[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Mansfield 6-14-2004,
effective 7-10-2004. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Aquifer
Protection Agency Ordinance."
This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the provisions of Connecticut
General Statutes § 22a-354o, which provides that each municipality
in which an aquifer protection area is located shall authorize by ordinance
an existing board or commission to act as the municipal aquifer protection
agency.
This ordinance is designed to implement the provisions of Connecticut
General Statutes § 22a-354o, as it may be amended from time to time,
to assist the Town with the regulation and the protection of aquifer protection
areas.
The Town Council has found that it is in the best interest of the Town
of Mansfield to designate the Mansfield Planning and Zoning Commission (hereinafter
the "PZC") as the Town's Municipal Aquifer Protection Agency.
A.
In accordance with the provisions of Connecticut General
Statutes § 22a-35a et seq., the PZC is hereby designated as the
Municipal Aquifer Protection Agency (hereinafter the "Agency") of the Town
of Mansfield.
B.
Members of the PZC shall serve coexisting terms on the
Agency. The membership requirements of the Agency shall be the same as those
of the PZC, including, but not limited to, the number of members, the terms
of members, the method of selection of members, the removal of members, and
the filling of vacancies.[1]
C.
At least one member of the Agency or staff of the Agency
shall complete the course in technical training formulated by the Commissioner
of Environmental Protection of the State of Connecticut, pursuant to Connecticut
General Statutes § 22a-354v.
The Agency shall adopt regulations in accordance with Connecticut General
Statutes § 22a-354p and the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
§ 22a-354i-3. Said regulations shall provide for:
A.
The manner in which boundaries of aquifer protection
areas shall be established and amended or changed;
B.
Procedures for the regulation of activity within the
area;
C.
The form for an application to conduct regulated activities
within the area;
D.
Notice and publication requirements;
E.
Criteria and procedures for the review of applications;
and
F.
Administration and enforcement.
A.
In order to carry out the purposes of the aquifer protection
program, the Agency will conduct an inventory of land use within the area
to assess potential contamination sources.
B.
Not later than three months after approval of Level B
mapping of aquifers by the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection, the Agency will inventory land uses overlying the mapped zone
of contribution and recharge areas of such aquifers in accordance with guidelines
established by the Commissioners pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes
§ 22a-354f. In accordance with Connecticut General Statutes § 22a-354e,
such inventory shall be completed not more than one year after the designation
and establishment of the Agency.
Whenever used, the singular number shall include the plural, and the
plural the singular.
