Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-2h

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Sec. 8-2h. Zoning applications filed prior to change in zoning regulations not required to comply with change. Applications for building permit or certificate of occupancy filed prior to adoption of zoning regulations not required to comply with regulatio

Official statutory text

(b) An application for a building permit or certificate of occupancy filed with the building official of a city, town or borough prior to the adoption of zoning regulations by such city, town or borough in accordance with this chapter shall not be required to comply with, nor shall it be disapproved for the reason that it does not comply with, such zoning regulations.

Cited. 220 C. 527; 225 C. 1.

Cited. 25 CA 199; 26 CA 212.

Subsec. (a):

Cited. 28 CA 314; Id., 379; 40 CA 501; Id., 840. States that if zoning regulations are changed after an application is filed, that application need not comply in order to be approved. 63 CA 176.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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