General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7046
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3544
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 7046
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3544
*03544_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CLOSURE OF CERTAIN BUILDING PERMITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-265 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (c) as follows (Effective October 1, 2017):
(NEW) (c) Nine years from the date of issuance of a building permit issued pursuant to section 29-263 for construction or alteration of a one-family dwelling, two-family dwelling or structure located on the same parcel as a one-family dwelling or two-family dwelling, for which construction or alteration a certificate of occupancy, as defined in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 29-252, has not been issued by the building official, such building permit shall be deemed closed. Following such nine-year period, no enforcement action based upon an open building permit shall be commenced. No municipality or officer or employee of any such municipality shall be liable concerning any claim relating to the closure of a building permit pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section, "structure" has the same meaning as in the zoning regulations for the municipality in which the building permit was issued, or if undefined by such regulations, "structure" means any combination of materials that is affixed to the land, including, but not limited to, a shed, garage, sign, fence, wall, pool, patio, tennis court or deck.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 29-265
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
29-265
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate the need for a "six-year letter" stating that a building permit is more than six years old if the building permit has been open for nine years.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]