(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall develop and publish a model ordinance and model procedures which may be adopted by municipalities in regulating the development of land, which ordinance and procedures shall provide for: (1) The utilization of a single consolidated application form for use by all municipal agencies having jurisdiction to review and approve such development; (2) coordination of staff review and communications between staff and the applicant; (3) the elimination of separate public hearings by review agencies whenever practicable and if requested by the applicant; and (4) the concurrent running of all applicable time limits for decisions by approval agencies.
(b) The Commissioner of Housing shall submit any model ordinances or procedures developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the General Assembly for its approval prior to publishing or promulgating any such ordinances or procedures.
(P.A. 81-233, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing and Economic and Community Development
Chapter 127c - Department of Housing: General Provisions
Section 8-37s. - Commissioner to monitor housing needs and publish data on housing production.
Section 8-37t. - State's consolidated plan for housing and community development.
Section 8-37v. - Research activities.
Section 8-37w. - Model ordinance and procedures for regulation of land development.
Section 8-37aa. - Income-grouped housing: Definitions.
Section 8-37bb. - Annual report re fair housing choice and racial and economic integration.
Section 8-37dd. - Retention of housing assisted by housing agencies.
Section 8-37ff. - Maintenance of comprehensive inventory of all assisted housing.
Section 8-37gg. - Fair hearings by commissioner. Application.
Section 8-37hh. - Decision. Appeal. Extension of time for filing appeal.
Section 8-37jj. - Electric resistance as primary source of heat.
Section 8-37kk. - Preference to loans for energy efficient projects.
Section 8-37rr. - Definitions.
Section 8-37ss. - Housing funds consolidation. Procedures.
Section 8-37tt. - Administrative oversight charges.
Section 8-37uu. - Transfer of housing loan portfolio to Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.
Section 8-37vv. - Rental Housing Revolving Loan Fund. Regulations.
Section 8-37ww. - Demonstration program for energy-efficient and environmentally safe housing.
Section 8-37xx. - State-assisted housing sustainability: Definitions.
Section 8-37zz. - State-Assisted Housing Sustainability Advisory Committee.
Section 8-37aaa. - Grants for physical needs assessment of eligible housing.
Section 8-37mmm. - Visitable housing.
Section 8-37nnn. - Interagency council on affordable housing.
Section 8-37ooo. - Deputy Commissioner of Housing. Appointment. Duties.
Section 8-37qqq. - Annual report re activities of Department of Housing.