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Chaplin P&Z reviews correspondence on HB 5002 that would reshape local housing rules
Summary
Commissioners reviewed correspondence summarizing Connecticut House Bill 5002, which the summary says would require towns to create housing authorities, allow as-of-right development on commercial lots, remove parking minimums for residential projects and establish Fair Rent Commissions; many first selectmen reportedly requested a veto.
At its June 12 meeting the Chaplin Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed correspondence summarizing a recently introduced state bill, HB 5002, and discussed potential implications for local zoning.
The correspondence described a range of provisions attributed to HB 5002: a requirement that every town create a housing authority; a mechanism for determining a municipality's "fair share" of low-income housing (the summary cited a 92-unit figure for Chaplin); allowances for as-of-right development on commercially zoned lots; prohibitions on minimum off-street parking requirements for residential developments; allowances for portable shower and laundry facilities; a prohibition on "hostile architecture" designed to prevent people from sleeping; provisions allowing attorney fees against a town for improper denial of a low-income housing application; transit-oriented rezoning requirements near bus and train stations; and establishment of Fair Rent Commissions to hear tenant complaints.
The correspondence stated that many first selectmen have written to the governor asking for a veto of the bill. The commission did not take formal action on the item during the meeting; the material was entered as correspondence for members' information.
Commissioners did not make findings about the bill's text during the meeting; the item was presented as a summary of external correspondence and not as a town position.
