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12	11		Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E ERECTION OF FENCES A ND THE
21	20		PLANTING OF HEDGES A ND TREES THAT OBSTRU CT WATER
22	21		VIEWS.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
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26	25		Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 7-148 of the general statutes is 1
27	26		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
28	27		January 1, 2020): 3
29	28		(c) Any municipality shall have the power to do any of the 4
30	29		following, in addition to all powers granted to municipalities under 5
31	30		the Constitution and general statutes: 6
32	31		(1) (A) Contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and 7
33	32		institute, prosecute, maintain and defend any action or proceeding in 8
34	33		any court of competent jurisdiction; 9
35	34		(B) Provide for the authentication, execution and delivery of deeds, 10
36	35		contracts, grants, and releases of municipal property and for the 11
37	36		issuance of evidences of indebtedness of the municipality; 12
38		-	(2) (A) Establish and maintain a budget system; 13 Committee Bill No. 5127
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45	43		(B) Assess, levy and collect taxes for general or special purposes on 14
46	44		all property, subjects or objects which may be lawfully taxed, and 15
47	45		regulate the mode of assessment and collection of taxes and 16
48	46		assessments not otherwise provided for, including establishment of a 17
49	47		procedure for the withholding of approval of building application 18
50	48		when taxes or water or sewer rates, charges or assessments imposed 19
51	49		by the municipality are delinquent for the property for which an 20
52	50		application was made; 21
53	51		(C) Make appropriations for the support of the municipality and 22
54	52		pay its debts; 23
55	53		(D) Make appropriations for the purpose of meeting a public 24
56	54		emergency threatening the lives, health or property of citizens, 25
57	55		provided such appropriations shall require a favorable vote of at least 26
58	56		two-thirds of the entire membership of the legislative body or, when 27
59	57		the legislative body is the town meeting, at least two-thirds of those 28
60	58		present and voting; 29
61	59		(E) Make appropriations to military organizations, hospitals, health 30
62	60		care facilities, public health nursing organizations, nonprofit museums 31
63	61		and libraries, organizations providing drug abuse and dependency 32
64	62		programs and any other private organization performing a public 33
65	63		function; 34
66	64		(F) Provide for the manner in which contracts involving unusual 35
67	65		expenditures shall be made; 36
68	66		(G) When not specifically prescribed by general statute or by 37
69	67		charter, prescribe the form of proceedings and mode of assessing 38
70	68		benefits and appraising damages in taking land for public use, or in 39
71	69		making public improvements to be paid for, in whole or in part, by 40
72	70		special assessments, and prescribe the manner in which all benefits 41
73	71		assessed shall be collected; 42
74	72		(H) Provide for the bonding of municipal officials or employees by 43
75		-	~~requiring the furnishing of such bond, conditioned upon honesty or 44~~ Committee Bill No. 5127
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	78	+	requiring the furnishing of such bond, conditioned upon honesty or 44
82	79		faithful performance of duty and determine the amount, form, and 45
83	80		sufficiency of the sureties thereof; 46
84	81		(I) Regulate the method of borrowing money for any purpose for 47
85	82		which taxes may be levied and borrow on the faith and credit of the 48
86	83		municipality for such general or special purposes and to such extent as 49
87	84		is authorized by general statute; 50
88	85		(J) Provide for the temporary borrowing of money; 51
89	86		(K) Create a sinking fund or funds or a trust fund or funds or other 52
90	87		special funds, including funds which do not lapse at the end of the 53
91	88		municipal fiscal year; 54
92	89		(L) Provide for the assignment of municipal tax liens on real 55
93	90		property to the extent authorized by general statute; 56
94	91		(3) (A) Take or acquire by gift, purchase, grant, including any grant 57
95	92		from the United States or the state, bequest or devise and hold, 58
96	93		condemn, lease, sell, manage, transfer, release and convey such real 59
97	94		and personal property or interest therein absolutely or in trust as the 60
98	95		purposes of the municipality or any public use or purpose, including 61
99	96		that of education, art, ornament, health, charity or amusement, 62
