(a) In order to carry out the policies and provisions of this chapter and to provide more specific guidance to coastal area property owners and developers, coastal municipalities may adopt a municipal coastal program for the area within the coastal boundary and landward of the mean high water mark.

(b) A municipal coastal program shall include, but is not limited to: (1) Revisions to the municipal plan of conservation and development under § 8-23 or special act, insofar as it affects the area within the coastal boundary, such revisions to include an identification and written description of the municipality’s major coastal-related issues and problems, both immediate and long-term, such as erosion, flooding, recreational facilities, and utilization of port facilities and to include a description of the municipal boards, commissions and officials responsible for implementing and enforcing the coastal program, a description of enforcement procedures and a description of continuing methods of involving the public in the implementation of the municipal coastal program; (2) revisions to the municipal zoning regulations under § 8-2 or under special act and revisions to the following regulations and ordinances if the municipality has adopted such regulations or ordinances, and insofar as such regulations or ordinances affect the area within the coastal boundary: (A) Historic district ordinances under § 7-147b; (B) waterway encroachment line ordinances under § 7-147; (C) subdivision ordinances under § 8-25; (D) inland wetland regulations under subsection (e) of § 22a-42 and § 22a-42a; (E) sewerage ordinances under § 7-148; (F) ordinances or regulations governing filling of land and removal of soil, loam, sand or gravel under § 7-148; (G) ordinances concerning protection and improvement of the environment under § 7-148; and (H) regulations for the supervision, management, control, operation or use of a sewerage system under § 7-247.

(c) If a municipality has not yet adopted a municipal plan of conservation and development under § 8-23, a municipal planning commission may prepare a municipal coastal plan of development solely for that portion of municipality within the coastal boundary in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and § 22a-102.

(d) A municipal coastal program may include revisions to the following municipal plans or programs which revisions shall be consistent with the municipal plan of conservation and development revised in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and § 22a-102: (1) The community development plan under sections 8-169c and 8-169d; (2) the harbor improvement plan under § 13b-56; (3) the redevelopment plan under sections 8-125 and 8-127; (4) the port development plan under § 7-329c; (5) the capital improvement plan under § 8-160; (6) the open space plan under § 12-107e; (7) any development project plan or plans under § 8-189; and (8) the municipal water pollution control plan under § 7-245.

(e) Revisions to the municipal plan of development in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and § 22a-102 may include a description of any development projects, acquisition plans, open space tax abatement programs, flood and erosion control projects and other nonregulatory measures which the municipality intends to undertake in order to promote wise management of coastal resources.