Bristol, CT Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted statutes
- C.G.S. §§ 25-84 to 25-94
- Adoption date
- October 6, 1961
- Local board
- City council itself
- Reports due
- March 31 and September 30
- Report author
- Director of public works
- Special meetings
- Called by mayor as needed
Summary
The City of Bristol has adopted Connecticut's flood and erosion control statutes, C.G.S. §§ 25-84 to 25-94, in full under Code of Ordinances § 8-1. The city council itself sits as the flood and erosion control board, and the public works director must report to it twice a year.
The city hereby adopts the provisions of sections 25-84 to 25-94 inclusive of the General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1958 as amended, pertaining to flood and erosion control. ... The city council is hereby constituted as the flood and erosion control board for the city and, as such board, shall have all the duties and powers granted by state statutes. The director of public works shall coordinate a report to be delivered to the flood and erosion control board twice per calendar year by March 31 and September 30 of that year. The mayor may call a special meeting of the board as needed to discuss and take action on items in the submitted reports or as necessary.
Full Breakdown
Rather than write its own construction-site erosion standard, Bristol incorporated Connecticut's flood and erosion control statutes wholesale. Code of Ordinances § 8-1 states that the city 'hereby adopts the provisions of sections 25-84 to 25-94 inclusive of the General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1958 as amended, pertaining to flood and erosion control,' an adoption first made by ordinance on October 6, 1961. Section 8-2 then designates the Bristol City Council itself as the flood and erosion control board, giving it 'all the duties and powers granted by state statutes' for the city, rather than assigning the function to a separate commission.
That section requires the director of public works to prepare and deliver a status report to the council, acting as the board, twice every calendar year, by March 31 and by September 30, and lets the mayor call a special board meeting to act on anything raised in those reports; the reporting requirement was refined by amending ordinances in 2012 and 2018. Section 8-3 confirms that everything the council did as flood and erosion control board before the October 6, 1961 ordinance remains valid and ratified.
Because the operative standards live in the state statute the city adopted rather than in a locally drafted chapter, anyone seeking construction-site erosion and sediment control requirements in Bristol works from C.G.S. §§ 25-84 through 25-94, with the council functioning as the local board that receives the director's twice-yearly reports.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 8 sets no separate local penalty schedule; enforcement runs through the state flood and erosion control statutes the city adopted at § 8-1, with the city council, sitting as the flood and erosion control board under § 8-2, empowered to act on the public works director's March 31 and September 30 reports.
Frequently Asked Questions
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