Town of Hebron, CT Article II Land Acquisition Fund

[Adopted 6-4-1998 by Ord. No. 98-1]

§ 42-5 Authority; fund established.

Pursuant to the authority of General Statutes § 7-131r, there is hereby established the Hebron Land Acquisition Fund to be used for the purposes of the preservation of open space, the acquisition of land (or any interest in land, including but not limited to easements and development rights) to be used for open space and for recreational or agricultural purposes. The fund shall not lapse at the close of the municipal year.

§ 42-6 Deposits.

There shall be deposited into the Land Acquisition Fund such sums as the Town may from time to time appropriate for that purpose, not to exceed in any fiscal year that amount which would be generated by the imposition of a tax of two mills against the property subject to municipal property tax in the Town. There shall also be deposited into the fund all payments in lieu of the provision of open space made pursuant to any regulations adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission under the authority of General Statutes §§ 8-25 and 8-25b and any other funds acquired by the Town, whether by gift, bequest, grant or otherwise, for the purposes to be served by the fund.

§ 42-7 Open Space Land Acquisition Committee.

[Amended 2-20-2020]

The Board of Selectmen shall appoint an Open Space Land Acquisition Committee to consist of three citizens at large and one member of each of the following: Board of Selectmen, Board of Finance, Planning and Zoning Commission, Conservation Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission. The persons appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Selectmen. The Open Space Land Acquisition Committee shall elect its Chairman and a Secretary and shall meet periodically, but not less frequently than quarterly. Its charge shall be to identify potential acquisitions of land or interests in land for open space or recreational or agricultural purposes, to make recommendations to the Board of Selectmen regarding acquisition of such land and other proper uses of the Land Acquisition Fund and to perform such other tasks relating to the use and administration of the fund as the Board of Selectmen may direct.

§ 42-8 Appropriations.

[Amended 2-19-2009]

Appropriations from the fund for the purposes for which it is created may be made upon the recommendation of the Board of Selectmen and the approval of the Board of Finance, and where the proposed appropriation is for the purpose of acquiring land (or any interest in land, including but not limited to easements and development rights) upon review by the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant to General Statutes § 8-24, by any Special Town Meeting after due warning.