100	97		cemeteries, parks or gardens, or the erection or maintenance of statues, 63
101	98		monuments, buildings or other structures, require. Any lease of real or 64
102	99		personal property or any interest therein, either as lessee or lessor, may 65
103	100		be for such term or any extensions thereof and upon such other terms 66
104	101		and conditions as have been approved by the municipality, including 67
105	102		without limitation the power to bind itself to appropriate funds as 68
106	103		necessary to meet rent and other obligations as provided in any such 69
107	104		lease; 70
108	105		(B) Provide for the proper administration of gifts, grants, bequests 71
109	106		and devises and meet such terms or conditions as are prescribed by the 72
110	107		grantor or donor and accepted by the municipality; 73
111		-	~~(4) (A) Provide for police protection, regulate and prescribe the 74~~ Committee Bill No. 5127
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	113	+	(4) (A) Provide for police protection, regulate and prescribe the 74
118	114		duties of the persons providing police protection with respect to 75
119	115		criminal matters within the limits of the municipality and maintain 76
120	116		and regulate a suitable place of detention within the limits of the 77
121	117		municipality for the safekeeping of all persons arrested and awaiting 78
122	118		trial and do all other things necessary or desirable for the policing of 79
123	119		the municipality; 80
124	120		(B) Provide for fire protection, organize, maintain and regulate the 81
125	121		persons providing fire protection, provide the necessary apparatus for 82
126	122		extinguishing fires and do all other things necessary or desirable for 83
127	123		the protection of the municipality from fire; 84
128	124		(C) Provide for entertainment, amusements, concerts, celebrations 85
129	125		and cultural activities, including the direct or indirect purchase, 86
130	126		ownership and operation of the assets of one or more sports franchises; 87
131	127		(D) Provide for ambulance service by the municipality or any 88
132	128		person, firm or corporation; 89
133	129		(E) Provide for the employment of nurses; 90
134	130		(F) Provide for lighting the streets, highways and other public 91
135	131		places of the municipality and for the care and preservation of public 92
136	132		lamps, lamp posts and fixtures; 93
137	133		(G) Provide for the furnishing of water, by contract or otherwise; 94
138	134		(H) Provide for or regulate the collection and disposal of garbage, 95
139	135		trash, rubbish, waste material and ashes by contract or otherwise, 96
140	136		including prohibiting the throwing or placing of such materials on the 97
141	137		highways; 98
142	138		(I) Provide for the financing, construction, rehabilitation, repair, 99
143	139		improvement or subsidization of housing for low and moderate 100
144	140		income persons and families; 101
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	146	+	(5) (A) Provide for and establish pension systems for the officers 102
152	147		and employees of the municipality and for the active members of any 103
153	148		volunteer fire department or any volunteer ambulance association of 104
154	149		the municipality, and establish a system of qualification for the tenure 105
155	150		in office of such officers and employees, provided the rights or benefits 106
156	151		granted to any individual under any municipal retirement or pension 107
157	152		system shall not be diminished or eliminated; 108
158	153		(B) Establish a merit system or civil service system for the selection 109
159	154		and promotion of public officials and employees. Nothing in this 110
160	155		subparagraph shall be construed to validate any merit system or civil 111
161	156		service system established prior to May 24, 1972; 112
162	157		(C) Provide for the employment of and prescribe the salaries, 113
163	158		compensation and hours of employment of all officers and employees 114
164	159		of the municipality and the duties of such officers and employees not 115
165	160		expressly defined by the Constitution of the state, the general statutes, 116
166	161		charter or special act; 117
167	162		(D) Provide for the appointment of a municipal historian; 118
168	163		(6) (A) (i) Establish, lay out, construct, reconstruct, alter, maintain, 119
169	164		repair, control and operate cemeteries, public burial grounds, 120
170	165		hospitals, clinics, institutions for children and aged, infirm and 121
171	166		chronically ill persons, bus terminals and airports and their 122
172	167		accessories, docks, wharves, school houses, libraries, parks, 123
