Sec. 8-23. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Preparation, amendment or adoption of plan of conservation and development.
Sec. 8-23. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Preparation, amendment or adoption of plan of conservation and development. (a)(1) At
least once every ten years, the commission shall prepare or amend and shall adopt a
plan of conservation and development for the municipality. Following adoption, the
commission shall regularly review and maintain such plan. The commission may adopt
such geographical, functional or other amendments to the plan or parts of the plan, in
accordance with the provisions of this section, as it deems necessary. The commission
may, at any time, prepare, amend and adopt plans for the redevelopment and improvement of districts or neighborhoods which, in its judgment, contain special problems or
opportunities or show a trend toward lower land values.
(2) If a plan is not amended decennially, the chief elected official of the municipality
shall submit a letter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the
Commissioners of Transportation, Environmental Protection and Economic and Community Development that explains why such plan was not amended. Until the plan is
amended in accordance with this subsection, a copy of such letter shall be included in
each application by the municipality for funding for the conservation or development
of real property submitted to said secretary or commissioners.
(b) In the preparation of such plan, the commission may appoint one or more special
committees to develop and make recommendations for the plan. The membership of
any special committee may include: Residents of the municipality and representatives of
local boards dealing with zoning, inland wetlands, conservation, recreation, education,
public works, finance, redevelopment, general government and other municipal functions. In performing its duties under this section, the commission or any special committee may accept information from any source or solicit input from any organization or
individual. The commission or any special committee may hold public informational
meetings or organize other activities to inform residents about the process of preparing
the plan.
(c) In preparing such plan, the commission or any special committee shall consider
the following: (1) The community development action plan of the municipality, if any,
(2) the need for affordable housing, (3) the need for protection of existing and potential
public surface and ground drinking water supplies, (4) the use of cluster development
and other development patterns to the extent consistent with soil types, terrain and infrastructure capacity within the municipality, (5) the state plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to chapter 297, (6) the regional plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to section 8-35a, (7) physical, social, economic and governmental
conditions and trends, (8) the needs of the municipality including, but not limited to,
human resources, education, health, housing, recreation, social services, public utilities,
public protection, transportation and circulation and cultural and interpersonal communications, (9) the objectives of energy-efficient patterns of development, the use of solar
and other renewable forms of energy and energy conservation, and (10) protection and
preservation of agriculture.
(d) (1) Such plan of conservation and development shall (A) be a statement of
policies, goals and standards for the physical and economic development of the municipality, (B) provide for a system of principal thoroughfares, parkways, bridges, streets,
sidewalks, multipurpose trails and other public ways as appropriate, (C) be designed to
promote, with the greatest efficiency and economy, the coordinated development of the
municipality and the general welfare and prosperity of its people and identify areas
where it is feasible and prudent (i) to have compact, transit accessible, pedestrian-oriented mixed use development patterns and land reuse, and (ii) to promote such development patterns and land reuse, (D) recommend the most desirable use of land within the
municipality for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, conservation and other
purposes and include a map showing such proposed land uses, (E) recommend the most
desirable density of population in the several parts of the municipality, (F) note any
inconsistencies with the following growth management principles: (i) Redevelopment
and revitalization of commercial centers and areas of mixed land uses with existing
or planned physical infrastructure; (ii) expansion of housing opportunities and design
choices to accommodate a variety of household types and needs; (iii) concentration of
development around transportation nodes and along major transportation corridors to
support the viability of transportation options and land reuse; (iv) conservation and
restoration of the natural environment, cultural and historical resources and existing
farmlands; (v) protection of environmental assets critical to public health and safety;
and (vi) integration of planning across all levels of government to address issues on a
local, regional and state-wide basis, (G) make provision for the development of housing
opportunities, including opportunities for multifamily dwellings, consistent with soil
types, terrain and infrastructure capacity, for all residents of the municipality and the
planning region in which the municipality is located, as designated by the Secretary of
the Office of Policy and Management under section 16a-4a, (H) promote housing choice
and economic diversity in housing, including housing for both low and moderate income
households, and encourage the development of housing which will meet the housing
needs identified in the housing plan prepared pursuant to section 8-37t and in the housing
component and the other components of the state plan of conservation and development
prepared pursuant to chapter 297. In preparing such plan the commission shall consider
focusing development and revitalization in areas with existing or planned physical infrastructure.
