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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5240
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 1367
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT CONCERNING RE QUIREMENTS FOR NEW C ONSTRUCTION
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSIN G.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2020) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Developer" means (A) a nonprofit corporation, as defined in 2
section 8-39 of the general statutes; (B) any business corporation 3
incorporated pursuant to chapter 601 of the general statutes or any 4
predecessor statutes to said chapter, having as one of its purposes the 5
construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of housing, and 6
having articles of incorporation approved by the commissioner in 7
accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-79a or 8-84 8
of the general statutes; (C) any partnership, limited partnership, joint 9
venture, trust, limited liability company or association having as one of 10
its purposes the construction, rehabilitation, ownership or operation of 11
housing, and having basic documents of organization approved by the 12
Commissioner of Housing in accordance with regulations adopted 13
pursuant to section 8-79a or 8-84 of the general statutes; (D) a housing 14
authority, as defined in section 8-39 of the general statutes; (E) a family 15 Raised Bill No. 5240
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or person approved by the Commissioner of Housing as qualified to 16
own, construct, rehabilitate, manage and maintain housing under a 17
mortgage loan made or insured under an agreement entered into 18
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; or (F) a municipal developer, 19
as defined in section 8-39 of the general statutes; 20
(2) "Affordable housing development" means assisted housing which 21
is receiving, or will receive, financial assistance under any governmental 22
program for the construction or substantial rehabilitation of low and 23
moderate income housing, and any housing occupied by persons 24
receiving rental assistance under chapter 319uu of the general statutes 25
or 42 USC 1437f; 26
(3) "Restricted uplight luminaire" means a luminaire that allows no 27
direct light emissions above a horizontal plane through the luminaire's 28
lowest light-emitting part other than a 0.5 per cent maximum incidental 29
uplight from reflection off mounting hardware; 30
(4) "Glare" means direct light emitting from a luminaire that causes 31
reduced vision or momentary blindness; 32
(5) "Illuminance" means the level of light measured at a surface; 33
(6) "Light trespass" means light emitted by a luminaire that shines 34
beyond the boundaries of the property on which the luminaire is 35
located; 36
(7) "Lumen" means a unit of measurement of luminous flux; 37
(8) "Luminaire" means the complete lighting unit, including the lamp 38
and the fixture; and 39
(9) "Permanent outdoor luminaire" means any luminaire or system of 40
luminaires that is outdoors and intended to be used for seven days or 41
longer. 42
(b) Each new affordable housing development, the construction of 43
which is commenced by a developer on or after October 1, 2020, shall: 44 Raised Bill No. 5240
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(1) Contain units dedicated for the use of persons with physical 45
disabilities and throughout the premises contain interior doorways that 46
provide at a minimum a thirty-two inch wide unobstructed opening and 47
an accessible means of egress, as defined in Appendix A to 28 CFR Part 48
36; (2) contain permanent outdoor luminaire for lighting (A) that is 49
designed to maximize energy conservation and to minimize light 50
pollution, glare and light trespass, (B) the illuminance of which is equal 51
to the minimum illuminance adequate for the intended purpose of the 52
lighting, and (C) for a luminaire with a rated output of more than one 53
thousand eight hundred lumens, a restricted uplight luminaire; and (3) 54
incorporate solar or other renewable energy technologies in design and 55
construction to minimize utility costs. 56
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2020 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require new construction of affordable housing developments to
comply with additional accessibility, lighting and renewable energy
requirements.
[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.]