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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-127 (2026)

Preparation and approval of redevelopment plan. Notice of approval. Review

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(a) The redevelopment agency may prepare, or cause to be prepared, a redevelopment plan and any redeveloper may submit a redevelopment plan to the redevelopment agency, and such redevelopment agency shall immediately transmit such plan to the planning agency of the municipality for its study. The planning agency may make a comprehensive or general plan of the entire municipality as a guide in the more detailed and precise planning of redevelopment areas. Such plan and any modifications and extensions of the plan shall show the location of proposed redevelopment areas and the general location and extent of use of land for housing, business, industry, communications and transportation, recreation, public buildings and such other public and private uses as are deemed by the planning agency essential to the purpose of redevelopment. Appropriations by the municipality of any amount necessary are authorized to enable the planning agency to make such comprehensive or general plan. The redevelopment agency shall request the written opinion of the planning agency on all redevelopment plans prior to approving such redevelopment plans. Such written opinion shall include a determination on whether the plan is consistent with the plan of conservation and development of the municipality adopted under section 8-23.

(b) Before approving any redevelopment plan, the redevelopment agency shall hold a public hearing on the plan, notice of which shall be published at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, the first publication of notice to be not less than two weeks before the date set for the hearing. At least thirty-five days prior to any public hearing, the redevelopment agency shall post the plan on the Internet web site of the redevelopment agency, if any. The redevelopment agency may approve any such redevelopment plan if, following such hearing, it finds that: (1) The area in which the proposed redevelopment is to be located is a redevelopment area; (2) the carrying out of the redevelopment plan will result in materially improving conditions in such area; (3) sufficient living accommodations are available within a reasonable distance of such area or are provided for in the redevelopment plan for families displaced by the proposed improvement, at prices or rentals within the financial reach of such families; (4) the redevelopment plan is satisfactory as to site planning, relation to the plan of conservation and development of the municipality adopted under section 8-23 and, except when the redevelopment agency has prepared the redevelopment plan, the construction and financial ability of the redeveloper to carry it out; (5) the planning agency has issued a written opinion in accordance with subsection (a) of this section that the redevelopment plan is consistent with the plan of conservation and development of the municipality adopted under section 8-23; and (6) (A) public benefits resulting from the redevelopment plan will outweigh any private benefits; (B) existing use of the real property cannot be feasibly integrated into the overall redevelopment plan for the project; (C) acquisition by eminent domain is reasonably necessary to successfully achieve the objectives of such redevelopment plan; and (D) the redevelopment plan is not for the primary purpose of increasing local tax revenues. No redevelopment plan for a project that consists predominantly of residential facilities shall be approved by the redevelopment agency in any municipality having a housing authority organized under the provisions of chapter 128 except with the approval of such housing authority.

(c) (1) The approval of a redevelopment plan shall be given by the legislative body. The plan shall be effective for a period of ten years after the date of approval and may be amended in accordance with this section. The legislative body shall review the plan at least once every ten years after the initial approval, and shall reapprove such plan or an amended plan at least once every ten years after the initial approval in accordance with this section in order for the plan or amended plan to remain in effect. With respect to a redevelopment plan for a project that is funded in whole or in part by federal funds, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the extent that such provisions are prohibited by federal law.

(2) The redevelopment agency shall cause notice of the initial approval of any redevelopment plan to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality.

(1949 Rev., S. 981; 1951, 1953, S. 485d; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 53; P.A. 07-141, S. 6.)

History: P.A. 07-141 divided existing provisions into Subsecs. (a) to (c), inserted in Subsec. (a) requirement that written opinion include determination whether plan is consistent with plan of conservation and development, inserted in Subsec. (b) requirement that notice of hearing be posted on Internet web site of agency, if any, at least 35 days prior to hearing, substituted “plan of conservation and development” for “comprehensive or general plan” in Subsec. (b)(4), inserted new provisions as Subsecs. (b)(5) re written opinion that plan is consistent with plan of conservation and development and (b)(6) re public benefits, integration of existing use, reasonable necessity of acquisition by eminent domain, and primary purpose of plan not being to increase tax revenue, required approval of plan by legislative body and deleted option for approval by designated agency in Subsec. (c)(1), inserted new provisions in Subsec. (c)(1) re effective period and review of plan, inserted new provisions as Subsec. (c)(2) re notice of initial approval, and made technical changes, effective October 1, 2007, and applicable to redevelopment plans adopted on or after that date.

