Connecticut SB 151: AN ACT CONCERNING BEER DISTRIBUTION.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 151
February Session, 2026

AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN LAND USE AND ZONING
LIMITATIONS ON HOUSING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 8-2 of the 2026 supplement to the 1
general statutes, as amended by section 18 of public act 25-1 of the 2
November special session, is repealed and the following is substituted 3
in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 4
(d) Zoning regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this 5
section shall not: 6
(1) (A) Prohibit the operation in a residential zone of any family child 7
care home or group child care home located in a residence, or (B) require 8
any special zoning permit or special zoning exception for such 9
operation; 10
(2) (A) Prohibit the use of receptacles for the storage of items 11
designated for recycling in accordance with section 22a-241b or require 12
that such receptacles comply with provisions for bulk or lot area, or 13
similar provisions, except provisions for side yards, rear yards and front 14
yards; or (B) unreasonably restrict access to or the size of such 15
receptacles for businesses, given the nature of the business and the 16
volume of items designated for recycling in accordance with section 22a-17
241b, that such business produces in its normal course of business, 18

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provided nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit such 19
regulations from requiring the screening or buffering of such receptacles 20
for aesthetic reasons; 21
(3) Impose conditions and requirements on manufactured homes, 22
including mobile manufactured homes built in accordance with federal 23
manufactured home construction and safety standards or on lots 24
containing such manufactured homes, including mobile manufactured 25
home parks, if those conditions and requirements are substantially 26
different from conditions and requirements imposed on (A) single-27
family dwellings; (B) lots containing single-family dwellings; or (C) 28
multifamily dwellings, lots containing multifamily dwellings, cluster 29
developments or planned unit developments; 30
(4) (A) Prohibit the continuance of any nonconforming use, building 31
or structure existing at the time of the adoption of such regulations; (B) 32
require a special permit or special exception for any such continuance; 33
(C) provide for the termination of any nonconforming use solely as a 34
result of nonuse for a specified period of time without regard to the 35
intent of the property owner to maintain that use; or (D) terminate or 36
deem abandoned a nonconforming use, building or structure unless the 37
property owner of such use, building or structure voluntarily 38
discontinues such use, building or structure and such discontinuance is 39
accompanied by an intent to not reestablish such use, building or 40
structure. The demolition or deconstruction of a nonconforming use, 41
building or structure shall not by itself be evidence of such property 42
owner's intent to not reestablish such use, building or structure; 43
(5) Prohibit the installation, in accordance with the provisions of 44
section 8-1bb, of temporary health care structures for use by mentally or 45
physically impaired persons if such structures comply with the 46
provisions of said section, unless the municipality opts out in 47
accordance with the provisions of subsection (j) of said section; 48
(6) Prohibit the operation in a residential zone of any cottage food 49
operation, as defined in section 21a-62b; 50

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(7) Establish for any dwelling unit a minimum floor area that is 51
greater than the minimum floor area set forth in the applicable building, 52
housing or other code; 53
(8) Place a fixed numerical or percentage cap on the number of 54
dwelling units that constitute multifamily housing over four units, 55
middle housing or mixed-use development that may be permitted in the 56
municipality; 57
(9) Require a minimum number of off-street motor vehicle parking 58
spaces for any residential development except as provided in section 8-59
3n; [or] 60
(10) Be applied to deny any land use application, including for any 61
site plan approval, special permit, special exception or other zoning 62
approval, on the basis of (A) a district's character, unless such character 63
is expressly articulated in such regulations by clear and explicit physical 64
standards for site work and structures, or (B) the immutable 65
characteristics, source of income or income level of any applicant or end 66
user, other than age or disability whenever age-restricted or disability-67
restricted housing may be permitted; or 68
(11) (A) Establish (i) a minimum lot size of greater than five thousand 69
square feet for lots on which a single-family dwelling or townhouse may 70
be located in areas connected or planned to be connected to public water 71
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