management commissions it created.
93 CA 314.