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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5889
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 990
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. HALL, 59
th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
APPROVAL OF CERTAIN SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 277a of the general statutes be amended to require that 1
each application for a certificate of environmental compatibility and 2
public need made pursuant to section 16-501 of the general statutes 3
that concerns the siting of a solar photovoltaic facility with a capacity 4
of two or more megawatts be approved by the planning and zoning 5
commission of each municipality in which any portion of the facility is 6
to be located prior to the granting of a certificate pursuant to section 7
16-50p of the general statutes, and that section 8-2 of the general 8
statutes be amended to permit planning and zoning commissions to 9
establish regulations concerning solar photovoltaic facilities. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To require applicants for certificates of environmental compatibility
and public need to receive application approval from municipal
planning and zoning commissions if a proposed facility is a solar
photovoltaic facility with a capacity of two or more megawatts, and to Proposed Bill No. 5889
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permit municipal planning and zoning commissions to establish
regulations concerning such facilities.