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Accessory Dwelling Units

House Bill 6107 amends these statutes and adds a new section (Section 6) requiring all municipalities to allow one internal, attached, or detached accessory dwelling unit by right on any lot with a single-family dwelling. It includes a set of maximally restrictive development standards.

Form-Based Zoning

These statutes give explicit authority to municipalities within Connecticut to adopt zoning that protects the design and placement of buildings as well as public roadways. It includes compatibility objectives that lay out specific instructions on how to best make sure a development is aligning with the desired results as it relates to district character and public roadways (§8-2j). 

Planning and Zoning Enabling Laws

Connecticut requires some boroughs, cities, and towns to prepare comprehensive plans. And it authorizes boroughs, cities, and towns to adopt zoning regulations.

Transfer of Development Rights

Connecticut’s zoning enabling statute authorizes municipalities to create transfer of development rights (TDR) programs (§8-2a). It also authorizes municipalities to establish interjurisdictional TDR programs (§8-2e). It specifies that development rights transfers require a joint application by transferor and transferee (§8-2f).