Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-147k (2026)

Prior districts unaffected. Validation of prior creations and actions. Nonprofit institutions of higher education excluded

✓ current as of May 2026

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(a) The provisions of this part shall in no way impair the validity of any historic district previously established under any special act or the general statutes. Any and all historic districts created under the general statutes, prior to October 1, 1980, otherwise valid except that such districts, district study committees, municipalities or officers or employees thereof, failed to comply with the requirements of any general or special law, and any and all actions of such districts or historic district commission, are validated.

(b) The provisions of this part shall not apply to any property owned by a nonprofit institution of higher education, for as long as a nonprofit institution of higher education owns such property.

(1961, P.A. 430, S. 12; P.A. 80-314, S. 11; P.A. 06-196, S. 39.)

History: P.A. 80-314 expanded validation to cover districts created before October 1, 1980, and added Subsec. (b) excepting property of nonprofit higher education institutions from provisions of Secs. 7-147a to 7-147k; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 7, 2006.

Cited. 171 C. 199; 189 C. 727.

Subsec. (a):

Validation of the Farmington Historic District by statute rendered moot the basis for complaint. 189 C. 727.

Subsec. (b):

Where express exceptions are made, legal presumption is legislature did not intend to save other cases from operation of statute; the enactment of section indicates that legislature, when it desires to do so, knows how to exempt specific kinds of educational institutions from historic district regulation. 284 C. 838.

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Secs. 7-147l and 7-147m. Method of balloting; eligibility to vote; balloting on prior districts. Sections 7-147l and 7-147m are repealed.

(1963, P.A. 600, S. 4, 5; 1971, P.A. 333; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 8; P.A. 75-158; P.A. 78-285; P.A. 80-314, S. 12.)

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Secs. 7-147n and 7-147o. Reserved for future use.

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PART II*

HISTORIC PROPERTIES

*Cited. 196 C. 596.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1983–2012 · leading case: Felician Sisters of St. Francis of Connecticut, Inc. v. Historic Dist. Comm'n, 937 A.2d 39 (Conn. 2008).

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Felician Sisters of St. Francis of Connecticut, Inc. v. Historic Dist. Comm'n, 937 A.2d 39 (Conn. 2008). · cites it 7× “” The plaintiffs also contend that, in concluding that parking for private elementary schools is subject to the historic district statutes, the trial court improperly considered the exemption of institutes of higher education set forth in General Statutes § 7-147k (b), 12 and…”

Farmington Sav. Bank v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 458 A.2d 1151 (Conn. 1983). · cites it 11× “80-314(11), now codified as General Statutes § 7-147k, 3 cures *735 the possible defects in the adoption of the historic district ordinance which the plaintiff relies upon in claiming that its property is exempt from that ordinance.”

Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield Cnty., Inc. v. Borough of Litchfield, 853 F. Supp. 2d 214 (D. Conn. 2012). · cites it 2× “” Section 7-147k(b), however, provides an exception to this general rule, in that the “provisions of this part shall not apply to any property owned by a nonprofit institution of higher education, for as long as a nonprofit institution of higher education owns such a property.”

— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-147k(b) — 1 case

Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield Cnty., Inc. v. Borough of Litchfield, 853 F. Supp. 2d 214 (D. Conn. 2012). “” Section 7-147k(b), however, provides an exception to this general rule, in that the “provisions of this part shall not apply to any property owned by a nonprofit institution of higher education, for as long as a nonprofit institution of higher education owns such a property.”

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