Sec. 8-13s. Zone adoption payments. Building permit payments.

(a) Upon the determination that (1) the housing incentive zone has been adopted; (2) the time for appeal of the final adoption of the regulations has expired or a final and unappealable judgment upholding such regulations has been issued in any civil action challenging or delaying such regulations; and (3) the municipality has otherwise complied with the requirements of sections 8-13m to 8-13x, inclusive, the Commissioner of Housing shall, subject to the availability of funds, make a zone adoption payment to the municipality of up to fifty thousand dollars. If a municipality has received a zone adoption payment, such municipality shall not be eligible to receive a subsequent zone adoption payment until construction has started in the housing incentive zone for which the municipality has received the previous zone adoption payment.

(b) Subject to the availability of funds, the commissioner shall issue to the municipality a one-time building permit payment for each building permit for a residential housing unit in an approved incentive housing development upon submission by a municipality to the commissioner of proof of issuance of such building permit and after determining that (1) no appeal from or challenge to such building permit has been filed or is pending, and (2) such building permit was issued for housing in an incentive housing development not later than five years after the date of the final adoption of incentive housing zone regulations by the zoning commission in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 8-13q. The amount of payment shall be up to two thousand dollars for each multifamily housing unit, duplex unit or townhouse unit and up to five thousand dollars for each single-family detached unit. Such payment shall be made by the commissioner after receipt of proof of the issuance of building permits and verification of the absence of any appeal or challenge.

(c) Residential units that are located within an approved incentive housing zone that are part of a development that constitutes housing for older persons permitted by the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 USC 3607 or sections 46a-64c and 46a-64d shall not be eligible for payments under this section.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 44; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 53; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 182; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 effective July 1, 2007 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b), a reference to “secretary” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “the secretary” for consistency); Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “payment to the municipality in the amount of two thousand dollars” to “payment to the municipality of up to two thousand dollars”, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding “up to” re “two thousand dollars” and “five thousand dollars”, effective October 5, 2009, and applicable to payments issued in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and in each fiscal year thereafter; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by changing zone adoption payments from $2,000 for each housing unit to $50,000 and adding language re subsequent zone adoption payments and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “not more than sixty days” re payment by secretary and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, references to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and secretary were changed editorially by the Revisors to references to Commissioner of Housing and commissioner, respectively, effective June 19, 2013.