HB 6004 — AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL APPLICATIONS FOR LAND USE PERMITS AND TAX ABATEMENTS.

AN ACT CONCERNING LANDMUNICIPAL USE,APPLICATIONS ZONING,FOR WETLANDSLAND USE PERMITS AND TAX ABATEMENTABATEMENTS. APPLICATION TRANSPARENCY.

General Assembly   ProposedCommittee Bill No.

6004   January Session, 2017   LCO No.

9995631   *00999**05631HB06004PD_* Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT   Introduced by:

  REP.(PD)   AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL APPLICATIONS FOR LAND USE PERMITS AND TAX ABATEMENTS.

BARAM,Be 15thit Dist.enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1.

(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) (a) In addition to any powers it has under the provisions of the general statutes or any special act, each municipality shall require each applicant for a land use permit filed with such municipality's zoning commission, planning commission, combined planning and zoning commission, zoning board of appeals or inland wetlands commission or for a tax abatement to disclose the following, in writing, upon submission of the application:

(1) The name, address, Internet web site address, if any, and telephone number of the property owner, developer and intended occupant, if any, of the property subject to the application, (2) a statement describing the specific purpose of the application, and (3) the relationship of the person signing the application to the property owner and developer, if such person is not the property owner or developer.

(b) Each applicant required to make disclosures pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall update any change in the information disclosed pursuant to said subsection not later than five business days after such change.

(c) Any person who files an application described in subsection (a) of this section shall include a brief statement in any public notice made pursuant to such application that identifies the specific purpose of such application.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2017 New section Statement of Purpose:

To create transparency so that municipal officials and the public have accurate information regarding the purpose of any development requiring land use, zoning or wetlands approval or for the purpose of a tax abatement.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.

Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:

BARAM, 15th Dist.;

REP.

 H.B. AN ACT CONCERNING LAND USE, ZONING, WETLANDS AND TAX ABATEMENT APPLICATION TRANSPARENCY.

Be6004 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require the following mandatory disclosures on an application for land use, zoning or wetlands, or for a tax abatement upon submission of such application, and to require that the application be updated not more than five calendar days before any hearing or action to approve the same:

(1) Name of landowner, (2) relationship of landowner to applicant, if different, (3) stated purpose for the use of the subject zoning site or the purpose of the tax abatement, as it relates to the specific use of the subject premises, (4) the name of the developer of the premises, and (5) the contact information and Internet website if any, of the land owner, applicant and developer.

Statement of Purpose:

To create transparency so that municipal officials and the public have accurate information regarding the purpose of any development requiring land use, zoning or wetlands approval or for the purpose of a tax abatement.