(2) For any municipality that is contiguous to Long Island Sound, such plan shall
be (A) consistent with the municipal coastal program requirements of sections 22a-101 to 22a-104, inclusive, (B) made with reasonable consideration for restoration and
protection of the ecosystem and habitat of Long Island Sound, and (C) designed to
reduce hypoxia, pathogens, toxic contaminants and floatable debris in Long Island
Sound.
(e) Such plan may show the commission's and any special committee's recommendation for (1) conservation and preservation of traprock and other ridgelines, (2) airports,
parks, playgrounds and other public grounds, (3) the general location, relocation and
improvement of schools and other public buildings, (4) the general location and extent of
public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned, for water, sewerage,
light, power, transit and other purposes, (5) the extent and location of public housing
projects, (6) programs for the implementation of the plan, including (A) a schedule, (B)
a budget for public capital projects, (C) a program for enactment and enforcement of
zoning and subdivision controls, building and housing codes and safety regulations, (D)
plans for implementation of affordable housing, (E) plans for open space acquisition
and greenways protection and development, and (F) plans for corridor management
areas along limited access highways or rail lines, designated under section 16a-27, (7)
proposed priority funding areas, and (8) any other recommendations as will, in the
commission's or any special committee's judgment, be beneficial to the municipality.
The plan may include any necessary and related maps, explanatory material, photographs, charts or other pertinent data and information relative to the past, present and
future trends of the municipality.
(f) (1) A plan of conservation and development or any part thereof or amendment
thereto prepared by the commission or any special committee shall be reviewed, and
may be amended, by the commission prior to scheduling at least one public hearing on
adoption.
(2) At least sixty-five days prior to the public hearing on adoption, the commission
shall submit a copy of such plan or part thereof or amendment thereto for review and
comment to the legislative body or, in the case of a municipality for which the legislative
body of the municipality is a town meeting or representative town meeting, to the board
of selectmen. The legislative body or board of selectmen, as the case may be, may hold
one or more public hearings on the plan and shall endorse or reject such entire plan or
part thereof or amendment and may submit comments and recommended changes to
the commission. The commission may render a decision on the plan without the report
of such body or board.
(3) At least thirty-five days prior to the public hearing on adoption, the commission
shall post the plan on the Internet web site of the municipality, if any.
(4) At least sixty-five days prior to the public hearing on adoption, the commission
shall submit a copy of such plan or part thereof or amendment thereto to the regional
planning agency for review and comment. The regional planning agency shall submit
an advisory report along with its comments to the commission at or before the hearing.
Such comments shall include a finding on the consistency of the plan with (A) the
regional plan of conservation and development, adopted under section 8-35a, (B) the
state plan of conservation and development, adopted pursuant to chapter 297, and (C) the
plans of conservation and development of other municipalities in the area of operation of
the regional planning agency. The commission may render a decision on the plan without
the report of the regional planning agency.
(5) At least thirty-five days prior to the public hearing on adoption, the commission
shall file in the office of the town clerk a copy of such plan or part thereof or amendment
thereto but, in the case of a district commission, such commission shall file such information in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk.
(6) The commission shall cause to be published in a newspaper having a general
circulation in the municipality, at least twice at intervals of not less than two days, the
first not more than fifteen days, or less than ten days, and the last not less than two days
prior to the date of each such hearing, notice of the time and place of any such public
hearing. Such notice shall make reference to the filing of such draft plan in the office
of the town clerk, or both the district clerk and the town clerk, as the case may be.
(g) (1) After completion of the public hearing, the commission may revise the plan
and may adopt the plan or any part thereof or amendment thereto by a single resolution
or may, by successive resolutions, adopt parts of the plan and amendments thereto.
(2) Any plan, section of a plan or recommendation in the plan that is not endorsed
in the report of the legislative body or, in the case of a municipality for which the
legislative body is a town meeting or representative town meeting, by the board of
selectmen, of the municipality may only be adopted by the commission by a vote of not
less than two-thirds of all the members of the commission.
(3) Upon adoption by the commission, any plan or part thereof or amendment
thereto shall become effective at a time established by the commission, provided notice
thereof shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality
prior to such effective date.
(4) Not more than thirty days after adoption, any plan or part thereof or amendment
thereto shall be posted on the Internet web site of the municipality, if any, and shall be
filed in the office of the town clerk, except that, if it is a district plan or amendment, it
shall be filed in the offices of both the district and town clerks.
(5) Not more than sixty days after adoption of the plan, the commission shall submit
a copy of the plan to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and shall
include with such copy a description of any inconsistency between the plan adopted by
the commission and the state plan of conservation and development and the reasons
therefor.