173	168		playgrounds, playfields, fieldhouses, baths, bathhouses, swimming 124
174	169		pools, gymnasiums, comfort stations, recreation places, public beaches, 125
175	170		beach facilities, public gardens, markets, garbage and refuse disposal 126
176	171		facilities, parking lots and other off-street parking facilities, and any 127
177	172		and all buildings or facilities necessary or convenient for carrying on 128
178	173		the government of the municipality; 129
179	174		(ii) Create, provide for, construct, regulate and maintain all things in 130
180	175		the nature of public works and improvements; 131
181		-	(iii) Enter into or upon any land for the purpose of making 132
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	181	+	(iii) Enter into or upon any land for the purpose of making 132
	182	+	necessary surveys or mapping in connection with any public 133
189	183		improvement, and take by eminent domain any lands, rights, 134
190	184		easements, privileges, franchises or structures which are necessary for 135
191	185		the purpose of establishing, constructing or maintaining any public 136
192	186		work, or for any municipal purpose, in the manner prescribed by the 137
193	187		general statutes; 138
194	188		(iv) Regulate and protect from injury or defacement all public 139
195	189		buildings, public monuments, trees and ornaments in public places 140
196	190		and other public property in the municipality; 141
197	191		(v) Provide for the planting, rearing and preserving of shade and 142
198	192		ornamental trees on the streets and public grounds; 143
199	193		(vi) Provide for improvement of waterfronts by a board, 144
200	194		commission or otherwise; 145
201	195		(B) (i) Lay out, construct, reconstruct, repair, maintain, operate, 146
202	196		alter, extend and discontinue sewer and drainage systems and sewage 147
203	197		disposal plants; 148
204	198		(ii) Enter into or upon any land for the purpose of correcting the 149
205	199		flow of surface water through watercourses which prevent, or may 150
206	200		tend to prevent, the free discharge of municipal highway surface water 151
207	201		through said courses; 152
208	202		(iii) Regulate the laying, location and maintenance of gas pipes, 153
209	203		water pipes, drains, sewers, poles, wires, conduits and other structures 154
210	204		in the streets and public places of the municipality; 155
211	205		(iv) Prohibit and regulate the discharge of drains from roofs of 156
212	206		buildings over or upon the sidewalks, streets or other public places of 157
213	207		the municipality or into sanitary sewers; 158
214	208		(v) Enter into energy-savings performance contracts; 159
215		-	(C) (i) Lay out, construct, reconstruct, alter, maintain, repair, control, 160
216		-	operate, and assign numbers to streets, alleys, highways, boulevards, 161 Committee Bill No. 5127
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	214	+	(C) (i) Lay out, construct, reconstruct, alter, maintain, repair, control, 160
	215	+	operate, and assign numbers to streets, alleys, highways, boulevards, 161
223	216		bridges, underpasses, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, public walks and 162
224	217		parkways; 163
225	218		(ii) Keep open and safe for public use and travel and free from 164
226	219		encroachment or obstruction the streets, sidewalks and public places in 165
227	220		the municipality; 166
228	221		(iii) Control the excavation of highways and streets; 167
229	222		(iv) Regulate and prohibit the excavation, altering or opening of 168
230	223		sidewalks, public places and grounds for public and private purposes 169
231	224		and the location of any work or things thereon, whether temporary or 170
232	225		permanent, upon or under the surface thereof; 171
233	226		(v) Require owners or occupants of land adjacent to any sidewalk or 172
234	227		public work to remove snow, ice, sleet, debris or any other obstruction 173
235	228		therefrom, provide penalties upon their failure to do so, and cause 174
236	229		such snow, ice, sleet, debris or other obstruction to be removed and 175
237	230		make the cost of such removal a lien on such property; 176
238	231		(vi) Grant to abutting property owners a limited property or 177
239	232		leasehold interest in abutting streets and sidewalks for the purpose of 178
240	233		encouraging and supporting private commercial development; 179
241	234		(7) (A) (i) Make rules relating to the maintenance of safe and 180
242	235		sanitary housing; 181
243	236		(ii) Regulate the mode of using any buildings when such regulations 182
244	237		seem expedient for the purpose of promoting the safety, health, morals 183
245	238		and general welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality; 184
