New Britain, CT

New Britain exempts small recreational fires from its open burning permit under Code of Ordinances § 8-36(m)(2): a campfire, bonfire or other wood fire for recreational or ceremonial…

Open burning anywhere in New Britain requires a $25 permit from the city's open burning official under Code of Ordinances § 8-36; burning without one is a $99 fine or up to six months…

New Britain's own propane storage rule sits inside its flood damage prevention article, not a general fire code limit: Code of Ordinances § 9-43(h) requires any aboveground propane or…

Discharging or carrying firearms, firecrackers, torpedoes or fireworks in a New Britain park requires prior approval from the Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners. Even with…

New Britain's housing code requires a hardwired or battery smoke detector in every dwelling unit of a residential structure with more than two units, plus a detector at the head of…

Connecticut General Statutes 23-49a forbids kindling any open-air fire within one hundred feet of woodland, brushland, or adjacent dried grass when the State Forest Fire Warden…

In fire zones the fire marshal designates under New Britain Code of Ordinances § 8-80 through 8-84, the property owner must post fire lane no parking signs at their own expense, and…

New Britain's Code of Ordinances bans specific on-street parking violations citywide: facing the wrong way against traffic, parking within twelve inches of the curb, and blocking a…

New Britain's Common Council can designate residential street parking zones on metered blocks after a public hearing, letting property owners obtain permits under Sec. 15-80 so tenants…

From December 1 through April 15, New Britain bars parking on any street marked a "snow emergency route" between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. under Sec. 15-118. The mayor can also declare a…

When a New Britain police officer finds an apparently abandoned or unregistered vehicle, Sec. 15-42 requires a notification sticker giving 24 hours to move it before the police…

Sec. 15-71 bars standing a vehicle on any New Britain street to load or unload merchandise, or for any purpose, in a way that obstructs or blocks traffic. Parking within a marked…

Sec. 15-72 bars parking any vehicle over 10,000 pounds, or longer than 30 feet or taller than 8 feet, on a New Britain street for more than 30 minutes unless it is actively working…

New Britain will not let a residential front yard turn into an informal parking lot. Section 240-50-40 of the Zoning Ordinance prohibits parking in the required front yard in the S-1…

New Britain keeps large recreational vehicles out of view from the street. Section 240-50-35 of the Zoning Ordinance bars any motorhome, camper, trailer, or similar vehicle over eight…

A Connecticut private commercial lot may tow an unauthorized vehicle only if it has posted conspicuous signage saying vehicles may be removed or booted and telling you where the…

New Britain's noise ordinance carves aircraft flight operations out of its own decibel limits entirely, stating in Sec. 16-106 that such noise is "specifically preempted by the Federal…

New Britain exempts construction equipment noise from Article V's citywide noise standards only when the work happens during daytime hours, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through…

New Britain bars motor vehicles and unregistered recreational vehicles from exceeding the noise limits in Sec. 16-105 and Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 14-80a. Sec. 16-107 separately makes…

New Britain's noise ordinance sets a decibel table at Sec. 16-105 by emitter class and receptor zone, from 70 dBA industrial-to-industrial down to 45 dBA into a residential zone at…

New Britain defines nighttime hours as 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. (9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. into Sunday) and cuts allowable noise sharply once they start. Sec. 16-105 lets a residence's…

New Britain bans sound trucks and loudspeakers outright on any public street, and bars radios, phonographs, musical instruments and other sound amplifiers in public streets or places…

Connecticut General Statutes Section 22-363 prohibits owning or harboring a dog that creates a nuisance through excessive barking or other disturbance, applying uniformly statewide as…

New Britain outright bans feeding geese, ducks or any other waterfowl on public property or in a city park. Only a wildlife rehabilitator trying to catch a sick or injured animal may…

New Britain bars anyone from hunting, molesting, harming, trapping or killing any bird within a city park, and from taking eggs, nests or young birds. Poisoning a bird with any noxious…