(h) Any owner or tenant, or authorized agent of such owner or tenant, of real property
or buildings thereon located in the municipality may submit a proposal to the commission
requesting a change to the plan of conservation and development. Such proposal shall
be submitted in writing and on a form prescribed by the commission. Notwithstanding
the provisions of subsection (a) of section 8-7d, the commission shall review and may
approve, modify and approve or reject the proposal in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (f) of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 856; 1959, P.A. 577, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 477, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 862, S. 5, 6; P.A. 78-314, S. 3; P.A. 80-327,
S. 2; P.A. 85-279, S. 4; P.A. 88-13, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-392, S. 2; 91-395, S. 3, 11; 91-398, S. 2, 7; P.A. 95-239, S. 3; 95-335,
S. 9, 26; P.A. 99-117, S. 1, 2; P.A. 01-197, S. 1, 4; P.A. 03-19, S. 20; P.A. 05-205, S. 1; P.A. 06-17, S. 1; 06-24, S. 1; P.A.
08-182, S. 16.)
*Note: On and after July 1, 2010, this section, as amended by section 3 of public act
07-239, section 4 of public act 07-5 of the June special session and section 17 of public
act 08-182, is to read as follows:
"Sec. 8-23. Preparation, amendment or adoption of plan of conservation and
development. (a)(1) At least once every ten years, the commission shall prepare or
amend and shall adopt a plan of conservation and development for the municipality.
Following adoption, the commission shall regularly review and maintain such plan. The
commission may adopt such geographical, functional or other amendments to the plan
or parts of the plan, in accordance with the provisions of this section, as it deems necessary. The commission may, at any time, prepare, amend and adopt plans for the redevelopment and improvement of districts or neighborhoods which, in its judgment, contain
special problems or opportunities or show a trend toward lower land values.
(2) If a plan is not amended decennially, the chief elected official of the municipality
shall submit a letter to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the
Commissioners of Transportation, Environmental Protection and Economic and Community Development that explains why such plan was not amended. A copy of such
letter shall be included in each application by the municipality for discretionary state
funding submitted to any state agency.
(b) Until the plan is amended in accordance with this subsection the municipality
shall be ineligible for discretionary state funding unless such prohibition is expressly
waived by the secretary.
(c) In the preparation of such plan, the commission may appoint one or more special
committees to develop and make recommendations for the plan. The membership of
any special committee may include: Residents of the municipality and representatives of
local boards dealing with zoning, inland wetlands, conservation, recreation, education,
public works, finance, redevelopment, general government and other municipal functions. In performing its duties under this section, the commission or any special committee may accept information from any source or solicit input from any organization or
individual. The commission or any special committee may hold public informational
meetings or organize other activities to inform residents about the process of preparing
the plan.
(d) In preparing such plan, the commission or any special committee shall consider
the following: (1) The community development action plan of the municipality, if any,
(2) the need for affordable housing, (3) the need for protection of existing and potential
public surface and ground drinking water supplies, (4) the use of cluster development
and other development patterns to the extent consistent with soil types, terrain and infrastructure capacity within the municipality, (5) the state plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to chapter 297, (6) the regional plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to section 8-35a, (7) physical, social, economic and governmental
conditions and trends, (8) the needs of the municipality including, but not limited to,
human resources, education, health, housing, recreation, social services, public utilities,
public protection, transportation and circulation and cultural and interpersonal communications, (9) the objectives of energy-efficient patterns of development, the use of solar
and other renewable forms of energy and energy conservation, and (10) protection and
preservation of agriculture.
