Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-489

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Sec. 7-489. Sale, lease, disposition and use of development property.

Official statutory text

(b) In order to assure that development property is developed or used in accordance with the purposes of this chapter, a municipality, upon the sale, lease or other disposition of such property, shall obligate purchasers, lessees or other users (1) to use such property for the purposes of this chapter, (2) to begin the building or installation of their improvements on any such property, and to complete the same, within such periods of time as the municipality may fix as reasonable, and (3) to comply with such other conditions as are necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Any such obligations imposed on a purchaser of real property shall be covenants and conditions running with the land for as long as any bonds issued in connection with such development property are outstanding.

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