Connecticut § 8-1b - Alternate members of zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission.
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§ 8-1b. Alternate members of zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission.
Sec. 8-1b. Alternate members of zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission. Any town, city or borough, in addition to such powers as it has under the provisions of the general statutes or any special act, shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the appointment or election of alternate members to its zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission. Such alternate members shall, when seated as herein provided, have all the powers and duties set forth in the general statutes or any special act relating to such municipality for such commission and its members. Such alternate members shall be electors and shall not be members of the zoning board of appeals or planning commission. Such ordinance shall provide for the manner of designating alternates to act.
(1963, P.A. 249; February, 1965, P.A. 280; 1971, P.A. 763, S. 1; P.A. 84-154, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-284, S. 1, 5.)
History: 1965 act provided option of electing alternate members; 1971 act deleted provision concerning alternate members of planning commissions, forbade members of planning commission to serve as alternate members of zoning commission and deleted provisions concerning selection of alternate by member he is to substitute for, giving chairman sole power to make selection; P.A. 84-154 provided for mandatory appointment or election of alternates, effective January 1, 1986; P.A. 85-284 repealed provisions of P.A. 84-154 and provided that local ordinances shall provide for the manner of designating alternates to act.
See Sec. 8-19a re alternate members of planning commission.
Cited. 168 C. 20.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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