Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-13aa: Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 8-13bb and 8-13cc:

(1) “Municipal housing growth plan” means a plan for the adoption of housing growth policies and the development of dwelling units in a municipality prepared and submitted by a municipality pursuant to section 8-13bb;

(2) “Regional housing growth plan” means a plan developed and adopted by a regional council of governments in coordination with the municipalities in the planning region of the council that (A) provides for the adoption of housing growth policies and the development of dwelling units in each municipality in the planning region, and (B) is prepared and submitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to section 8-13cc;

(3) “Affordable housing goal” has the same meaning as provided in section 8-13dd;

(4) “Affordable housing unit” means a dwelling unit that is subject to a covenant or restriction contained in an instrument filed on the land records of the municipality in which such unit is located, provided such covenant or restriction requires such dwelling unit to be sold or rented at, or below, a price that will preserve the unit, for at least forty years after the initial occupation of the unit, as housing for which persons and families pay thirty per cent or less of their annual income where such person or family is considered a low-income household, very low-income household or extremely low-income household;

(5) “Developable land” means land, including any land owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state, including a municipality, that, as of January 1, 2026, can be feasibly developed or redeveloped into a residential development or a mixed-use development, as defined in section 8-13m, provided the feasibility of such development or redevelopment is based on commercially reasonable assumptions. “Developable land” does not include: (A) Land already committed to a public use or purpose, whether publicly or privately owned; (B) open space, parks and recreation areas that are dedicated to the public or subject to a recorded conservation easement; (C) land that is subject to an enforceable restriction on or prohibition of development, provided any such restriction or prohibition is not imposed by any zoning regulations or ordinance adopted by a municipality; (D) wetlands or watercourses, as defined in chapter 440; and (E) areas of one-half or more acres of contiguous land that are unsuitable for development due to topographic features, such as steep slopes;

(6) “Dwelling unit” has the same meaning as provided in section 47a-1;

(7) “Extremely low-income household” means a person or family with an annual income less than or equal to thirty per cent of the median income;

(8) “Very low-income household” means a person or family with an annual income less than or equal to fifty per cent of the median income;

(9) “Low-income household” means a person or family with an annual income less than or equal to eighty per cent of the median income;

(10) “Median income” has the same meaning as provided in section 8-30g;

(11) “Housing growth program” means the program established pursuant to section 8-13jj;

(12) “Housing growth policies” means (A) policies, practices, ordinances and regulations proposed or adopted by a municipality or regional council of governments that are designed to reduce or remove regulatory constraints on the construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of affordable housing units, including, but not limited to, zoning regulation amendments, fee waivers, tax fixing agreements, tax abatements and expedited housing development project approval processes, or (B) municipal or regional actions intended to promote the development of affordable housing units, including, but not limited to, (i) seeking funding for the development of affordable housing units or sewer infrastructure, (ii) donating municipal land for such development, and (iii) entering into agreements with developers for developments that include affordable housing units;

(13) “Municipality” has the same meaning as provided in section 7-148;

(14) “Planning region” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-124i;

(15) “Regional council of governments” means a regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive; and

(16) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.