[Adopted 10-2-1978; amended 11-18-1987; 4-2-1990; 5-7-1990; 6-4-1990; 1-6-1992; 6-2-1997]
There shall be an agency known as the "Inland
Wetlands and Watercourses Agency," hereinafter referred to as the
"Agency." The Agency shall consist of 10 regular members and five
alternate members appointed by the Mayor with the confirmation of
the Common Council.
A.
The regular members shall serve for a term of three
years. The present regular members shall serve the remainder of their
terms. Regular members shall be appointed as necessary to fill any
openings in the 10 regular positions on the Agency.
B.
The term of office of each alternate member shall
be for five years. The present alternate members shall serve the remainder
of their terms. Alternate members shall be appointed as necessary
to fill any openings in the five alternate positions on the Agency.
C.
In the event a member misses three consecutive meetings,
such member may be removed and the vacancy thereby created filled
as provided in Section 4 of Chapter VIII of the Charter.
D.
No regular member or alternate member of the Agency
shall concurrently sit as a regular or alternate member of the Planning
and Zoning Commission or as a member of the Common Council.
A.
The Agency is authorized to adopt and amend and change
regulations pertaining to inland wetlands and watercourses located
within the City of Middletown, including the establishment and amendment
and changes of boundaries of inland wetland areas within the territorial
limits of the City. Such regulations and boundaries shall be established
and amended and changed in the manner provided in the Connecticut
General Statutes, as amended, the applicable regulations of the Connecticut
Commissioner of Environmental Protection, as amended, and the regulations
of the Agency, as amended.
B.
The Agency may, in its regulations, provide for a
filing fee to be deposited with it to defray the cost of reviewing
and acting on applications and petitions, including but not limited
to the costs of certified mailings, publications of notices and decisions
and monitoring compliance with permit conditions or Agency orders.
C.
The Agency shall only consider proposed regulations
or amendments or changes to regulations or inland wetlands boundaries
which have been submitted in writing on a form prescribed by it. The
Agency is not required to hear any application for an amendment or
change to its regulations or boundaries for a period of 12 months
after a decision by the Agency on an earlier application concerning
substantially the same request.
The Agency shall have all powers and duties
conferred upon municipal inland wetlands and watercourses agencies
by the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended. The Agency shall
have all incidental powers necessary to enforce its regulations.