CT SB01045

Municipal planning commissions must prepare or amend a plan of conservation and development at least once every ten years and regularly review and maintain such plans.

If a plan is not amended decennially, the chief elected official must submit a letter to state agencies explaining the reason, and a copy must be included with all municipal applications for discretionary state funding.

Effective July 1, 2016, municipalities that fail to comply with planning requirements become ineligible for discretionary state funding unless the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management grants a waiver.

Municipal plans adopted on or after July 1, 2015, must identify areas served by existing sewerage systems, areas where sewerage systems are planned, and areas where sewers are to be avoided.

Plans must address affordable housing, water supply protection, renewable energy, agricultural preservation, sea level change scenarios, and growth management principles including transit-oriented and mixed-use development patterns.