(A) Rules and regulations. The Commission may adopt and publish such rules and regulations as may be required to implement its responsibilities as herein provided, including but not limited to responsibilities for managing the mooring and anchoring of all vessels in the harbor management area.
(1) Prior to adopting any such rules and regulations, the Commission shall conduct a public hearing for the purpose of considering their adoption. Notice of the time and place of such public hearing, which notice shall include the title and summary of the rules or regulations proposed, shall be published twice in a local newspaper having substantial circulation in the town at least five days, but not more than 15 days, prior to the date of said hearing. A copy of the full text of the proposed regulation or rules shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk for public inspection at least ten days prior to such hearing.
(2) Following such public hearing, the Commission shall act upon such rules and may make such changes or alterations in the form or content of the proposed rules or regulations as seen appropriate or necessary as a result of the public hearing held in connection therewith. Such changes, additions or alterations shall not require further public notice.
(3) Such rules, if adopted by the Commission and after approval by the Board of Selectmen of the town, shall become effective after publication once in a local newspaper having substantial circulation in the town within 21 days following Board of Selectmen approval.
(B) Harbor management plan. The Harbor Management Commission shall implement the town harbor management plan as amended in 2019 and adopted by the Harbor Management Commission and Board of Selectmen on September 4, 2019 and effective ten days after the publication of the notice of the adoption of this chapter, and approved by the state in accordance with Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-113m. The Commission shall provide for review of the plan and shall make any additions and/or modifications to the plan that may be deemed appropriate subject to the process set forth in Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 22a-113m through 22a-113o or other subsequent harbor management legislation enacted by the Connecticut General Assembly.
(C) Harbor management chapter. The Commission shall review town ordinances affecting harbor management and recommend any necessary changes. The Commission shall submit recommendations for ordinances required to implement the harbor management plan to the Board of Selectmen for adoption.
(D) Review of development proposals. The Commission shall have the authority to review and make recommendations on proposals affecting real property on, in or contiguous to the town’s harbor management area as submitted to or proposed by any commission or department of the town and any agency of the state or federal government. Such review shall be in accordance with requirements set forth in this chapter and in state and federal laws, regulations and other requirements, including but not limited to the harbor management provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(E) Operating budget. The Commission shall prepare and present to the Board of Selectmen an annual operating budget. The operating budget shall include a section reflecting estimated revenues and a section covering requested expenses by project or activity.
(Ord. passed 5-4-1994; Ord. passed 9-4-2019)
Editor’s note:
TM Volume 20, page 144