Connecticut § 48-24 - Condemning authority to obtain zoning variance for portion of property not taken or take entire unit.
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§ 48-24. Condemning authority to obtain zoning variance for portion of property not taken or take entire unit.
Sec. 48-24. Condemning authority to obtain zoning variance for portion of property not taken or take entire unit. A condemning authority, if acquiring less than the total amount of a single unit of contiguous property, shall, if the remaining portion of such property does not conform to the area requirements of existing zoning regulations, obtain a zoning variance for such remaining portion of property from the local zoning board of appeals before condemning any portion of such property. If such variance is not obtained prior to the taking by the condemning authority, the owner or owners of such single unit of contiguous property shall be reimbursed for the total amount of such unit and the condemning authority shall take title in fee simple to the entire unit of contiguous property.
(1961, P.A. 387; 1963, P.A. 79; 1971, P.A. 208, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act specified that condemning authority takes title in fee simple to entire unit of contiguous property where variance is not obtained before condemning authority takes occupancy; 1971 act required that variance be obtained for portion of property not to be taken before any of the property is condemned rather than before any of the property is occupied.
Cited. 168 C. 194. Interpretation of “area requirements” in section. 169 C. 195. Cited. 174 C. 323; 203 C. 675.
Setback violation does not trigger statute, only an area violation does. 46 CS 355.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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