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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6893
January Session, 2023
AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN VACANT LOTS FROM
CONFORMANCE WITH ZONING REGULATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of 1
section 8-26a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is 2
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 3
(2) (A) (i) Any construction on a vacant lot shown on a subdivision 4
or resubdivision plan approved before, on or after June 1, 2004, (ii) any 5
vacant lot that is depicted on a subdivision or resubdivision plan 6
recorded in the land records of the municipality in which such vacant 7
lot is located before, on or after October 1, 2023, if the recorded chain of 8
title for such vacant lot references such subdivision or resubdivision 9
plan, or (iii) any vacant lot depicted on a subdivision or resubdivision 10
plan recorded in the land records of the municipality prior to the 11
adoption of zoning regulations, if such vacant lot conformed at any 12
time with any zoning regulations that would have applied to such 13
vacant lot if such vacant lot was depicted on a subdivision or 14
resubdivision plan recorded after the adoption of zoning regulations, 15
shall not be required to conform to a change in the zoning regulations 16
or boundaries of zoning districts in a town, city or borough adopted 17
after the approval or recording of the subdivision or resubdivision 18
plan. Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of this subsection, any 19 Substitute Bill No. 6893
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construction on an improved lot shown on a subdivision or 20
resubdivision plan approved before, on or after June 1, 2004, shall be 21
required to conform to a zoning change adopted subsequent to said lot 22
becoming an improved lot. 23
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2023 8-26a(b)(2)(A)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
Subsec. (b)(2)(A)(iii) was rewritten for clarity.
PD Joint Favorable Subst.