(e) (1) Such plan of conservation and development shall (A) be a statement of
policies, goals and standards for the physical and economic development of the municipality, (B) provide for a system of principal thoroughfares, parkways, bridges, streets,
sidewalks, multipurpose trails and other public ways as appropriate, (C) be designed to
promote, with the greatest efficiency and economy, the coordinated development of the
municipality and the general welfare and prosperity of its people and identify areas
where it is feasible and prudent (i) to have compact, transit accessible, pedestrian-oriented mixed use development patterns and land reuse, and (ii) to promote such development patterns and land reuse, (D) recommend the most desirable use of land within the
municipality for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, conservation and other
purposes and include a map showing such proposed land uses, (E) recommend the most
desirable density of population in the several parts of the municipality, (F) note any
inconsistencies with the following growth management principles: (i) Redevelopment
and revitalization of commercial centers and areas of mixed land uses with existing
or planned physical infrastructure; (ii) expansion of housing opportunities and design
choices to accommodate a variety of household types and needs; (iii) concentration of
development around transportation nodes and along major transportation corridors to
support the viability of transportation options and land reuse; (iv) conservation and
restoration of the natural environment, cultural and historical resources and existing
farmlands; (v) protection of environmental assets critical to public health and safety;
and (vi) integration of planning across all levels of government to address issues on a
local, regional and state-wide basis, (G) make provision for the development of housing
opportunities, including opportunities for multifamily dwellings, consistent with soil
types, terrain and infrastructure capacity, for all residents of the municipality and the
planning region in which the municipality is located, as designated by the Secretary of
the Office of Policy and Management under section 16a-4a, (H) promote housing choice
and economic diversity in housing, including housing for both low and moderate income
households, and encourage the development of housing which will meet the housing
needs identified in the housing plan prepared pursuant to section 8-37t and in the housing
component and the other components of the state plan of conservation and development
prepared pursuant to chapter 297. In preparing such plan the commission shall consider
focusing development and revitalization in areas with existing or planned physical infrastructure.
(2) For any municipality that is contiguous to Long Island Sound, such plan shall
be (A) consistent with the municipal coastal program requirements of sections 22a-101 to 22a-104, inclusive, (B) made with reasonable consideration for restoration and
protection of the ecosystem and habitat of Long Island Sound, and (C) designed to
reduce hypoxia, pathogens, toxic contaminants and floatable debris in Long Island
Sound.
(f) Such plan may show the commission's and any special committee's recommendation for (1) conservation and preservation of traprock and other ridgelines, (2) airports,
parks, playgrounds and other public grounds, (3) the general location, relocation and
improvement of schools and other public buildings, (4) the general location and extent of
public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned, for water, sewerage,
light, power, transit and other purposes, (5) the extent and location of public housing
projects, (6) programs for the implementation of the plan, including (A) a schedule, (B)
a budget for public capital projects, (C) a program for enactment and enforcement of
zoning and subdivision controls, building and housing codes and safety regulations, (D)
plans for implementation of affordable housing, (E) plans for open space acquisition
and greenways protection and development, and (F) plans for corridor management
areas along limited access highways or rail lines, designated under section 16a-27, (7)
proposed priority funding areas, and (8) any other recommendations as will, in the
commission's or any special committee's judgment, be beneficial to the municipality.
The plan may include any necessary and related maps, explanatory material, photographs, charts or other pertinent data and information relative to the past, present and
future trends of the municipality.
(g) (1) A plan of conservation and development or any part thereof or amendment
thereto prepared by the commission or any special committee shall be reviewed, and
may be amended, by the commission prior to scheduling at least one public hearing on
adoption.
(2) At least sixty-five days prior to the public hearing on adoption, the commission
shall submit a copy of such plan or part thereof or amendment thereto for review and
comment to the legislative body or, in the case of a municipality for which the legislative
body of the municipality is a town meeting or representative town meeting, to the board
of selectmen. The legislative body or board of selectmen, as the case may be, may hold
one or more public hearings on the plan and shall endorse or reject such entire plan or
part thereof or amendment and may submit comments and recommended changes to
the commission. The commission may render a decision on the plan without the report
of such body or board.
(3) At least thirty-five days prior to the public hearing on adoption, the commission
shall post the plan on the Internet web site of the municipality, if any.
(4) At least sixty-five days prior to the public hearing on adoption, the commission
shall submit a copy of such plan or part thereof or amendment thereto to the regional
planning agency for review and comment. The regional planning agency shall submit
an advisory report along with its comments to the commission at or before the hearing.
Such comments shall include a finding on the consistency of the plan with (A) the
regional plan of conservation and development, adopted under section 8-35a, (B) the
state plan of conservation and development, adopted pursuant to chapter 297, and (C) the
plans of conservation and development of other municipalities in the area of operation of
the regional planning agency. The commission may render a decision on the plan without
the report of the regional planning agency.
(5) At least thirty-five days prior to the public hearing on adoption, the commission
shall file in the office of the town clerk a copy of such plan or part thereof or amendment
thereto but, in the case of a district commission, such commission shall file such information in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk.
(6) The commission shall cause to be published in a newspaper having a general
circulation in the municipality, at least twice at intervals of not less than two days, the
first not more than fifteen days, or less than ten days, and the last not less than two days
prior to the date of each such hearing, notice of the time and place of any such public
hearing. Such notice shall make reference to the filing of such draft plan in the office
of the town clerk, or both the district clerk and the town clerk, as the case may be.
