Any person who conducts an activity within the coastal boundary without having received a lawful approval from a municipal board or commission under all of the applicable procedures and criteria listed in sections 22a-105 and 22a-106 or who violates the terms and conditions of an approval under said sections shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may request the Attorney General to bring a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to seek imposition and recovery of such civil penalty.
(P.A. 87-438, S. 1; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-364, S. 41, 123; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 88-364 made a technical change; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P. A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 444 - Coastal Management
Section 22a-90. - Short title: Coastal Management Act.
Section 22a-91. - Legislative findings.
Section 22a-92. - Legislative goals and policies.
Section 22a-93. - Definitions.
Section 22a-94. - Coastal area; coastal boundary. Commissioner to prepare maps.
Section 22a-95. - Duties of commissioner. Model municipal coastal program.
Section 22a-98. - Commissioner to coordinate regulatory programs.
Section 22a-100. - State plans and actions to be consistent with this chapter.
Section 22a-101. - Municipal coastal programs.
Section 22a-102. - Municipal plan of development. Proposed municipal land use regulations.
Section 22a-103. - Municipal zoning regulations. Criteria and process for revision.
Section 22a-104. - Implementation of municipal coastal program. Amendments.
Section 22a-105. - Coastal site plan reviews.
Section 22a-106. - Criteria and process for action on coastal site plans.
Section 22a-106a. - Civil penalty.
Section 22a-107. - Bond as a condition to coastal site plan approval.
Section 22a-108. - Violations.
Section 22a-109. - Coastal site plans. Review.
Section 22a-110. - Testimony by commissioner on municipal actions. Appeals.
Section 22a-111. - Connecticut River Gateway Committee. Consistency.
Section 22a-111a. - Hurricane or tropical storm warning. Fortification of property.