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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any municipality may, by ordinance, provide that any person, firm or corporation that owns a residence, building, structure or other improvement to real property damaged or destroyed by acts of nature during the period beginning August 25, 2011, and ending September 14, 2011, shall be allowed to reconstruct or repair such residence, building, structure or improvement in accordance with any previously approved permit or other authorization for the construction or repair of such residence, building, structure or improvement to the dimensions and specifications for such residence, building, structure or improvement prior to said damage without seeking or obtaining additional approval from any municipal board or commission provided any such reconstructed or repaired residence, building, structure or other improvement complies with the state building, fire and health codes in effect as of October 27, 2011. Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive or eliminate the coastal site plan review requirements of chapter 444, 1 except that any ordinance enacted pursuant to this section may waive the coastal site plan review requirement for individual single-family residential structures, as provided in subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 22a-109.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 7. Municipalities § 7-159c. Reconstruction or repair of residence, building, structure or other improvement to real property damaged or destroyed by acts of nature - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-7-municipalities/ct-gen-st-sect-7-159c/
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