246	239		(iii) Regulate and prohibit the moving of buildings upon or through 185
247	240		the streets or other public places of the municipality, and cause the 186
248	241		removal and demolition of unsafe buildings and structures; 187
249		-	(iv) Regulate and provide for the licensing of parked trailers when 188
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	247	+	(iv) Regulate and provide for the licensing of parked trailers when 188
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257	249		manufactured home parks, except as otherwise provided by special act 190
258	250		and except where there exists a local zoning commission so 191
259	251		empowered; 192
260	252		(v) Establish lines beyond which no buildings, steps, stoop, veranda, 193
261	253		billboard, advertising sign or device or other structure or obstruction 194
262	254		may be erected; 195
263	255		(vi) Regulate and prohibit the placing, erecting or keeping of signs, 196
264	256		awnings or other things upon or over the sidewalks, streets and other 197
265	257		public places of the municipality; 198
266	258		(vii) Regulate plumbing and house drainage; 199
267	259		(viii) Prohibit or regulate the construction of dwellings, apartments, 200
268	260		boarding houses, hotels, commercial buildings, youth camps or 201
269	261		commercial camps and commercial camping facilities in such 202
270	262		municipality unless the sewerage facilities have been approved by the 203
271	263		authorized officials of the municipality; 204
272	264		(B) (i) Regulate and prohibit, in a manner not inconsistent with the 205
273	265		general statutes, traffic, the operation of vehicles on streets and 206
274	266		highways, off-street parking and on-street residential neighborhood 207
275	267		parking areas in which on-street parking is limited to residents of a 208
276	268		given neighborhood, as determined by the municipality; 209
277	269		(ii) Regulate the speed of vehicles, subject to the provisions of the 210
278	270		general statutes relating to the regulation of the speed of motor 211
279	271		vehicles and of animals, and the driving or leading of animals through 212
280	272		the streets; 213
281	273		(iii) Require that conspicuous signage be posted in any area where a 214
282	274		motor vehicle may be subject to towing or to the use of a wheel-locking 215
283	275		device that renders such motor vehicle immovable, and that such 216
284	276		signage indicate where the motor vehicle will be stored, how the 217
285		-	~~vehicle may be redeemed and any costs or fees that may be charged; 218~~ Committee Bill No. 5127
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	282	+	vehicle may be redeemed and any costs or fees that may be charged; 218
292	283		(C) Regulate and prohibit the construction or use, and require the 219
293	284		removal of sinks, cesspools, drains, sewers, privies, barns, outhouses 220
294	285		and poultry pens and houses; 221
295	286		(D) (i) Regulate and prohibit the going at large of dogs and other 222
296	287		animals in the streets and public places of the municipality and 223
297	288		prevent cruelty to animals and all inhuman sports, except that no 224
298	289		municipality shall adopt breed-specific dog ordinances; 225
299	290		(ii) Regulate and prohibit the keeping of wild or domestic animals, 226
300	291		including reptiles, within the municipal limits or portions thereof; 227
301	292		(E) Define, prohibit and abate within the municipality all nuisances 228
302	293		and causes thereof, and all things detrimental to the health, morals, 229
303	294		safety, convenience and welfare of its inhabitants and cause the 230
304	295		abatement of any nuisance at the expense of the owner or owners of 231
305	296		the premises on which such nuisance exists; 232
306	297		(F) (i) Keep streets, sidewalks and public places free from undue 233
307	298		noise and nuisances, and prohibit loitering thereon; 234
308	299		(ii) Regulate loitering on private property with the permission of the 235
309	300		owner thereof; 236
310	301		(iii) Prohibit the loitering in the nighttime of minors on the streets, 237
311	302		alleys or public places within its limits; 238
312	303		(iv) Prevent trespassing on public and private lands and in 239
313	304		buildings in the municipality; 240
314	305		(G) Prevent vice and suppress gambling houses, houses of ill-fame 241
315	306		and disorderly houses; 242
316	307		(H) (i) Secure the safety of persons in or passing through the 243
317	308		municipality by regulation of shows, processions, parades and music; 244
318		-	(ii) Regulate and prohibit the carrying on within the municipality of 245
