Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05471 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/19/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5471
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 2125
Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
REP. REYNOLDS, 42nd Dist. REP. FLEXER, 44th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5471 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 2125

Referred to Committee on Planning and Development 

Introduced by:

REP. REYNOLDS, 42nd Dist.

REP. FLEXER, 44th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING ZONING REGULATIONS TO CONSIDER THE PRESERVATION OF FARM LAND, FOREST LAND AND OPEN SPACE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That subsection (a) of section 8-2 of the general statutes be amended to provide that when a zoning commission amends its regulations, it shall amend such regulations so as to be consistent with section 12-107a of the general statutes, which concerns the preservation of farm land, forest land and open space.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require zoning regulations to consider the preservation of farm land, forest land and open space.