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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7362
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5928
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING ZO NING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 8-3e of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(a) No zoning regulation shall treat the following in a manner 4
different from any single family residence: (1) Any community 5
residence that houses six or fewer persons with intellectual disability 6
and necessary staff persons and that is licensed under the provisions of 7
section 17a-227, (2) any child-care residential facility that houses six or 8
fewer children with mental or physical disabilities and necessary staff 9
persons and that is licensed under sections 17a-145 to 17a-151, 10
inclusive, (3) any community residence that houses six or fewer 11
persons receiving mental health or addiction services and necessary 12
staff persons paid for or provided by the Department of Mental Health 13
and Addiction Services and that has been issued a license by the 14
Department of Public Health under the provisions of section 19a-491, if 15
a license is required, or (4) any residence that provides licensed 16 Raised Bill No. 7362
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hospice care and services to six or fewer persons, provided such 17
residence is (A) managed by an organization that is tax exempt under 18
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any 19
subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, 20
as [from time to time] amended from time to time; (B) located in a city 21
with a population of more than one hundred thousand and within a 22
zone that allows development on one or more acres; (C) served by 23
public sewer and water; and (D) constructed in accordance with 24
applicable building codes for occupancy by six or fewer persons who 25
are not capable of self-preservation. 26
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 8-3e(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To make a technical correction.
[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.]