319		-	any trade, manufacture, business or profession which is, or may be, so 246 Committee Bill No. 5127
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	314	+	(ii) Regulate and prohibit the carrying on within the municipality of 245
	315	+	any trade, manufacture, business or profession which is, or may be, so 246
326	316		carried on as to become prejudicial to public health, conducive to fraud 247
327	317		and cheating, or dangerous to, or constituting an unreasonable 248
328	318		annoyance to, those living or owning property in the vicinity; 249
329	319		(iii) Regulate auctions and garage and tag sales; 250
330	320		(iv) Prohibit, restrain, license and regulate the business of peddlers, 251
331	321		auctioneers and junk dealers in a manner not inconsistent with the 252
332	322		general statutes; 253
333	323		(v) Regulate and prohibit swimming or bathing in the public or 254
334	324		exposed places within the municipality; 255
335	325		(vi) Regulate and license the operation of amusement parks and 256
336	326		amusement arcades including, but not limited to, the regulation of 257
337	327		mechanical rides and the establishment of the hours of operation; 258
338	328		(vii) Prohibit, restrain, license and regulate all sports, exhibitions, 259
339	329		public amusements and performances and all places where games may 260
340	330		be played; 261
341	331		(viii) Preserve the public peace and good order, prevent and quell 262
342	332		riots and disorderly assemblages and prevent disturbing noises; 263
343	333		(ix) Establish a system to obtain a more accurate registration of 264
344	334		births, marriages and deaths than the system provided by the general 265
345	335		statutes in a manner not inconsistent with the general statutes; 266
346	336		(x) Control insect pests or plant diseases in any manner deemed 267
347	337		appropriate; 268
348	338		(xi) Provide for the health of the inhabitants of the municipality and 269
349	339		do all things necessary or desirable to secure and promote the public 270
350	340		health; 271
351	341		(xii) Regulate the use of streets, sidewalks, highways, public places 272
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	347	+	and grounds for public and private purposes; 273
359	348		(xiii) Make and enforce police, sanitary or other similar regulations 274
360	349		and protect or promote the peace, safety, good government and 275
361	350		welfare of the municipality and its inhabitants; 276
362	351		(xiv) Regulate, in addition to the requirements under section 7-282b, 277
363	352		the installation, maintenance and operation of any device or 278
364	353		equipment in a residence or place of business which is capable of 279
365	354		automatically calling and relaying recorded emergency messages to 280
366	355		any state police or municipal police or fire department telephone 281
367	356		number or which is capable of automatically calling and relaying 282
368	357		recorded emergency messages or other forms of emergency signals to 283
369	358		an intermediate third party which shall thereafter call and relay such 284
370	359		emergency messages to a state police or municipal police or fire 285
371	360		department telephone number. Such regulations may provide for 286
372	361		penalties for the transmittal of false alarms by such devices or 287
373	362		equipment; 288
374	363		(xv) Make and enforce regulations for the prevention and 289
375	364		remediation of housing blight, including regulations reducing 290
376	365		assessments and authorizing designated agents of the municipality to 291
377	366		enter property during reasonable hours for the purpose of remediating 292
378	367		blighted conditions, provided such regulations define housing blight 293
379	368		and require such municipality to give written notice of any violation to 294
380	369		the owner and occupant of the property and provide a reasonable 295
381	370		opportunity for the owner and occupant to remediate the blighted 296
382	371		conditions prior to any enforcement action being taken, and further 297
383	372		provided such regulations shall not authorize such municipality or its 298
384	373		designated agents to enter any dwelling house or structure on such 299
385	374		property, and including regulations establishing a duty to maintain 300
386	375		property and specifying standards to determine if there is neglect; 301
387	376		prescribe civil penalties for the violation of such regulations of not less 302
388	377		than ten or more than one hundred dollars for each day that a 303
389	378		violation continues and, if such civil penalties are prescribed, such 304
390		-	municipality shall adopt a citation hearing procedure in accordance 305
391		-	with section 7-152c; 306 Committee Bill No. 5127
