Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00547 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2019

                     
 
LCO No. 2458   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 547  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 2458 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE GRANTING OF ZONING VARIANCES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That title 8 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a 1 
zoning variance may be granted by a zoning board of appeals if the 2 
literal enforcement of a zoning regulation would create an exceptional 3 
difficulty or unusual hardship because of a unique characteristic of the 4 
subject property. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To provide that a zoning variance may be granted by a zoning board 
of appeals if the literal enforcement of a zoning regulation would 
create an exceptional difficulty or unusual hardship because of a 
unique characteristic of the subject property.