New Britain flatly bans keeping swine or maintaining a pigpen anywhere in the city under Sec. 6-3, and separately makes it unlawful to keep any animal in a manner detrimental to health…

New Britain requires any cat allowed to roam outdoors to be vaccinated for rabies and feline distemper, spayed or neutered, and wearing owner-identification (Sec. 6-9), while…

Every domesticated cat in New Britain must be spayed or neutered by six months old unless the owner holds a City-approved breeder's permit, under Sec. 6-8(a). Keepers of feral cat…

New Britain bans dogs from streets, parks, and other public or unenclosed private places unless securely leashed in a responsible person's hands or confined in a ventilated vehicle…

New Britain requires every dog identified on a breeder's permit to be micro-chipped before the police department's animal control division approves breeding, and every puppy from a…

New Britain does not ban dogs by breed, but section 6-27 lets the animal control officer declare any individual dog vicious or dangerous based on unprovoked bites or high-risk behavior…

New Britain treats residential beekeeping as a permitted accessory use under zoning section 6-37, letting owners keep between two and ten honeybee colonies depending on lot size…

Connecticut criminalizes animal cruelty including hoarding under state law, with statewide felony provisions for severe neglect and authority for state animal control officers to seize…

Removing a tree designated as a legacy tree in New Britain requires prior approval from the tree warden under § 17-91. A property owner who is denied can appeal by written petition to…

New Britain treats uncut grass, weeds or undergrowth of nine inches or more in length as a blighting condition under section 7-42(b)(2)i, and a property with enough documented…

New Britain's nuisance ordinance bars accumulating rubbish or offensive waste on any property, but section 11-10(c) of the Code of Ordinances expressly carves out an exception: the…

New Britain's water use restriction ordinance, Code of Ordinances Section 23-124, lets the city impose watering-day and irrigation limits once a state of water use restriction or…

No one may cut down, remove, or trim a tree standing in a New Britain public street without the permission of the board of park and recreation commissioners, under Code of Ordinances…

New Britain's accessory dwelling unit chapter bars building an ADU within twenty-four months of a new single-family home in the S-1, S-2, and S-3 districts, unless the home was rebuilt…

New Britain requires the owner of any property with an accessory dwelling unit to personally occupy one of the two units as a permanent residence. Code of Ordinances Section 25-1 caps…

New Britain's zoning code allows accessory dwelling units on residential lots, but it draws a hard line at renting them out nightly. Zoning Ordinance § 270-40-40.300.60 states that…

In the City of New Britain, a shed, garage or other accessory building can't sit in a required front or side yard and must stand at least 10 feet from the main house. In the S-1…

Connecticut law treats a tiny home on a residential lot as an "accessory apartment" under CGS 8-1a(b)(1): a separate dwelling unit on the same lot as a larger principal home, with its…

New Britain sets no single annual night cap for short-term rentals in the zoning code text. Every short-term rental first needs a special exception from the Zoning Board of Appeals…

New Britain's zoning code caps how many people can stay overnight in a short-term rental. Zoning Ordinance § 270-40-40.300.30 limits occupancy to six adults plus their dependent…

New Britain's short-term rental rules block the parties and events that generate the noise complaints neighbors worry about most. Zoning Ordinance § 270-40-40.300.70 limits short-term…

New Britain adds a parking requirement on top of a property's normal off-street parking count for every short-term rental. Zoning Ordinance § 270-40-40.300.80 requires one additional…

In the City of New Britain, a short-term rental needs a special exception from the Zoning Board of Appeals before it can operate, then a separate annual zoning permit starting one year…

In the City of New Britain, a short-term rental's zoning permit application must name either the property owner residing on the premises or a property manager living or working within…

Connecticut imposes a 15% room occupancy tax on short-term rentals of 30 days or fewer, collected statewide by the Department of Revenue Services. The tax applies uniformly regardless…

