The Commission is specifically authorized to grant, deny, or
limit any permit for a regulated activity. The Commission may grant
an application as filed or grant it upon such terms, conditions, limitations,
or modification of the regulated activity as it may deem necessary
to carry out the policy of the Inland Wetlands Act.
The applicant shall be notified of the Commission's decision
to grant or deny, suspend or revoke a permit by certified mail within
fifteen (15) days of the date of a final decision.
Within 15 days of the decision, the Commission shall cause notice
of the order of issuance or denial, suspension, or revocation of a
permit to be published in the form of a legal notice in a daily newspaper
having a general circulation in the Town of Griswold. In any case
in which such notice is not published within the fifteen-day period,
the applicant may provide for the publication of such notice within
10 days thereafter.
In granting a permit, granting a permit with conditions, denying
a permit, or suspending or revoking a permit, the Commission shall
issue a written opinion presenting the reasons for its action. These
reasons shall become part of the records of the Commission.
Any permit issued under this chapter for the development of
property for which an approval is required under Section 8-3, 8-25
or 8-26 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be valid for five
years, provided the Commission may establish a specific time period
within which any regulated activity shall be conducted. Any permit
issued under this chapter for any other activity shall be valid for
not less than two years and not more than five years. Any such permit
shall be renewed upon request of the permit holder unless the Commission
finds that there has been a substantial change in circumstances which
requires a new permit application or an enforcement action has been
undertaken with regard to the regulated activity for which the permit
was issued, provided no permit may be valid for more than 10 years.