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(A) No member of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall appear for or represent any person, firm or corporation or other entity in any manner pending before the Planning and Zoning Commission or Zoning Board of Appeals or agency exercising the powers of any such Commission or board in the same municipality, whether or not he is a member of the Commission hearing such matter.
(B) No member of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall participate in the hearing or decision of the Commission of which he or she is a member on any matter in which he or she is directly or indirectly interested in a personal or financial sense.
(C) In the event of the disqualification of any member of the Commission, such fact shall be entered on the records of the Commission and, unless otherwise provided by law, such replacement shall be made from alternate members pursuant to the provisions of Conn. Gen. Stat., § 8-19a, as maybe amended from time to time, of an alternate to act as a member of such Commission in the hearing and determination of the particular matter or matters in which the disqualification arose.
(Ord. 623, adopted 9-4-12)
(A) Establishment. There shall be a Zoning Board of Appeals to exercise the following powers and duties as more explicitly set forth in the general statutes:
(1) To hear and decide zoning appeals;
(2) To hear and decide all land use matters as may be permitted by law; and
(3) To determine and vary the application of the zoning bylaws, ordinances or regulations in cases of exceptional difficulty or unusual hardship. The ability to hear cases shall be limited as set forth in the general statutes. The validity and effect of variances shall be governed by the General Statutes.
(B) Appointment and membership. The Board (comprised of five regular members and three members of a "panel of alternates") shall consist of eight electors of the Town of Hamden appointed as set forth in § 7-1:B of the charter. The Board shall choose a chair and such other officers as it may desire. The Board shall follow the requirements of the general statutes pertaining to the call of public meetings, the administration of oaths, compelling of attendance of witnesses, preparation of meeting minutes and the filing of rules, regulations and requirements (and the amendment or repeal thereof) and decisions as public records.
(1) (a) Term. The Mayor shall appoint members for term of five years, for a term commencing on the first day of February of the year of the appointment, which terms shall be staggered as established at the date of the original appointments.
(B) Terms of the panel of alternates. The Mayor shall appoint members to the panel of alternates for a term of five years, for a term commencing on the first day of February of the year of the appointment, which terms shall be staggered as established at the date of the original appointments.
(2) Assignment of the panel of alternates. Members of the panel of alternates shall be designated to act in the place of a member as set forth in the general statutes.
(3) Restrictions. The regular members and panel of alternates shall not be members of the body acting as the zoning commission.
(4) Vacancy. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 7-1:C of the charter, any vacancy in the regular members of the Board or panel of alternates shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Mayor.
(Ord. 622, adopted 8-6-12)
All acts of the town plan and zoning commission, the town zoning commission, the town planning commission and the town zoning board of appeals taken prior to the effective date of this act shall remain in full force and effect subject to change as provided herein.
('66 Code, § 90-9)
The approval and adoption of any and all maps or plans of any highway, street, sidewalk or parkway by the town plan commission or by the town plan and zoning commission, the layout thereof, and the assessment of benefits accruing to and damages sustained by any person owning land included in the maps or plans, is validated, notwithstanding that the maps or plans were filed in the engineering department of the town instead of the town clerk's office, and notwithstanding that public notice of hearings which were held by the town plan commission or the town plan and zoning commission stated that the maps were on file in the town engineer's office.
('66 Code, § 90-10)
The Legislative Council of the town has established the following fee schedule to be charged by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the town:
I. (A) Administrative Internal Fees |
I. (A) Administrative Internal Fees | |
Certified copies | |
First page | $ 1.00 |
Each additional page | .50 |
Photocopies, each page | .50 |
Over-sized plans | Paid to Engineering Dept. |
Zoning map 8-1/2 x 11 color copy Full size color | Paid to Engineering Dept. (also available free online) 30.00 Paid to Engineering Dept. |
Inland wetland map 8-1/2 x 11 color copy Full size color | 30.00 Paid to Engineering Dept. |
Inland wetland regulations | 30.00 (also available free online) |
Subdivision regulations | 125.00 (also available free online) |
Aquifer protection regulations | 21.00 (also available free online |
Map of town aquifers 8-1/2 x 11 color copy Full size color | Available free online 30.00 Paid to Engineering Dept. |
Agenda mailing | 100.00/year (also emailed at no charge) |
Minutes mailing | 250.00/year (also emailed at no charge) |
Specific project mailing | 200.00/year (also emailed at no charge) |
Fax | |
