This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Municipal Aquifer
Protection Agency Ordinance."
This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the provisions of Connecticut
General Statutes § 22a-354o, which provides that each municipality
in which an aquifer protection area is located shall authorize by ordinance
an existing board or commission to act as the municipal aquifer protection
agency.
This ordinance is designed to implement the provisions of Connecticut
General Statutes § 22a-354o, as it may be amended from time to time,
to assist the Town with the regulation and the protection of aquifer protection
areas.
The Town Council has found that it is in the best interest of the Town
of Mansfield to designate the Mansfield Planning and Zoning Commission (hereinafter
the "PZC") as the Town's Municipal Aquifer Protection Agency.
The Agency shall adopt regulations in accordance with Connecticut General
Statutes § 22a-354p and the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
§ 22a-354i-3. Said regulations shall provide for:
A. The manner in which boundaries of aquifer protection
areas shall be established and amended or changed;
B. Procedures for the regulation of activity within the
area;
C. The form for an application to conduct regulated activities
within the area;
D. Notice and publication requirements;
E. Criteria and procedures for the review of applications;
and
F. Administration and enforcement.
Whenever used, the singular number shall include the plural, and the
plural the singular.