(h) (1) After completion of the public hearing, the commission may revise the plan
and may adopt the plan or any part thereof or amendment thereto by a single resolution
or may, by successive resolutions, adopt parts of the plan and amendments thereto.
(2) Any plan, section of a plan or recommendation in the plan that is not endorsed
in the report of the legislative body or, in the case of a municipality for which the
legislative body is a town meeting or representative town meeting, by the board of
selectmen, of the municipality may only be adopted by the commission by a vote of not
less than two-thirds of all the members of the commission.
(3) Upon adoption by the commission, any plan or part thereof or amendment
thereto shall become effective at a time established by the commission, provided notice
thereof shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality
prior to such effective date.
(4) Not more than thirty days after adoption, any plan or part thereof or amendment
thereto shall be posted on the Internet web site of the municipality, if any, and shall be
filed in the office of the town clerk, except that, if it is a district plan or amendment, it
shall be filed in the offices of both the district and town clerks.
(5) Not more than sixty days after adoption of the plan, the commission shall submit
a copy of the plan to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and shall
include with such copy a description of any inconsistency between the plan adopted by
the commission and the state plan of conservation and development and the reasons
therefor.
(i) Any owner or tenant, or authorized agent of such owner or tenant, of real property
or buildings thereon located in the municipality may submit a proposal to the commission
requesting a change to the plan of conservation and development. Such proposal shall
be submitted in writing and on a form prescribed by the commission. Notwithstanding
the provisions of subsection (a) of section 8-7d, the commission shall review and may
approve, modify and approve or reject the proposal in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (g) of this section."
(1949 Rev., S. 856; 1959, P.A. 577, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 477, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 862, S. 5, 6; P.A. 78-314, S. 3; P.A. 80-327,
S. 2; P.A. 85-279, S. 4; P.A. 88-13, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-392, S. 2; 91-395, S. 3, 11; 91-398, S. 2, 7; P.A. 95-239, S. 3; 95-335,
S. 9, 26; P.A. 99-117, S. 1, 2; P.A. 01-197, S. 1, 4; P.A. 03-19, S. 20; P.A. 05-205, S. 1; P.A. 06-17, S. 1; 06-24, S. 1; P.A.
07-239, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 4; P.A. 08-182, S. 16, 17.)
History: 1959 act added provisions re districts; 1969 act substituted "shall" for "may" thereby requiring that recommendation for most desirable land uses and population density be included in development plan, but did leave optional the
inclusion of other recommendations re streets, bridges etc. and further clarified contents of plan re economic development,
schedules, budgets, various codes and regulations and community needed and deleted requirement that report be filed
annually; 1971 act changed public hearing notice requirements from publication at least seven days before hearing to
publication "twice at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days, and the
last not less than two days" before hearing; P.A. 78-314 allowed consideration of energy-efficient development, renewable
forms of energy and energy conservation in development plan; P.A. 80-327 allowed consideration of water supplies and
their protection in development plan; P.A. 85-279 made consideration of surface and ground drinking water supplies in
preparation of the plan mandatory rather than discretionary; P.A. 88-13 allowed consideration of affordable housing and
open space acquisition in the plan of development and required that the plan of development be reviewed and updated at
least once every 10 years; P.A. 91-392 added provisions re development of housing opportunities and promotion of housing
choice and economic diversity in housing; P.A. 91-395 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended them
to require that municipal plans take into account the state plan and that plans adopted under this section be reviewed for
consistency with the state plan of development and added Subsec. (b) requiring municipalities to consider use of cluster
development; P.A. 91-398 added provision re plans in municipalities contiguous to Long Island Sound; P.A. 95-239
amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the plan may make regulations re traprock ridgelines; P.A. 95-335 amended Subsec.
(a) to change the name of the plan of development to the plan of conservation and development and authorized the plan
to include provisions re greenways protection and development, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-117 divided existing
Subsec. (a) into (a) and (b), redesignating existing Subsec. (b) as (c), and amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision regarding
explanation of failure to conduct review of the plan, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 01-197 deleted former provisions and
inserted new Subsecs. (a) to (h) which reorganized former provisions and authorized planning commissions to appoint
special committees and to submit the plan to the legislative body of the town, broadened the scope of the plan to include
cluster development, traprock and other ridgelines and neighborhood and district plans and made technical changes to
form and content, effective July 1, 2001, and applicable to municipal plans of conservation and development adopted after
that date; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change in Subsecs. (f) and (g), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 05-205 amended Subsec.
