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See the text of the petition below.Please oppose Senate Bill 151, which eliminates local zoning discretion in areas with existing or planned public sewer and water with top-down state mandates.
Concerns:
1. Caps lot sizes at 5,000 sq ft (9 units or 0.11 per acre), causing exponential density development without evaluating existing sewer, water, stormwater runoff, schools, roads and parking infrastructure capacity.
2. Reduces setbacks to 5–10 feet, and eliminates height and lot coverage limits, encouraging overcrowding, loss of green space. Developers will maximize profits with oversized luxury developments, not starter or silver homes.
3. Provides no state funding for infrastructure upgrades, shifting costs to local taxpayers and increasing property taxes.
4. Ignores environmental risks including flooding, stormwater runoff, tree loss, and water quality damage.
5. Requires townhomes in single-family zones, and forces subdivision of existing single-family lots which prevents any inclusionary policy from creating affordable housing policies.
6. Contains no affordability requirements and risks demolishing naturally occurring affordable homes to build dense, luxury developments.
7. Combined with 8002 on-site parking limits, SB151 will worsen traffic congestion, safety risks, and emergency vehicle access.
8. Forces zoning on outdated or conceptual sewer and water expansion plans that may never occur and not have funding, potentially increasing local property taxes to address infrastructure shortfalls, reducing affordability for residents.
9. Weakens historic preservation protections for locally significant properties in the future.
10. Limits municipalities from addressing public health and safety concerns unless threats are deemed “immediate.”
Effective housing policy must include local input, infrastructure planning, environmental protection, and affordability solutions. Senate Bill 151 fails to meet these standards. The ink on HB 8002 is hardly dry and SB151 represents a serious overreach.
Sincerely, Connecticut Resident