Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-65b

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 12-65b - Agreements between municipality and owner or lessee of real property or air space fixing the assessment of such property or air space

(a)

(1) Any municipality may, by affirmative vote of its legislative body or, pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, by its board of selectmen, enter into a written agreement, for a period of not more than thirty years, with any party (A) owning or proposing to acquire an interest in real property in such municipality, (B) owning personal property in such municipality, (C) owning or proposing to acquire an interest in air space in such municipality, or (D) who is the lessee of, or who proposes to be the lessee of, air space in such municipality in such a manner that the air space leased or proposed to be leased shall be assessed to the lessee pursuant to section 12-64, fixing the assessment of the personal property, real property or air space which is the subject of the agreement, and all improvements on such real property or in such air space and to be constructed on such real property or in such air space, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. For purposes of this section, "improvements to be constructed" includes the rehabilitation of existing structures for retail business use.

(2) In the case of a municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting and such town meeting has adopted an ordinance delegating to the board of selectmen the authority to enter into an agreement described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, such board of selectmen may enter into such agreement.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall only apply if the personal property, improvements or improvements to be constructed are for at least one of the following:

(1) Office use;

(2) retail use;

(3) permanent residential use in connection with a residential property consisting of four or more dwelling units;

(4) transient residential use in connection with a residential property consisting of four or more dwelling units;

(5) manufacturing use;

(6) warehouse, storage or distribution use;

(7) structured multilevel parking use necessary in connection with a mass transit system;

(8) information technology;

(9) recreation facilities;

(10) transportation facilities;

(11) mixed-use development, as defined in section 8-13m; or

(12) use by or on behalf of a health system, as defined in section 19a-508c.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-65b

(1971, P.A. 471, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-477; P.A. 75-575, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-138, S. 1, 3; 77-586, S. 2, 3; P.A. 79-78, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-414, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-573, S. 1, 18; P.A. 90-219, S. 13; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-15 , S. 4 , 20 ; P.A. 94-157 , S. 3 , 4 ; P.A. 97-235 , S. 1 , 4 ; P.A. 98-207 ; P.A. 01-125 , S. 1 ; P.A. 03-19 , S. 25 ; P.A. 13-246 , S. 1 ; P.A. 14-174 , S. 5 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 , S. 240 ; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 , S. 32 .)

Amended by P.A. 24-0143,S. 6 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2024.

Amended by P.A. 22-0072, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2022.

Amended by P.A. 16-0003, S. 32 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Special Session, eff. 10/1/2016.

Amended by P.A. 15-0005, S. 240 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Special Session, eff. 7/1/2015.

Amended by P.A. 14-0174, S. 5 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2014.

Cited. 228 C. 79 ; 235 C. 637 . Cited. 17 Conn.App. 166 .