Coastal Management Act
Connecticut · 22A · §§ 22a-100 to 22a-99 · 29 sections
Overview
The Coastal Management Act governs development and resource use along a state's shoreline, establishing a defined coastal area and boundary and a set of statutory goals and policies that state agency actions must be consistent with. Its principal mechanism is local: coastal municipalities adopt coastal programs, conform their plans of development and zoning regulations to the act's policies, and review proposed shoreline development through a coastal site plan process, with performance bonds, civil penalties, and enforcement provisions for violations. The act also charges the state environmental agency's commissioner with mapping the coastal boundary, coordinating regulatory programs, and providing technical assistance, authorizes grants and financial aid to municipalities for coastal and estuarine projects, and gives the state and coastal municipalities standing to testify in and appeal permitting decisions affecting the coast.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 10 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 980 FSUPP2D 302 - Reardon v. Keating
Sections covered
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-100State plans and actions to be consistent with this chapter
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-101Municipal coastal programs
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-102Municipal plan of development. Proposed municipal land use regulations
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-103Municipal zoning regulations. Criteria and process for revision
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-104Implementation of municipal coastal program. Amendments
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-105Coastal site plan reviews
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-106Criteria and process for action on coastal site plans
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-106aCivil penalty
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-107Bond as a condition to coastal site plan approval
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-108Violations
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-109Coastal site plans. Review
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-110Testimony by commissioner on municipal actions. Appeals
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-111Connecticut River Gateway Committee. Consistency
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-111aHurricane or tropical storm warning. Fortification of property
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-111bPilot program to assist residential property owners re coastal management and water resources rights and responsibilities
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-111cSeabird and Shorebird protection program. List. Protection areas. Prohibitions. Penalty
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-111dSeabird and shorebird protection program. Enforcement
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-112Financial assistance; grants to municipalities; contracts or grant agreements concerning coastal management. Estuarine embayment program established. Grants; eligibility. Regulations. State bond issue authorized for estuarine embayment projects
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-113dEnvironmental Protection › Coastal Management
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-90Short title: Coastal Management Act4 cites
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-91Legislative findings
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-92Legislative goals and policies
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-93Definitions2 cites
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-94Coastal area; coastal boundary. Commissioner to prepare maps2 cites
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-95Duties of commissioner. Model municipal coastal program
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-96Commissioner authorized to enter into agreements; designated as representative of state
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-97Duties of the commissioner. Technical, coordinating and research services. Supervision
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-98Commissioner to coordinate regulatory programs2 cites
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-99Testimony by coastal municipality on permits and licenses. Appeal from decision of the commissioner
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