Before pouring concrete for a residential pool, a New Britain property owner needs a Certificate of Zoning Compliance. Zoning Ordinance § 280-100-20 lists erection or construction of…

Connecticut requires anti-entrapment drain covers compliant with federal Pool and Spa Safety Act and state lifeguard standards at public pools, with universal application across all…

New Britain zoning treats small in-home childcare differently from other home businesses. A state-licensed family or group child care home is an outright permitted use in the S-1…

In the City of New Britain, a home occupation cannot see customers at all. Zoning Ordinance Section 230-210-20 flatly states no clients, customers, patients, or students are allowed in…

A home-based professional in New Britain can post exactly one small sign advertising the business. Section 250-20-10 of the Zoning Ordinance limits a home occupation's announcement…

New Britain's Zoning Ordinance allows home occupations only as an accessory, subordinate use to a residence, run solely by people who live there, with no on-site clients, customers or…

A Connecticut cottage food operation is licensed annually by the Department of Consumer Protection, not by the town, for an annual fee the commissioner sets at no more than one hundred…

Connecticut has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 19a-36i(a) requires a permit from the local director of health for any food establishment…

New Britain's zoning code does not license retaining walls as a separate structure, but it fixes exactly how their height is measured. Section 230-100.20 measures a retaining wall from…

New Britain's Zoning Ordinance sets fence and wall heights by district and yard type: most residential districts allow 0 to 4 feet in the required front yard and 6 feet elsewhere…

New Britain's Zoning Ordinance bans galvanized silver chain-link fencing in the required front yard of every residential district and the B-1R district, and along any street-facing…

Connecticut Statutes Sections 52-480 and 52-570 grant private remedies against malicious spite fences exceeding useful purpose, while Section 47-49 mandates shared maintenance of…

New Britain's anti-blight ordinance treats uncut grass, weeds or undergrowth of nine inches or more on any parcel, vacant or occupied, as a blighting condition under City Code of…

New Britain's antiblight program under section 7-41 bars owners and tenants from allowing or maintaining a blighted property, defined through a forty-plus item catalog in section 7-42…

New Britain property owners, tenants, and custodians must clear snow or ice from an adjacent public sidewalk within six hours of daylight after it accumulates, or spread sand or grit…

New Britain's health code requires time/temperature control for safety food to be prepared, served or packaged only by a trained food handler who has completed a training program in…

New Britain's Pest Control chapter requires every building to be ratproofed and kept free of rats "in a manner satisfactory to the director of health" under Code of Ordinances Sec…

New Britain exempts backyard barbecues from its open burning permit under Code of Ordinances § 8-36(m)(1): cooking food outdoors needs no permit, but only if it happens in or on a…

Any development in a special flood hazard area of New Britain needs a floodplain management permit from the city engineer before work begins, under Code of Ordinances § 9-43. New…

New Britain's Flood Damage Prevention ordinance requires new construction or substantial improvement of any residential structure in a special flood hazard area to have its lowest…

Boat anchorage and mooring are permitted as of right on New Britain's inland wetlands and watercourses, but dredging or building a dock is not: Code of Ordinances Sec. 19-25 carves…

New Britain's Zoning Ordinance requires a certified soil erosion and sediment control plan before any land development disturbing more than half an acre, cumulatively, in any zoning…

New Britain's Code of Ordinances designates the Board of Water Commissioners as the city's stormwater authority under Connecticut Public Act 21-115. Section 23-136 charges it with…

The Connecticut Coastal Management Act (Sec. 22a-90 et seq.) requires consistency review of all development within the coastal boundary. DEEP and municipalities enforce uniform…

New Britain authorizes automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school and pedestrian safety zones under Sec. 15-150, ticketing drivers who run a red light or speed ten-plus…

Connecticut runs golf carts and low-speed vehicles on opposite defaults. A golf cart may only go on a public street where the traffic authority of that city, town or borough has…

