CT SB00333

Municipalities cannot amend their charters to modify petition filing requirements for challenging planning or zoning commission decisions, including signature requirements, signature collection methods, or residency requirements.

Municipalities cannot amend their charters to modify regulations concerning planning commissions, zoning commissions, or combined planning and zoning commissions, except they may establish the structure (combined or separate commissions) and specify composition if compliant with sections 8-1 and 8-19.

Municipalities cannot amend their charters to modify vote requirements or public notice and hearing requirements for eminent domain processes or municipal property disposition.

Municipalities that adopted vote requirements greater than a simple majority for eminent domain or property disposition prior to July 1, 2023, may continue enforcing them or reduce them to simple majority, but cannot increase them.

Effective date: October 1, 2024.