[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Monroe 6-22-1987 (Ch. 13A of the 1976 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes
and policies of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act, §§ 22a-36
to 22a-45 of the Connecticut General Statutes, there is hereby created
an agency of the Town to be known as the "Inland Wetlands Commission."
The Inland Wetlands Commission shall be appointed
as provided in Chapter IV, § 12 of the Charter. The Commission
shall elect a Chairman from among its members and a Secretary, who
need not be a member of the Commission. Said Chairman and Secretary
shall serve terms ending on January 31 of the year next following
their respective elections. All members shall serve without compensation.
The Inland Wetlands Commission shall be vested
with all powers authorized by the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
Act, as amended, and in particular shall promulgate such regulations
in conformity with the regulations promulgated by the Commissioner
of Environmental Protection as are necessary to protect the inland
wetlands and watercourses within the territorial limits of the Town.
The agency shall provide through regulation the manner in which the
boundaries of inland wetlands areas and watercourses in the Town shall
be established, amended or changed and shall follow the procedures
set forth in the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act. Implementing
regulations, to include enforcement procedures, shall be prepared
by the Inland Wetlands Commission and provided to the Town Council
for approval prior to September 1987. The Inland Wetlands Commission
shall be solely responsible for the licensing of all regulated activities
conducted upon an inland wetland or watercourse, as those terms are
defined in the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act, within the Town.
In carrying out its licensing activities, the Inland Wetlands Commission
shall follow the standards and procedures set forth in the Inland
Wetlands and Watercourses Act.
No member of the Commission shall participate
in the hearing or decision of such Commission upon any matter in which
he is directly or indirectly interested in a personal or financial
sense.[2]
