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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-3d (2026)

Variances, special permits, special exceptions and special exemptions to be recorded

✓ current as of May 2026
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No variance, special permit or special exception granted pursuant to this chapter, chapter 126 or any special act, and no special exemption granted under section 8-2g, shall be effective until a copy thereof, certified by a zoning commission, planning commission, combined planning and zoning commission or zoning board of appeals, containing a description of the premises to which it relates and specifying the nature of such variance, special permit, special exception or special exemption, including the zoning bylaw, ordinance or regulation which is varied in its application or to which a special exception or special exemption is granted, and stating the name of the owner of record, is recorded in the land records of the town in which such premises are located. The town clerk shall index the same in the grantor's index under the name of the then record owner and the record owner shall pay for such recording.

(P.A. 75-317; P.A. 77-509, S. 4; P.A. 88-338, S. 3, 5.)

History: P.A. 77-509 included reference to chapter 126; P.A. 88-338 added special exemptions granted under Sec. 8-2g.

Cited. 189 C. 573. Appellate Court improperly determined that conditions attached to granting of variance must be explicitly stated in certificate of variance and construed solely on the basis of the language in the certificate; rather, such conditions should be construed by considering entire public record. 307 C. 728.

Cited. 18 CA 85; 30 CA 395; judgment reversed, see 230 C. 452.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1983–2023 · leading case: Zimnoch v. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 29 A.3d 898 (Conn. 2011).
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Zimnoch v. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 29 A.3d 898 (Conn. 2011). · cites it 5× “17 General Statutes § 8-3d provides in relevant part: “No .”
A & B Auto Salvage, Inc. v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 456 A.2d 1187 (Conn. 1983). · cites it 4× “General Statutes § 8-3d. 2 The plaintiff claimed that because it was an indispensable party to the initial appeal and was not joined as a party thereto, the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas deprived the plaintiff of its property without due process of law.”
Koepke v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 620 A.2d 811 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993). · cites it 3× “” Moreover, General Statutes § 8-3d provides in pertinent part: “No variance, special permit or special exception granted .”
Frito-Lay, Inc. v. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 538 A.2d 1039 (Conn. 1988). “e effective upon the filing of a copy thereof (1) in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be, but, in the case of a district, in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk of the town in which such district is located and (2) in the land…”
Caserta v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 626 A.2d 744 (Conn. 1993). “e effective upon the filing of a copy thereof (1) in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be, but, in the case of a district, in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk of the town in which such district is located and (2) in the land…”
Double I Ltd. P'ship v. Plan & Zoning Comm'n, 588 A.2d 624 (Conn. 1991). “e effective upon the filing of a copy thereof (1) in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be, but, in the case of a district, in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk of the town in which such district is located and (2) in the land…”
Int'l Investors v. Town Plan & Zoning Comm'n, 202 Conn. App. 582 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 7× “14 General Statutes § 8-3d provides: ‘‘No variance, special permit or special exception granted pursuant to this chapter, chapter 126 or any special act, and no special exemption granted under section 8-2g, shall be effective until a copy thereof, certified by a zoning…”
Int'l Investors v. Town Plan & Zoning Comm'n, 344 Conn. 46 (Conn. 2022). · cites it 2× “Although the recording provides notice of the conditional privilege to successors in inter- est (as well as other interested parties); see 18 S.”
Caserta v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 593 A.2d 118 (Conn. 1991). “e effective upon the filing of a copy thereof (1) in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be, but, in the case of a district, in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk of the town in which such district is located and (2) in the land…”
Loulis v. Parrott, 695 A.2d 1040 (Conn. 1997). “e effective upon the filing of a copy thereof (1) in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be, but, in the case of a district, in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk of the town in which such district is located and (2) in the land…”
Munroe v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 802 A.2d 55 (Conn. 2002). “e effective upon the filing of a copy thereof (1) in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be, but, in the case of a district, in the offices of both the district clerk and the town clerk of the town in which such district is located and (2) in the land…”
Anatra v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Madison, 14 A.3d 386 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 8× “" General Statutes § 8-3d provides in relevant part: "No variance .”
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