General Assembly Raised Bill No. 328
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2194
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 328
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 2194
*02194_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL APPLICATIONS FOR LAND USE PERMITS AND TAX ABATEMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2016) (a) In addition to any powers it has under the provisions of the general statutes or any special act, a municipality may, by ordinance, require an applicant for a land use permit filed with such municipality's zoning commission, planning commission, combined planning and zoning commission, zoning board of appeals or inland wetlands commission or for a tax abatement to disclose the following in writing: (1) The name, address, Internet web site address, if any, and telephone number of the developers of any property subject to the application, (2) a statement describing the specific purpose of the application, (3) the relationship of the person signing the application to the property owner and developer, if such person is not the property owner or developer, together with the nature of the authority upon which person signing the application has relied in signing the application, and (4) the contractual relationship of the applicant to any property developer that the applicant has contracted with prior to the application date.
(b) An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may require the applicant to update any change in the information specified in said subsection within a reasonable time after such change.
(c) An applicant filing an application described in subsection (a) of this section shall include a brief statement in any public notice made pursuant to such application that identifies the specific purpose of such application.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2016 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2016
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To provide a municipal option to require land use and tax abatement applicants to provide detailed disclosures regarding the nature of such applications.
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