Bill Text: CT SB00492 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Zoning Of Solar Farms.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Public Hearing 03/19 [SB00492 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00492-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 492
February Session, 2018		LCO No. 2315
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ZONING OF SOLAR FARMS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2018) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 277a of the general statutes or any special act, municipal charter or ordinance to the contrary, each solar photovoltaic system project shall comply with all applicable planning and zoning regulations and ordinances in the municipality in which such project will be located. For purposes of this section, "municipality" means any town, city, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2018	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require solar farms to comply with local planning and zoning requirements.

[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.]