New Britain's Sec. 16-61 bars loitering, remaining idle, loafing or "hanging around", in any public place in a way that risks a breach of peace, disturbs others, or blocks pedestrians…

New Britain prohibits using any tobacco or cannabis product at all times in playgrounds, sports fields, public parks and school grounds under § 17-103. A first citation is a warning…

New Britain bans drinking alcohol in any public area of the city outright. Sec. 4-2 defines "public area" broadly to include streets, roadways, sidewalks, parking areas and parking…

Article IX of the Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to beg or solicit money in an 'aggressive manner' anywhere open to the public, including sidewalks, parking lots, ATMs and…

New Britain caps how long a vehicle's fire or intrusion alarm may keep sounding once triggered: ten minutes for an alarm attached to a vehicle, thirty minutes for one attached to a…

New Britain exempts noise from domestic power equipment, including portable generators, from Article V's noise article only during daytime hours: 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through…

New Britain bars any business, including bars and nightclubs, from operating between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in a manner that creates loud and disturbing noise annoying a…

New Britain parks are open only from thirty minutes before sunrise to thirty minutes after sunset under § 17-53, except Walnut Hill Park, which stays open at all hours for general use…

New Britain bars anyone under 16 from being in any public place between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. without a parent or authorized custodian under Sec. 16-122. Article VII exempts minors…

New Britain's tree warden runs a legacy tree program under § 17-88 that catalogs trees of unique historic or aesthetic value citywide. Residents can nominate trees to the Board of…

Planting a tree in a New Britain public place or street right-of-way requires a permit from the tree warden under § 17-89. Applicants must submit the location, species and size of the…

New Britain's housing code requires every exterior door of a rented dwelling to carry a positive locking device that engages automatically once the door closes. If the lock uses a…

New Britain's housing code bans lead paint and other hazardous coatings on the interior surfaces of any dwelling, rooming house or child-occupied facility, covering window sills…

New Britain bars a rooming house from housing a blind or bedridden tenant in a room or bed above the first floor unless the building is built of fire-resistant materials and carries a…

New Britain will not issue a permit for new construction, alteration, removal, demolition or any other building operation under section 7-1 until the required fee is paid to the…

New Britain ties the last stages of a construction project to inspection under sections 7-1, 7-10 and 7-12: a fifty dollar fee applies every time a trade inspector is called back for a…

New Britain requires a separate electrical permit under section 7-2, apart from the building permit fee, and section 7-13 fines anyone fifty dollars for starting electrical, plumbing…

In the City of New Britain, a child daycare use zoned under Section 270-40-40.260 of the Zoning Ordinance needs at least 6,000 square feet of lot area, 250 square feet of lot area per…

New Britain bars anyone from operating a massage establishment without a license from the director of health, and Sec. 14-122 sets a nonrefundable $250 filing fee plus fingerprinting…

Operating an adult-oriented establishment in New Britain requires a license from the Chief of Police under Sec. 14-263, with a $125 application fee. The Zoning Ordinance layers on…

New Britain's Tattooing/Piercing Code requires every tattoo or body-piercing artist to hold a bloodborne pathogen certificate and every shop to hold a separate establishment license…

New Britain does not run a separate city license for vape and tobacco retail, but its zoning code tightly controls where a shop can open. Section 230-230-10 bars any smoke shop or…

New Britain treats vehicle repair as an automatic disqualifier for a home occupation. Zoning Ordinance Section 230-210-100 lists prohibited home-occupation uses and states no work of…

New Britain's Zoning Ordinance lists pawn shops among prohibited uses in every zoning district, alongside check-cashing outlets, correctional facilities and halfway houses. Because…

New Britain requires every mobile food vendor to hold a license from the department of licenses, permits and inspections before selling from a truck on any street, sidewalk or public…

Sec. 14-224 of the New Britain Code requires food trucks and vending carts working the public way to serve customers only from the side of the truck facing the sidewalk; operating with…