What constitutes fair opportunity to be heard at public hearing. 147 C. 321. Strict compliance with procedure set out by statute is necessary in order to validly adopt a redevelopment plan; plan not valid since it was not first submitted to planning commission and no meeting or hearing on it was ever held. 148 C. 517. General Assembly has delegated to the agency power to prepare a redevelopment plan within prescribed limits; such authority having been reposed in the agency, its decision is conclusive unless, on judicial review, it is found to be unreasonable, or the result of bad faith, or an abuse of power conferred. 150 C. 42. Taking of land by Hartford for redevelopment was for a public purpose, although individuals might benefit thereby, and was constitutional; due process was satisfied when plaintiff whose property was taken for redevelopment attended hearing and his questions regarding project were answered. 156 C. 521. Cited. 158 C. 522. Modification of plan adopted under section subject only to procedures of Sec. 8-136. 159 C. 116. Cited. 161 C. 234; 201 C. 305. Agency has no statutory authority to adopt amendments to a redevelopment plan if such amendments constitute a new redevelopment plan and the notice, hearing and findings required by section have not been complied with. 259 C. 563.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1960–2024 · leading case: Aposporos v. Urban Redevelopment Comm'n, 790 A.2d 1167 (Conn. 2002).
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Aposporos v. Urban Redevelopment Comm'n, 790 A.2d 1167 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 9× “General Statutes § 8-127 3 provides in relevant part that “[b]efore approving any redevelopment plan, the *573 redevelopment agency shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality,…”
Citino v. Redevelopment Agency, 721 A.2d 1197 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998). · cites it 6× “See General Statutes § 8-127. The plan provided for the acquisition of eleven parcels of privately owned land located on Squire, Park and Wolcott Streets in Hartford.”
West Haven Sound Dev. Corp. v. City of West Haven, 514 A.2d 734 (Conn. 1986). · cites it 4× “Finally, while redevelopment agencies are granted broad powers under chapter 130 to propose and implement redevelopment plans; see General Statutes §§ 8-127, 8-128, 8-137; ultimate authority to approve a plan, to make substantial modifications in such a plan, and to approve land…”
Mar. Ventures, LLC v. City of Norwalk, 894 A.2d 946 (Conn. 2006). · cites it 10× “General Statutes § 8-127 requires a redevelopment agency, in initiating the redevelopment plan, to identify permitted uses within the redevelopment area, and provides in relevant part that a redevelopment plan “shall show .”
Sheehan v. Altschuler, 172 A.2d 897 (Conn. 1961). · cites it 7× “The statute, presently General Statutes § 8-127, provides: “The redevelopment agency may prepare, or cause to be prepared, a redevelopment plan .”
9 Pettipaug, LLC v. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 316 A.3d 318 (Conn. 2024). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes § 8-56a (notice of public hearing prior to construction of public housing project subject to standards of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development); General Statutes § 8-127 (b) and (c) (2) (notices of public hearing on and approval of…”
Fishman v. City of Stamford, 267 A.2d 443 (Conn. 1970). · cites it 5× “(a) The plaintiff claims that, once the 1963 plan had been properly approved in accordance with § 8-127 of the General Statutes (Rev. to 1966), any change in that plan, and in particular the change in removing the plaintiff’s property from the “not to be acquired” category and…”
Pet Car Prods., Inc. v. Barnett, 184 A.2d 797 (Conn. 1962). · cites it 2× “The claim is that the agency acted illegally and arbitrarily in determining that it was essential to an adequate unit of development to acquire and remove the plaintiff’s cinder-block buildings.”
Katz v. Brandon, 245 A.2d 579 (Conn. 1968). · cites it 2× “The due process clause of the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution, which has substantially the same meaning as article first, § 12, of the Connecticut constitution (now article first, § 10, of the 1965 Connecticut constitution), does not guarantee any particular…”
Graham v. Houlihan, 160 A.2d 745 (Conn. 1960). · cites it 2× “13, § 53 (General Statutes §8-127). No claim is made to the contrary.”
Town of Darien v. Est. of D'Addario, 784 A.2d 337 (Conn. 2001). “The legislative body in its approval of a project under section 8-127 shall specify the time within which real property is to be acquired.”
Broadriver, Inc. v. City of Stamford, 265 A.2d 75 (Conn. 1969). “We were discussing, in that case, the requirement laid down by § 8-127 for a public hearing before a redevelopment plan could be adopted, or, in other words, action which was basic to the objective to be accomplished.”
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