General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6115
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2227
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. MOUKAWSHER, 40th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6115
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2227
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. MOUKAWSHER, 40th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CONSIDERATIONS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 8-30g of the general statutes be amended to provide that, in any appeal from the denial of an affordable housing application, the judge shall consider (1) any claim by the commission that the land that is the subject of the appeal is unsuitable for the proposed development; (2) whether the type of affordable housing units being proposed are needed in the municipality; (3) the commission's objections to a proposed development's noncompliance with regulations concerning grading, height and setbacks; (4) whether the number of affordable housing units being proposed outweighs the commission's concerns about the proposed development; and (5) whether the proposed development would be located in a design district, and such considerations shall apply retroactively to any pending appeal.
Statement of Purpose:
To amend the criteria a judge must consider in an appeal of a denial of an affordable housing application.