(c) to add Subdiv. (10) re protection and preservation of agriculture, amended Subsec. (d)(1) to redesignate subparagraphs
and require the commission to consider focusing development and revitalization in areas with infrastructure, adding new
Subpara. (B) re system of principal thoroughfares, revising new Subpara. (C) to add provisions re identification and
promotion of areas of mixed use development patterns and land reuse, and revising new Subpara. (F) re growth management
principles, amended Subsec. (e) to eliminate provisions re principal thoroughfares consistent with changes in Subsec. (d),
revising Subdiv. (3) to add recommendations for schools and adding new Subdiv. (6)(F) re corridor management areas
and new Subdiv. (7) re priority funding areas, amended Subsec. (f) to require posting of plan on Internet web site of the
municipality, change the number of days the regional planning agency has for review from 65 to 35, require the regional
planning agency to make specific findings and add provisions re revision of the plan and submission to the legislative
body, amended Subsec. (g) to add provisions re Internet posting and notice to the Office of Policy and Management,
replaced former Subsec. (h) re hearings and endorsement with new Subsec. (h) authorizing an owner or tenant to request
changes to the plan and made technical changes throughout the section, effective July 1, 2005 (Revisor's note: In Subsec.
(d)(1)(C)(ii), the words "land and reuse" were changed editorially by the Revisors to "and land reuse" for consistency);
P.A. 06-17 amended Subsec. (f) by revising provisions re submission to the legislative body or board of selectmen and
organizing subsection into subdivisions, amended Subsec. (g) by adding requirement that a plan of conservation and
development not endorsed by the legislative body or board of selectmen be approved by a two-thirds majority of the
commission, making conforming changes and organizing subsection into subdivisions and amended Subsec. (h) by making
conforming changes, effective October 1, 2006, and applicable to plans of conservation and development adopted after
that date; P.A. 06-24 amended Subsec. (g) by replacing requirement that the commission notify the Secretary of the Office
of Policy and Management of inconsistencies of the municipal plan with the state plan with requirement that the commission
submit to the secretary a copy of the plan and a description of any such inconsistencies not more than 60 days after adoption
of the plan; P.A. 07-239 divided existing Subsec. (a) into Subsecs. (a) and (b), added provisions re discretionary funding
therein, deleted provision re application for funding for conservation or development submitted to secretary or commissioners in said Subsec. (b) and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (h) as Subsecs. (c) to (i), effective July 1, 2010; June Sp.
Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to insert "state" re discretionary funding, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 08-182
amended Subsecs. (c)(6) and (f)(4)(A) to change "regional plan of development" to "regional plan of conservation and
development" and, effective July 1, 2010, amended Subsecs. (d)(6) and (g)(4)(A) to change "regional plan of development"
to "regional plan of conservation and development".
See Sec. 7-148 re municipal powers generally.
See Sec. 8-39a for definition of "affordable housing".
Cited. 141 C. 79. Planning commissions are empowered to prepare, adopt and amend plans of development for their
respective communities. 144 C. 117. Aim of municipal planning; distinguished from zoning. 145 C. 28; 146 C. 570.
Stamford charter provides for review of action of planning board by board of representatives; held that function of latter
board is legislative and it may act without notice and hearing. 148 C. 44. Aim of municipal planning compared with that
of zoning. Id., 172. Cited. Id., 517. Adoption of a "plan of development" pursuant to this section is not a condition precedent
to the enactment of valid subdivision regulations. 153 C. 193. Master plan controlling as to municipal improvements,
merely advisory as to zoning. 154 C. 202. Cited. Id., 472. Plan of development is of broader significance than zoning and
two terms are not interchangeable. Planning connotes systematic development of municipality to promote general welfare
and prosperity of its people, while zoning is concerned primarily with use of property. 155 C. 669. Recommendation in
plan of development, pursuant to this section, designating appropriate uses for various areas in town is merely advisory
and does not bind zoning commission. 156 C. 102. Appeals from amendments hereunder are governed by section 8-28.
159 C. 1. Cited. 160 C. 114; 295. Cited. 186 C. 466. Cited. 213 C. 604. Cited. 217 C. 103. Cited. 225 C. 731.
Cited. 2 CA 49. Cited. 29 CA 18.
Cited. 18 CS 519. Cited. 34 CS 52.