In the City of New Britain, itinerant food vendors may sell only from seven designated Public Way Green Zones on streets like Burritt Street, Precision Court and Hartford Square, or…

New Britain requires anyone peddling goods door to door or place to place, whether on foot or from a vehicle, to first obtain a peddler's license from the department of licenses…

New Britain lets any resident block handbills, flyers and peddler literature by posting a sign. Under Code of Ordinances Sec. 3-6, nobody may throw, deposit or distribute a commercial…

New Britain bans posting any handbill or sign on public property citywide, from utility poles to street signs, but carves out one narrow exception for political signs. Sec. 3-11 lets…

In New Britain's CBD and CBD-R zones, window signs are capped at 15 percent of each window or door-window's area under Zoning Ordinance § 170-110-10.50, and they must be painted on or…

In the City of New Britain, electronic and moving message signs face tight zoning limits: flashing or rotating lights are banned outright, with one narrow exception for…

A street fair in New Britain needs a written license from the Common Council before it can operate. Sec. 5-16 makes the license mandatory for any public amusement, and Sec. 5-17's fee…

Any group larger than 25 people, or anyone reserving a specific park area, needs a permit from the board of park and recreation commissioners under Sec. 17-37. The application must…

Restaurants in New Britain's Central Business District (CBD/CBD-R) zones can add outdoor dining as an accessory use under Zoning Ordinance § 170-50-40, but only on private property…

New Britain has no separate parklet ordinance; its closest local rule treats streetside seating as accessory outdoor dining tied to a licensed restaurant. Zoning Ordinance § 230-10-40…

New Britain prohibits camping anywhere in a city park outside areas the board of park and recreation commissioners has designated for it, and Sec. 17-43(d) limits even a…

New Britain puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting owner, not the city. Sec. 21-70 requires the owner or custodian of any building or lot bordering a sidewalk to keep it safe, repair…

New Britain bars obstructing any street or public place, including dumping refuse, placing fences, bridging a street, or blocking a drain or hydrant, unless the department of public…

Anyone who wants to place or keep building material on a New Britain street, such as during construction, needs a building permit from the department of public works under Code of…

New Britain requires all residential refuse to go through the city's own collection system: only the city collector or an authorized contractor may collect or haul refuse within the…

New Britain residents must drain garbage of liquids, keep combustible rubbish separate from incombustible rubbish, sort recyclables by department of public works guidelines, and never…

New Britain limits when trash and recycling containers can sit at the curb: no earlier than noon the day before pickup, and removed within twenty-four hours after collection, placed…

New Britain fines unauthorized or illegal dumping at its residential recycling center under section 11-15: a first offense requires removing all the waste plus a fine equal to triple…

New Britain collects oversized combustible and incombustible rubbish, furniture, mattresses and bundled brush, by scheduled appointment only under section 11-16, bars curbside set-out…

New Britain's solid waste ordinance defines yard waste separately from ordinary trash. Code of Ordinances Sec. 11-72 defines "yard waste and leaves" as brush and the boughs and foliage…

New Britain requires every residential generator to separate designated recyclables, including cardboard, glass containers, leaves, metal containers, newspapers and office paper, from…

Only the city's own crews, its contracted vendors and licensed private collectors may take recyclables that New Britain residents set out at the curb. Code of Ordinances Sec. 11-78…

In the City of New Britain, the board of water commissioners must notify a property owner by certified mail whenever a break occurs in a private water lateral. Code of Ordinances…

A New Britain resident who wants a health or nuisance complaint acted on has to put it in writing and sign it. Code of Ordinances Sec. 12-1 requires that form for complaints to the…

New Britain's chief building inspector and director of health can inspect rental housing on a tenant's written or verbal complaint alone, without waiting for a routine inspection…

New Britain runs a systematic inspection program for rental housing separate from complaint-driven checks. Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-37 directs the chief building inspector to adopt…

