Bill Text: CT HB05483 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Zoning Of Crematories.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-29 - Public Hearing 03/04 [HB05483 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05483-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5483
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 1721
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE ZONING OF CREMATORIES.

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

Section 1. Section 8-2n of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):

The zoning regulations adopted under section 8-2 or any special act shall not authorize the location of a crematory within five hundred feet of any residential structure or land zoned for residential purposes not owned by the owner of the crematory, unless such land is unimproved and owned by the municipality in which it is located. As used in this section, "crematory" means a building or structure containing one or more cremation chambers or retorts for the cremation of dead human bodies or large animals and "large animals" means all cattle, horses, sheep, goat, swine or similar species commonly kept as livestock.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2016	8-2n

Statement of Purpose:

To authorize the zoning of crematories within five hundred feet of land zoned for residential purposes where such land is unimproved and owned by municipalities.

[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.]