(a) Each revision of the state plan of conservation and development shall be initiated by the secretary and shall be undertaken in accordance with the process outlined in this chapter.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 16a-32

  • Committee: means the continuing legislative committee on state planning and development established pursuant to §. See Connecticut General Statutes 16a-25
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • legislative body: means : (1) As applied to unconsolidated towns, the town meeting. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Process: means the procedure for adopting, amending, revising and implementing a state plan of conservation and development. See Connecticut General Statutes 16a-25
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. See Connecticut General Statutes 16a-25
  • State agency: means any state department, institution, board, commission or official. See Connecticut General Statutes 16a-25

(b) Without initiating a revision of the plan and after receiving written approval from the committee, the secretary may undertake interim changes in the plan upon the secretary’s own initiative or upon application by (1) the chief executive officer of a municipality, with the approval of the legislative body of such municipality, or (2) any owner of real property or any interest therein on which a change is proposed. No application for an interim change from a municipality under subdivision (1) of this subsection may be submitted unless (A) the municipality in which the change is proposed has a plan of conservation and development that has been updated in accordance with § 8-23, and (B) the application includes evidence, in writing, of the opinion of the planning commission of the municipality regarding the interim change. The secretary shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to establish procedures for applications for such interim changes by any person, political subdivision of the state or state agency. Such regulations shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions for interviews and consultations with local planning and zoning commissions or, in those municipalities which have adopted the provisions of chapter 124 but which do not have a zoning commission, the persons designated to exercise zoning powers pursuant to § 8-1, review of local plans of development and public hearings. The secretary shall notify the chief executive officer and the persons exercising planning or zoning powers in any municipality which is the subject of an application for change in the locational guide map and shall notify any members of the General Assembly representing any area which is the subject of such an application. A joint public hearing by the secretary and the committee shall be held in any such municipality if requested by any chief executive officer or planning or zoning official notified by the secretary pursuant to this subsection. The committee shall also hold a hearing in addition to any hearing required to be held in any municipality concerning the locational guide map on any other proposed changes. After such public hearing, the committee shall approve or disapprove the application and notify the secretary of its decision not more than ten days thereafter. The secretary shall make interim changes in the plan to reflect the approved changes.

(c) The secretary shall report annually on or before February fifteenth to the committee progress on the implementation of the plan and the extent to which state actions are in conformity with the plan.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the committee from initiating a revision of the plan at any time.

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