[Adopted 5-6-1974]
[Amended 11-27-1990]
In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes and policies of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act of the State of Connecticut pursuant to Public Act No. 155 of the 1972 Session of the General Assembly,[1] there is hereby created a commission of the Town of Clinton ("Town") to be known as the "Clinton Inland Wetlands Commission" ("Commission") and an Inland Wetlands Commission Panel of Alternates ("alternates"). The Town of Clinton Inland Wetlands Commission is hereby further established as the Town of Clinton Conservation Commission. It shall be vested with all of the powers and duties authorized by C.G.S. § 7-131a.
[1]
Editor's Note: See C.G.S. § 22a-36.
A. 
Organization of Commission. The Commission shall consist of seven members, who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. Of the seven members first appointed, the term of three such members shall expire on the first Monday of January in 1976 and the term of the remaining four members shall expire on the first Monday of January in 1978. All subsequent appointments shall be for a term of four years, except that an appointment to fill an unexpired term shall be for the duration of said unexpired term only.
B. 
Organization of Panel of Alternates. The Panel of Alternates shall consist of three members, who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen. Of the three members first appointed, the term of one such member shall expire on the first Monday of January in 1976 and the term of the remaining two members shall expire on the first Monday of January in 1978. All subsequent appointments shall apply as in Subsection A above, and all members shall be electors of the Town of Clinton.
At its first meeting, which shall be held within a period of 30 days after the appointment of the members to the first Commission, and at its first meeting on or after the first Monday in January in each year thereafter, the Commission shall elect from its members a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary and such other officers as deemed appropriate. All members shall serve without compensation, except for reasonable expenses, and may be removed by the Board of Selectmen for cause.
A. 
The Commission shall serve as the sole agent of the Town of Clinton for the licensing of regulated activities as such term is defined in the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act of the State of Connecticut.
B. 
The Commission shall be vested with all powers authorized by the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act of the State of Connecticut, as amended, and in particular shall promulgate such regulations, in conformity with the regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection of the State of Connecticut, as are necessary to protect the inland wetlands and watercourses within the territorial limits of the Town of Clinton. The Commission shall provide through regulation the manner in which the boundaries of inland wetland areas and watercourses in the Town of Clinton shall be established, amended, or changed and shall follow the procedures as set forth in the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act of the State of Connecticut. Such regulations shall specifically provide for an enforcement officer and shall require coordination with other Town commissions regulating conservation and planning.
C. 
In carrying out its licensing activities, the Commission shall follow the standards and procedures set forth in the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act of the State of Connecticut.