Sec. 22a-104. Implementation of municipal coastal program. Amendments. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22a-104. Implementation of municipal coastal program. Amendments. (a) If a municipality has adopted a municipal coastal program in accordance with sections 22a-101, 22a-102 and 22a-103, such program shall be implemented by those municipal bodies exercising legal authority for the regulatory decisions listed in subsection (b) of section 22a-105. The provisions of subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of this section shall apply to such municipality.

      (b) Amendments to the municipal plan of conservation and development affecting the area within the coastal boundary or municipal coastal regulations shall be made in accordance with subsection (e) of this section and sections 22a-101, 22a-102 and 22a-103.

      (c) When amendments are made to the municipal plan of conservation and development affecting the area within the coastal boundary, the municipality shall also make such amendments to the zoning regulations and other municipal coastal regulations listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 22a-101 in accordance with applicable statutory requirements regarding amendment of such regulations and ordinances as are necessary to insure that such regulations conform to and effectuate the policies and land and water use strategies of the amended plans.

      (d) When amendments are made to zoning regulations and other municipal coastal regulations listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 22a-101 without prior amendments to corresponding provisions of municipal coastal plans, such regulations, as amended, shall conform to and effectuate the policies and land and water use strategies of the municipal coastal plans and the criteria listed in subsections (a) and (b) of section 22a-102.

      (e) Any proposed municipal plan of conservation and development or zoning regulations or changes thereto affecting the area within the coastal boundary, regardless of whether the municipality affected has adopted a municipal coastal program in accordance with sections 22a-101, 22a-102 and 22a-103, shall be consistent with the policies of section 22a-92 and the criteria of subsection (b) of said section 22a-102. The commissioner shall be notified of any such proposed municipal plan of conservation and development or zoning regulations or changes thereto at least thirty-five days prior to the commencement of the hearing thereon. The commissioner may comment on and make recommendations on such proposals or changes. Such comment shall be read into the record of the public hearing and shall be considered by the appropriate board or commission before final action on the proposals or changes. Failure to comment by the commissioner shall not be construed to be approval or disapproval.

      (P.A. 79-535, S. 10, 25; P.A. 83-287, S. 2, 3; P.A. 95-335, S. 21, 26.)

      History: P.A. 83-287 amended Subsec. (a) to clarify the application of Subsecs. (b) to (e), inclusive, to municipalities with coastal programs and replaced previous Subsec. (e) re procedure for adoption of proposed amendments with new provisions; P.A. 95-335 amended Subsecs. (b), (c) and (e) to change "plan of development" to "plan of conservation and development", effective July 1, 1995.

      Subsec. (e):

      Provision that commissioner may comment is directory and not mandatory; failure to read commissioner's entire letter into the record did not invalidate commission's action when salient portions were read into the record, a summary of other provisions was read in and copies of the entire letter were made available to the public. 58 CA 29.