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      Sec. 8-13s. Zone adoption payments. Building permit payments. (a) Upon the determination that (1) the housing incentive zone has been adopted; (2) the time for appeal of the final adoption of the regulations has expired or a final and unappealable judgment upholding such regulations has been issued in any civil action challenging or delaying such regulations; and (3) the municipality has otherwise complied with the requirements of sections 8-13m to 8-13x, inclusive, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall, subject to the availability of funds, make a zone adoption payment to the municipality in the amount of two thousand dollars for each unit of housing that can, as-of-right, be built as part of an incentive housing development within such zone or zones based on the definition of developable land and the minimum as-of-right densities set forth in subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of section 8-13n.

      (b) Subject to the availability of funds the secretary shall issue to the municipality a one-time building permit payment for each building permit for a residential housing unit in an approved incentive housing development upon submission by a municipality to the secretary of proof of issuance of such building permit and after determining that (1) no appeal from or challenge to such building permit has been filed or is pending, and (2) such building permit was issued for housing in an incentive housing development not later than five years after the date of the final adoption of incentive housing zone regulations by the zoning commission in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 8-13q. The amount of payment shall be two thousand dollars for each multifamily housing unit, duplex unit or townhouse unit and five thousand dollars for each single-family detached unit. Such payment shall be made by the secretary not more than sixty days after receipt of proof of the issuance of building permits and verification of the absence of any appeal or challenge.

      (c) Residential units that are located within an approved incentive housing zone that are part of a development that constitutes housing for older persons permitted by the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 USC 3607 or sections 46a-64c and 46a-64d shall not be eligible for payments under this section.

      (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 44.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 effective July 1, 2007 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b), a reference to "secretary" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "the secretary" for consistency).