Major Public Hearing This Monday
On Monday, March 15th, there will be a very important Public Hearing in the Planning & Development Committee. Several proposed bills introduced by Democrats would greatly upend local zoning decisions made by municipalities. The state would mandate new zoning requirements and strip some away some of the authority of local Planning & Zoning officials, that are better equipped to act on issues like an increase in diverse housing, locally.
Among the bills is S.B. 1024, An Act Concerning Zoning Authority, Certain Design Guidelines, Qualifications of Certain Land Use Officials and Certain Sewage Disposal Systems. Here are some of the terrible effects of this legislation if passed:
- Eliminate local control over certain types of housing (location-based, accessory, 2+ units) and allow certain development to occur without a local public hearing;
- Create new mandates (and costs) including training staff;
- Affect the environment and drinking water statewide by ignoring the responsibilities of municipalities who host waterways, open space;
- Impact traffic flow, parking demands;
- Drive up residency at a rate which outpaces the capacities of local resources/services such as police, fire, and schools;
- Overburden the public water and sewer infrastructure (if available);
- Require access to public transportation (if available).
TAKE ACTION!
Planning & Development Committee Public Hearing
Monday, March 15th at 10 A.M.
Testify virtually (via Zoom)– Click Here
(Registration deadline: Sunday, March 14th at 3:00 P.M.)
Testify via email:
Send testimony to pdtestimony@cga.ct.gov
Include S.B. 1024 in the subject line
Preferably Word or PDF format; please include your name & address
Testify by phone:
To register, call 203-350-3769 to leave your contact information.