Local, per sheet | .50 |
203 area, per sheet | 2.00 |
Long distance, per sheet | 2.00 |
Town Plan of Conservation & Development | 70.00 (also available free online) |
Postponement fee upon applicant’s request to postpone after project has been advertised | 175.00 |
West Rock Ridge application | 40.00 |
Plot plan and aerial 8-1/2 x 11 | No charge |
I. (B) Land Use Recording Fees (payable to Hamden Town Clerk) | |
Subdivision/resubdivision (including subdivision agreement) | Paid to Town Clerk |
Lot line revision | Paid to Town Clerk |
Simple split | Paid to Town Clerk |
Special permit | Paid to Town Clerk |
II. (A) Planning and Zoning Applications (Including $60 required for the State) |
II. (A) Planning and Zoning Applications (Including $60 required for the State) | |
Special permit application | $310.00 |
Site plan application | 260.00 |
Zone change/regulation amendment | 460.00 |
Coastal area management application (CAM) | 155.00 |
Subdivision/resubdivision application | 275.00 + 130.00 per lot; $725 minimum |
Motor vehicle location approval | 250.00 |
Lot line revision | 200.00 |
Simple split | 200.00 |
Combined special permit and/or site plan when cut and/or fill is equal to or in excess of 1,000 cubic yards | 500.00 |
II. (B) Revisions | |
Minor amendment to approved site plan | $160.00 |
Major amendment to approved site plan | 210.00 |
Minor amendment to approved special permit | 160.00 |
Major amendment to approved special permit | 310.00 |
Map or text amendment | 460.00 |
III. (A) Zoning Permits (Including $60 for the State) |
III. (A) Zoning Permits (Including $60 for the State) | |
Fee double as penalty for all zoning permits requested after construction or use begins | |
Residential: | |
One-family dwelling (new construction) | 300.00 |
Two-family dwelling (new construction) | 350.00 |
Three-family dwelling (new construction) | 400.00 |
Accessory structures and other new construction | 100.00 - structures under 250 sf.; 200.00 - structures over 250 sf. |
Additions | 150.00 - structures under 250 sf.; 250.00 - structures over 250 sf. |
Commercial Zoning Permits (including $60.00 for the State) | |
Continuation of use | 100.00 |
Change of use | 160.00 |
Commercial (new construction) | 100.00 plus 20.00 per 1,000 square feet |
Mixed use (office, residential, lodging and/or retail)(new construction) | 50.00 plus 5.00 per dwelling unit plus 15.00 per 1,000 square feet |
Manufacturing (new construction) | 100.00 plus 20.00 per 1,000 square feet |
Multi-family dwellings (new construction) | 100.00 plus 20.00 per 1,000 square feet |
Parking lots | 160.00 per 0.25 acres plus 2.00 per parking space for impervious area; 100.00 per 0.25 acres plus 2.00 per parking space for pervious area |
III. (B) Signage | |
Signs | |
4 sq. ft. or less | $180.00 |
Between 4 sq. ft and 16 sq. ft. | 240.00 |
Over 16 sq.ft. | 310.00 |
Refacing existing sign | ½ of cost for new sign |
Residential signs | 130.00 |
IV. Certificates of Zoning Compliance (Including $60 required for the State) | |
Residential (1-3) family dwelling units - 1st inspection for CZC and bond release/reduction | $90.00 plus 10.00 per unit |
Multi-family dwellings (4 or more dwelling units ) - 1st inspection for CZC and bond release/reduction | 200.00 plus 5.00 per impervious parking space plus 2.00 per pervious parking space |
Non-residential - 1st inspection for CZC and bond release/reduction | 200.00 plus 5.00 per impervious parking space plus 2.00 per pervious parking space |
Mixed-use - 1st inspection for CZC and bond release/reduction | 200.00 plus 10.00 per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross leasable space plus 5.00 per impervious parking space plus 2.00 per pervious parking space |
V. Bond Reduction/Release Requests and Other Inspections | |
First inspection for bond reduction/release | No additional charge if done at the same time as the inspection for CZC (otherwise $100.00) |
First inspection | 100.00 |
Second request | 150.00 |
Each additional inspection | 200.00 per inspection |
VI. Road Acceptance Requests | |
First request | $100.00 |
Each additional request | 500.00 |
VII. Inspections | |
Inspections for certificate of zoning compliance for refinancing &/or purchase | $150.00 |
CZC as of approval date - administrative | 250.00 |
Letter of zoning review | 100.00 |
VIII. Student Housing | |
Single family dwelling | $300.00 |
Two+ family dwelling | 500.00 |
Annual renewal | 150.00 per dwelling unit |
IX. Other | |
Signs for public hearing notice | $100.00 for each sign not returned; zoning permit will not be issued until payment is made or sign is returned |
(Ord. 261a, passed 5-4-87; Am. Ord. 308, passed 5-7-90; Am. Ord. 331, passed 5-3-93; Am. Ord. 467, passed 6-3-02; Am. Ord. 541, passed 8-7-06; Am. Ord. 582, passed 11-24-09; Am. Ord. 615, passed 4-2-12))
The following fees, including $60.00 for the State, are hereby created for the processing of applications by the Zoning Board of Appeals:
Services | Fees |
Residential (1 - 3 family dwelling) | $160.00 |
Commercial/industrial/multi-family | 300.00 |
Appeal of ZEO decision | 250.00 |
Readvertising fee upon applicant’s request for postponement after project has been advertised, unless there are fewer than five members of the Board presen
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½ of the original application fee
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(Ord. 464, passed 6-3-02; Am. Ord. 539, passed 8-7-06; Am. Ord. 582, passed 11-24-09; Am. Ord. 603, passed 3-7-11; Am. Ord. 615, passed 4-2-12)
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