SB 922 — AN ACT CONCERNING TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE STRUCTURES.

General Assembly   RaisedSubstitute Bill No.

922 January Session, 2017   LCO*_____SB00922PD____032717____* No.AN ACT CONCERNING TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE STRUCTURES.

4390   *04390_______PD_* Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT   Introduced by:

  (PD)   AN ACT CONCERNING TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE STRUCTURES.

(b) InA any municipality that approves of such temporary health care structures by a vote of the town council or board of selectmen of such municipality, as applicable, a temporary health care structure shall be allowed as an accessory use in any single-family residential zoning district on a lot zoned for single-family detached dwellings that is owned by a caregiver or mentally or physically impaired person and used as his or her residence.

Such structures shall comply with all setback requirements, coverage limits and maximum floor area ratio limitations that apply to accessory structures in such zoning district.district as of October 1, 2017.

(c) No person shall install a temporary health care structure without first obtaining a permit from the municipality in which the structure will be installed, for which the municipality may charge a fee not to exceed onetwo hundred fifty dollars and an annual permit renewal fee not to exceed fiftyone hundred dollars.

(d) The municipality may require a temporary health care structure installed pursuant to this section to be accessible to emergency vehicles and be connected to private water or septic systems or to water, sewer and electric utilities that serve the primary residence.

(j) A municipality, by vote of its legislative body or, in a municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting, by vote of the board of selectmen, may opt out of the provisions of this section and the provision of subsection (a) of section 8-2 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, regarding authorization for the installation of temporary health care structures, provided the zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission of the municipality:

(1) First holds a public hearing in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d of the general statutes on such proposed opt-out, (2) affirmatively decides to opt out of the provisions of said sections within the period of time permitted under section 8-7d of the general statutes, (3) states upon its records the reasons for such decision, and (4) publishes notice of such decision in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the municipality not later than fifteen days after such decision has been rendered.

SuchUnless such town opts out, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (j) of section 1 of this act, such regulations shall not prohibit the installation of temporary health care structures for use by mentally or physically impaired persons in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of this act if such structures comply with the provisions of said sectionsection. and the municipality approves of such structures by a vote of the town council or board of selectmen for such municipality, as applicable.

2 October 1, 2017 8-2(a) StatementPD ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

To allow municipalities to permit residents to install temporary health care structures on their property.

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