Section 22a-208b - Zoning approval of disposal areas. Municipal authority re land usage for solid waste facilities. Limitations(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue a permit to construct a facility for the land disposal of solid waste pursuant to section 22a-208a, provided the applicant submits to the commissioner a copy of a valid certificate of zoning approval, special permit, special exception or variance, or other documentation, establishing that the facility complies with the zoning requirements adopted by the municipality in which such facility is located pursuant to chapter 124 or any special act.(b) Nothing in this chapter or chapter 446e shall be construed to limit the right of a municipality to regulate, through zoning, land usage for an existing or new solid waste facility. No municipal regulation adopted pursuant to section 8-2 shall have the effect of prohibiting the construction, alteration or operation of solid waste facilities within the limits of a municipality.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-208b
(P.A. 85-334, S. 6, 8; P.A. 86-403, S. 52, 132; P.A. 87-465, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-384, S. 4, 15; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-2, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 12.)
Amended by P.A. 14-0094, S. 12 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 6/6/2014.Amended by P.A. 12-0002, S. 1 of the the 2012 Regular Session, eff. 3/6/2012. Cited. 215 Conn. 82; 225 Conn. 731. Cited. 17 Conn.App. 17; judgment reversed, see 212 Conn. 570; 21 CA 85.