Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00498 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 498
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1526
Referred to Committee on Planning and Development
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 498 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1526

Referred to Committee on Planning and Development 

Introduced by:

SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIMING OF LAND USE APPROVALS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide that the Department of Transportation and the State Traffic Commission may issue final approval of a development before such development receives final approval from a local planning and zoning commission.

Statement of Purpose: 

To expedite the land use approval process by allowing an applicant to proceed with an application for permits or approvals from the Department of Transportation or the State Traffic Commission before such applicant receives final approval from the local planning and zoning commission.