{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-13ee","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-13ee","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this section and sections 8-13ff and 8-13gg:\n(1) “Approved priority housing development zone” means a priority housing development zone for which a final letter of eligibility has been issued by the Commissioner of Housing pursuant to section 8-13gg;\n(2) “Developable land” has the same meaning as provided in section 8-13aa;\n(3) “Dwelling unit” has the same meaning as provided in section 47a-1;\n(4) “Eligible location” means an area within an existing residential or commercial district that is suitable for development as a priority housing development zone;\n(5) “Historic district” means a historic district established pursuant to chapter 97a;\n(6) “Priority housing development zone” means a zone adopted by a zoning commission pursuant to this section and sections 8-13ff and 8-13gg as an overlay to one or more existing zones in an eligible location;\n(7) “Letter of eligibility” means a preliminary or final letter issued to a municipality by the commissioner;\n(8) “Multifamily housing” means a building that contains or will contain three or more residential dwelling units;\n(9) “Open space” means land or a permanent interest in land that is used for or satisfies one or more of the criteria listed in subsection (b) of section 7-131d;\n(10) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee;\n(11) “Townhouse housing” means a residential building consisting of single-family dwelling units constructed in a group of three or more attached units in which each unit extends from foundation to roof and has exterior walls on at least two sides; and\n(12) “Zoning commission” means a municipal agency designated or authorized to exercise zoning powers under chapter 124 or a special act and includes an agency that exercises both planning and zoning authority.","path":["TITLE 8. ZONING, PLANNING, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 124b. INCENTIVE HOUSING ZONES AND HOUSING GROWTH PLANNING"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_124b.htm#sec_8-13ee","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:21Z","sha256":"e428ee6e17762f7c1d13bcb85b1bf4858662c482affae3ab8ebd2d36fc0cbde7","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-13dd","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-8-13ff"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}