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7		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 237
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	6	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 237
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	8	+	LCO No. 3390
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14		-	AN ACT DESIGNATING YORK HILL AS A PROTECTED TRAPROCK
15		-	RIDGE.
	11	+	Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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	19	+	AN ACT DESIGNATING R OCKY TOP AND YORK HILL AS
	20	+	PROTECTED TRAPROCK R IDGES.
16	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	22		Assembly convened:
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19	24		Section 1. Section 8-1aa of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
20	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
21	26		As used in section 8-2: 3
22	27		(1) "Traprock ridge" means Beacon Hill, Saltonstall Mountain, 4
23	28		Totoket Mountain, Pistapaug Mountain, Fowler Mountain, Beseck 5
24	29		Mountain, Higby Mountain, Chauncey Peak, Lamentation Mountain, 6
25	30		Cathole Mountain, South Mountain, East Peak, West Peak, Short 7
26	31		Mountain, Ragged Mountain, Bradley Mountain, Pinnacle Rock, 8
27	32		Rattlesnake Mountain, Talcott Mountain, Hatchett Hill, Peak 9
28	33		Mountain, West Suffield Mountain, Cedar Mountain, East Rock, 10
29		-	Mount Sanford, Prospect Ridge, Peck Mountain, West Rock, York Hill, 11
30		-	Sleeping Giant, Pond Ledge Hill, Onion Mountain, The Sugarloaf, The 12
31		-	Hedgehog, West Mountains, The Knolls, Barndoor Hills, Stony Hill, 13
32		-	Manitook Mountain, Rattlesnake Hill, Durkee Hill, East Hill, Rag 14
33		-	Land, Bear Hill, Orenaug Hills; 15
34		-	(2) "Amphibolite ridge" means Huckleberry Hill, East Hill, Ratlum 16
35		-	Hill, Mount Hoar, Sweetheart Mountain; 17 Substitute Bill No. 237
	34	+	Mount Sanford, Prospect Ridge, Peck Mountain, West Rock, Rocky 11
	35	+	Top, York Hill, Sleeping Giant, Pond Ledge Hill, Onion Mountain, The 12
	36	+	Sugarloaf, The Hedgehog, West Mountains, The Knolls, Barndoor 13
	37	+	Hills, Stony Hill, Manitook Mountain, Rattlesnake Hill, Durkee Hill, 14
	38	+	East Hill, Rag Land, Bear Hill, Orenaug Hills; 15
	39	+	Committee Bill No. 237
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	44	+	(2) "Amphibolite ridge" means Huckleberry Hill, East Hill, Ratlum 16
	45	+	Hill, Mount Hoar, Sweetheart Mountain; 17
42	46		(3) "Ridgeline" means the line on a traprock or amphibolite ridge 18
43	47		created by all points at the top of a fifty per cent slope, which is 19
44	48		maintained for a distance of fifty horizontal feet perpendicular to the 20
45	49		slope and which consists of surficial basalt geology, identified on the 21
46	50		map prepared by Stone et al., United States Geological Survey, entitled 22
47	51		"Surficial Materials Map of Connecticut"; 23
48	52		(4) "Ridgeline setback area" means the area bounded by (A) a line 24
49	53		that parallels the ridgeline at a distance of one hundred fifty feet on the 25
50	54		more wooded side of the ridge, and (B) the contour line where a ridge 26
51	55		of less than fifty per cent is maintained for fifty feet or more on the 27
52	56		rockier side of the slope, mapped pursuant to section 8-2; 28
53	57		(5) "Development" means the c onstruction, reconstruction, 29
54	58		alteration, or expansion of a building; and 30
55	59		(6) "Building" means any structure other than (A) a facility as 31
56	60		defined in section 16-50i or (B) structures of a relatively slender nature 32
57	61		compared to the buildings to which they are associated, including but 33
58	62		not limited to chimneys, flagpoles, antennas, utility poles and steeples. 34
59	63		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
60	64		sections:
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62	66		Section 1 October 1, 2019 8-1aa
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64		-	ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
	68	+	Statement of Purpose:
	69	+	To protect Rocky Top and York Hill in Hamden as traprock ridges for
	70	+	purposes of preservation.
	71	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	72	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	73	+	not underlined.]
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	75	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; REP. D'AGOSTINO, 91st Dist.
	76	+	Committee Bill No. 237
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