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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 970
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 4099
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING EX TENDING THE TIME OF EXPIRATION OF
CERTAIN LAND USE PER MITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (m) of section 8-3 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(m) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any site plan 4
approval made under this section prior to July 1, 2011, that has not 5
expired prior to May 9, 2011, except an approval made under subsection 6
(j) of this section, shall expire not less than nine years after the date of 7
such approval and the commission may grant one or more extensions of 8
time to complete all or part of the work in connection with such site 9
plan, provided no approval, including all extensions, shall be valid for 10
more than fourteen years from the date the site plan was approved. 11
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any site plan 12
approval made under this section on or after July 1, 2011, but prior to 13
the effective date of this section, that did not expire prior to March 10, 14
2020, except an approval made under subsection (j) of this section, shall 15 Raised Bill No. 970
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expire not less than six years after the date of such approval and the 16
commission may grant one or more extensions of time to complete all or 17
part of the work in connection with such site plan, provided no 18
approval, including all extensions, shall be valid for more than eleven 19
years from the date the site plan was approved. 20
Sec. 2. Subsection (e) of section 8-26c of the general statutes is 21
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 22
passage): 23
(e) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any 24
subdivision approval made under this section prior to July 1, 2011, that 25
has not expired prior to May 9, 2011, shall expire not less than nine years 26
after the date of such approval and the commission may grant one or 27
more extensions of time to complete all or part of the work in connection 28
with such subdivision, provided no subdivision approval, including all 29
extensions, shall be valid for more than fourteen years from the date the 30
subdivision was approved. 31
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any subdivision 32
approval made under this section on or after July 1, 2011, but prior to 33
the effective date of this section, that did not expire prior to March 10, 34
2020, shall expire not less than six years after the date of such approval 35
and the commission may grant one or more extensions of time to 36
complete all or part of the work in connection with such subdivision, 37
provided no subdivision approval, including all extensions, shall be 38
valid for more than eleven years from the date the subdivision was 39
approved. 40
Sec. 3. Subsection (c) of section 8-26g of the general statutes is 41
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 42
passage): 43
(c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for any 44
subdivision of land for a project consisting of four hundred or more 45
dwelling units and approved prior to July 1, 2011, that has not expired 46
prior to May 9, 2011, any person, firm or corporation making such 47 Raised Bill No. 970
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subdivision shall complete all work in connection with such subdivision 48
not later than the date fourteen years after the date of approval of the 49
plan for such subdivision. The commission's endorsement of approval 50
on the plan shall state the date on which such fourteen-year period 51
expires. 52
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for any 53
subdivision of land for a project consisting of four hundred or more 54
dwelling units and approved on or after July 1, 2011, but prior to the 55
effective date of this section, that did not expire prior to March 10, 2020, 56
any person, firm or corporation making such subdivision shall complete 57
all work in connection with such subdivision not later than the date 58
eleven years after the date of approval of the plan for such subdivision. 59
The commission's endorsement of approval on the plan shall state the 60
date on which such eleven-year period expires. 61
Sec. 4. Subsection (g) of section 22a-42a of the general statutes is 62
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 63
passage): 64
(g) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of 65
subsection (d) of this section, any permit issued under this section prior 66
to July 1, 2011, that has not expired prior to May 9, 2011, shall expire not 67
less than nine years after the date of such approval. Any such permit 68
shall be renewed upon request of the permit holder unless the agency 69
finds that there has been a substantial change in circumstances that 70
requires a new permit application or an enforcement action has been 71
undertaken with regard to the regulated activity for which the permit 72
was issued, provided no such permit shall be valid for more than 73
fourteen years. 74
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection 75
(d) of this section, any permit issued under this section on or after July 76
1, 2011, but prior to the effective date of this section, that did not expire 77
prior to March 10, 2020, shall expire not less than six years after the date 78
of such approval. Any such permit shall be renewed upon request of the 79 Raised Bill No. 970
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permit holder unless the agency finds that there has been a substantial 80
change in circumstances that requires a new permit application or an 81
enforcement action has been undertaken with regard to the regulated 82
activity for which the permit was issued, provided no such permit shall 83
be valid for more than eleven years. 84
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 8-3(m)
Sec. 2 from passage 8-26c(e)
Sec. 3 from passage 8-26g(c)
Sec. 4 from passage 22a-42a(g)
Statement of Purpose:
To extend the time of expiration of certain land use permits.
[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.]