Town of Orange, CT Article VIII Application Procedures

§ 381-30 Filing copies of application.

[Amended 3-9-2004]

All petitions, applications, request or appeals shall be submitted to the Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Commission of the Town of Orange.

§ 381-31 Filing with adjacent municipalities.

When an application to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity upon an inland wetland or water course is filed and any portion of such wetland or water course is within 500 feet of the boundary of another municipality, the applicant shall give written notice of the application by certified mail, return receipt requested, on the same day to the Inland Wetland Commission of such other municipality. Documentation of such notice shall be provided to the Commission.

§ 381-32 Notification of other municipalities.

[Amended 3-9-2004]

A. The Commission shall, in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes Sections 8-7b(f) and 22a-42b, notify the clerk of any adjoining municipality of the pendency of any application, petition, appeal, request or plan concerning any project on any site in which:

(1) Any portion of the property affected by a decision of the Commission is within 500 feet of the boundary of the adjoining municipality;

(2) A significant portion of the traffic to the completed project on the site will use streets within the adjoining municipality to enter or exit the site;

(3) A significant portion of the sewer or water drainage from the project on the site will flow through and significantly impact the drainage or sewerage system within the adjoining municipality; or

(4) Water run-off from the improved site will impact streets or other municipal or private property within the adjoining municipality.

B. Such notice shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be mailed within seven days of the date of receipt of the application, petition, appeal, request or plan.

§ 381-33 Notification of water company.

[Amended 2-13-2007]

When an application is filed to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity upon an inland wetland or water course, any portion of which is within the watershed of a water company as defined in Section 25-32a of the General Statutes, the applicant shall provide written notice of the application to the water company and the Commissioner of Public Health in a format prescribed by said Commissioner, provided such water company or said Commissioner has filed a map showing the boundaries of the watershed on the land records of the municipality in which the application is made and with the inland wetlands agency of such municipality. Such notice shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be mailed not later than seven days after the date of the application. The water company and the Commissioner of Public Health, through a representative, may appear and be heard at any hearing on the application.

§ 381-34 Application receipt date.

[Amended 3-9-2004]

The date of receipt of a petition, application, request or appeal shall be the day of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Commission, immediately following the day of submission to such agency or its agent of such petition, application, request or appeal, or 35 days after such submission, whichever is sooner.

§ 381-35 Additional information that may be required.

At any time during the review period, the Commission may require the applicant to provide additional information about the regulated area or regulated activity which is the subject of the application, or wetlands or water courses affected by the regulated activity. Requests for additional information shall not stay the time limitations set forth in § 381-48.

§ 381-36 Public inspection.

All applications shall be open for public inspection.

§ 381-37 Denial of incomplete applications.

Incomplete applications may be denied.