Bill Text: CT HB06481 | 2013 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Enforcement Protection For Nonconforming Structures.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-20 - Signed by the Governor [HB06481 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06481-Chaptered.html
Substitute House Bill No. 6481
AN ACT CONCERNING ENFORCEMENT PROTECTION FOR NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 8-13a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) (1) When a building or other structure is so situated on a lot that it violates a zoning regulation of a municipality [which] that prescribes the location of such a building or structure in relation to the boundaries of the lot or when a building or structure is situated on a lot that violates a zoning regulation of a municipality [which] that prescribes the minimum area of the lot, and when such building or structure has been so situated for three years without the institution of an action to enforce such regulation, such building or structure shall be deemed a nonconforming building or structure in relation to such boundaries or to the area of such lot, as the case may be. For purposes of this section, "structure" has the same meaning as in the zoning regulations for the municipality in which the structure is located or, if undefined by such regulations, "structure" means any combination of materials, other than a building, that is affixed to the land, including, without limitation, signs, fences, walls, pools, patios, tennis courts and decks.
(2) A property owner shall bear the burden of proving that a structure qualifies as a nonconforming structure pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.