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	384	+	municipality shall adopt a citation hearing procedure in accordance 305
	385	+	with section 7-152c; 306
398	386		(xvi) Regulate, on any property owned by the municipality, any 307
399	387		activity deemed to be deleterious to public health, including the 308
400	388		lighting or carrying of a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or similar device; 309
401	389		(8) (A) Provide for the protection and improvement of the 310
402	390		environment including, but not limited to, coastal areas, wetlands and 311
403	391		areas adjacent to waterways in a manner not inconsistent with the 312
404	392		general statutes; 313
405	393		(B) Regulate the location and removal of any offensive manure or 314
406	394		other substance or dead animals through the streets of the 315
407	395		municipality and provide for the disposal of same; 316
408	396		(C) Except where there exists a local zoning commission, regulate 317
409	397		the filling of, or removal of, soil, loam, sand or gravel from land not in 318
410	398		public use in the whole, or in specified districts of, the municipality, 319
411	399		and provide for the reestablishment of ground level and protection of 320
412	400		the area by suitable cover; 321
413	401		(D) Regulate the emission of smoke from any chimney, smokestack 322
414	402		or other source within the limits of the municipality, and provide for 323
415	403		proper heating of buildings within the municipality; 324
416	404		(E) Regulate the erection of fences and the planting of hedges and 325
417	405		trees by owners and occupants of land, which fences, hedges or trees 326
418	406		obstruct the view of another such owner or occupant of any waterway 327
419	407		or tidal water; 328
420	408		(9) (A) Provide for fair housing; 329
421	409		(B) Adopt a code of prohibited discriminatory practices; 330
422	410		(10) (A) Make all lawful regulations and ordinances in furtherance 331
423	411		of any general powers as enumerated in this section, and prescribe 332
	412	+	Committee Bill No. 5127
	413	+
	414	+
	415	+	LCO No. 3518 13 of 14
	416	+
424	417		penalties for the violation of the same not to exceed two hundred fifty 333
425	418		dollars, unless otherwise specifically provided by the general statutes. 334
426		-	Such regulations and ordinances may be enforced by citations issued 335 Committee Bill No. 5127
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	419	+	Such regulations and ordinances may be enforced by citations issued 335
433	420		by designated municipal officers or employees, provided the 336
434	421		regulations and ordinances have been designated specifically by the 337
435	422		municipality for enforcement by citation in the same manner in which 338
436	423		they were adopted and the designated municipal officers or employees 339
437	424		issue a written warning providing notice of the specific violation 340
438	425		before issuing the citation, except that no such written warning shall 341
439	426		be required for violations of a municipal ordinance regulating the 342
440	427		operation or use of a dirt bike, all-terrain vehicle or mini-motorcycle; 343
441	428		(B) Adopt a code of ethical conduct; 344
442	429		(C) Establish and maintain free legal aid bureaus; 345
443	430		(D) Perform data processing and related administrative computer 346
444	431		services for a fee for another municipality; 347
445	432		(E) Adopt the model ordinance concerning a municipal freedom of 348
446	433		information advisory board created under subsection (f) of section 1-349
447	434		205 and establish a municipal freedom of information advisory board 350
448	435		as provided by said ordinance and said section; 351
449	436		(F) Protect the historic or architectural character of properties or 352
450	437		districts that are listed on, or under consideration for listing on, the 353
451	438		National Register of Historic Places, 16a USC 470, or the state register 354
452	439		of historic places, as defined in section 10-410. 355
453	440		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
454	441		sections:
455	442
456	443		Section 1 January 1, 2020 7-148(c)
457	444
458		-	PD Joint Favorable
	445	+	Statement of Purpose:
	446	+	To permit municipalities to regulate the erection of fences and planting
	447	+	of hedges and trees that obstruct a neighbor's water views.
	448	+	Committee Bill No. 5127
	449	+
	450	+
	451	+	LCO No. 3518 14 of 14
	452	+
	453	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	454	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	455	+	not underlined.]
	456	+
	457	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.
	458	+
	459	+	H.B. 5127
	460	+
459	461