Every New Britain rental has to be clean, sanitary and fit for occupancy before anyone moves in, with a certificate of occupancy on file. Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-76 sets that…

New Britain requires landlords renting to college students to register the unit with the city before occupancy. Code of Ordinances Sec. 13-90 applies to off-campus housing rented to…

Connecticut evictions begin with a notice to quit possession under Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 47a-23, giving the tenant at least three days to leave. If the tenant stays, the landlord files…

Connecticut General Statutes § 47a-23c grants statewide just-cause eviction protection to elderly tenants 62 or older, tenants with disabilities, and certain mobile manufactured home…

Under Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 47a-16, a landlord must give the tenant reasonable written or oral notice of intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times, except in an emergency…

Connecticut law gives tenants a grace period before rent is late: nine days for monthly tenancies and four days for weekly tenancies under Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 47a-15a. Under Sec…

Connecticut has no separate statutory notice period for ending a month-to-month tenancy other than the summary-process notice to quit, which is at least three days under Conn. Gen…

Connecticut has no statewide rent cap and no classic rent control. Instead, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-148b lets municipalities create fair rent commissions that review tenant complaints and…

Connecticut has no statewide rent control and no statute setting a specific advance-notice period for rent increases. A month-to-month increase is effectively a new tenancy term, so…

Connecticut caps a residential security deposit at two months' rent under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-21, or one month if the tenant is 62 or older. The landlord must return the deposit…

Connecticut allows title by adverse possession only after open, visible, exclusive and uninterrupted possession for 15 years under Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 52-575; prescriptive easements…

New Britain's Historic Preservation Commission, created by Code of Ordinances Sec. 19-142, reviews any demolition, visible alteration, or new construction affecting a "protected…

New Britain's Zoning Ordinance sets mandatory downtown design standards for the CBD and CBD-R zones under §§ 170-100-10 through 170-100-70: new buildings must echo the historic…

New Britain grants a 10% residential density bonus under Zoning Ordinance § 217-60-60 when smaller parcels in the TOD-EM-1 or TOD-EM-2 transit-oriented districts near the CTfastrak…

In the City of New Britain, how much of a lot a house and its accessory buildings can cover is fixed district by district. In the S-1 single-family district, on 13,500-square-foot…

In the City of New Britain, a house in the S-1 or S-2 single-family district can rise no higher than 35 feet under the zoning ordinance's per-district dimensional schedule. Church…

In the City of New Britain, front, side and rear yard setbacks are set district by district in the zoning ordinance's dimensional schedule. On S-1 single-family lots, sized at 13,500…

In the City of New Britain, sign and billboard light sources must be shielded so no light source is visible past the property line, per Zoning Ordinance Section 250-80-20.30. Glare on…

New Britain's Zoning Ordinance requires motor vehicle sales, repair, wash and towing or storage lot operations to control site lighting so it does not glare or spill onto neighboring…

In the City of New Britain, medical marijuana dispensaries and adult-use cannabis retailers may locate only in the B-2, B-3 and CBD districts, or as producers and cultivators in the…

In the City of New Britain, cannabis dispensaries and retailers must sit at least 200 feet from any church, school or park, 100 feet back from residentially zoned street frontage, and…

Connecticut requires a state pistol permit to carry concealed handguns, issued by local authorities under CGS 29-28 with statewide validity.

Since October 1, 2023, Connecticut prohibits the open carry or intentional public display of firearms. Under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-35(a)(2), even a valid pistol permit holder must…

Connecticut requires a state-issued permit to carry a pistol or revolver in a motor vehicle, with strict storage rules for those without a permit under CGS 29-35 and 29-38.

Connecticut fixes almost the entire residential design criteria table statewide: seismic category B, weathering Severe, a 7°F winter design temperature, required ice barrier…

Connecticut sets a single frost line depth of 42 inches for the whole state, written into the state building code rather than left to each town to decide.

Connecticut lists a ground snow load for each of its 169 towns in Appendix AY of the state building code, ranging from 30 psf across most of the state to 40 psf in the northwest hills.

Connecticut's charitable gaming law splits by game type: bingo needs an affirmative town vote before any organization can apply for a permit, while bazaars and raffles have been legal…

Connecticut treats gambling as a crime by default, but C.G.S. § 53-278b(a) exempts natural persons from prosecution for any game, wager, or transaction incidental to a bona fide social…

Connecticut only allows sports wagering through state-licensed operators: the Connecticut Lottery Corporation and the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes, each running one online…

Connecticut requires association board meetings to be open to unit owners, with at least five days' notice and a chance for owners to comment. Closed executive sessions are limited to…

Connecticut's CIOA limits what an association may ban. Under § 47-261b, an association may not prohibit the state flag or political/association signs, must keep U.S.-flag rules…

Since October 1, 2022, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-261g has made any declaration or bylaw that prohibits or unreasonably restricts an electric vehicle charging station in a unit parking…

Connecticut law lets an association levy reasonable fines for rule violations and charge interest or late fees on overdue assessments, but only after giving the unit owner notice and…

A Connecticut association cannot file a foreclosure action on its assessment lien until the owner is at least two months of common expense assessments behind, the association has…

Connecticut does not give unit owners a right to lease. The Common Interest Ownership Act lets a declaration restrict or forbid leasing outright, and Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-224(a)(12)…

Connecticut runs sobriety checkpoints without ever having legislated for them. A text search of the General Statutes and the 2026 Supplement on the Legislative Commissioners’ Office…

Connecticut is one of a small group of states that put the right to film police into a statute with a remedy attached. CGS § 52-571j makes the employer of a peace officer who…

Connecticut has no general stop-and-identify statute. A full-text search of the General Statutes returns no offence of refusing to give a name to a police officer on the street. The…

Connecticut does not merely tell drivers they may refuse a search. CGS § 54-33o, enacted as section 21 of the Police Accountability Act (July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-1), forbids a law…

Connecticut law under CGS Title 8 and 22 supports agricultural zoning, with municipalities required to allow customary farm operations in agricultural districts.

CGS Section 19a-341 shields agricultural operations from nuisance suits when conducted in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices.

Public Act 19-117 banned single-use plastic checkout bags statewide effective July 2021 after a transitional ten-cent fee period under CGS Title 22a.

Since July 1, 2024, Connecticut prohibits restaurants and caterers from providing single-use expanded polystyrene (foam) food and beverage containers. Enforcement is by state and local…

Connecticut protects rooftop solar in common interest communities through Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-261b(g), but the protection is deliberately narrow. It applies only where the community…

Connecticut prohibits sale of tobacco, vapor, and electronic nicotine products to anyone under 21 statewide under Public Act 19-13 and CGS 53-344.

Connecticut counts and measures. CGS § 14-96o allows not more than two spot lamps, two fog lamps, two auxiliary passing lamps and two auxiliary driving lamps, and gives each of the…

No Connecticut statute names a dash camera or sets a permitted mounting zone for one. A dash camera is judged under CGS § 14-99f(c), which bars attaching or hanging any article…

Connecticut expressly forbids riding a motorcycle between lanes of traffic and forbids overtaking a car within the lane the motorcycle already occupies, both in Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec…

Since October 1, 2025 a Connecticut number plate must be "substantially unobscured" rather than "entirely unobscured," and the statute now defines that by whether a reasonable person…

Connecticut does not simply leave radar detectors unregulated. CGS § 14-137(a) gives the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles broad power to limit the use of any device or accessory on a…

Connecticut allows studded tires and tire chains only between November 15 and April 30, inclusive. The permission is written as an exception to Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 14-98, which…

Connecticut sets one light transmission figure and applies it to every side window: not less than thirty-five per cent plus or minus three per cent, under CGS § 14-99g(c)(1) for the…