CGS Section 19a-341 shields agricultural operations from nuisance suits when conducted in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices.
Connecticut's Right to Farm Act, codified in CGS Section 19a-341, provides that agricultural or farming operations are not deemed a nuisance due to changing conditions in surrounding non-agricultural areas, provided the farm has been in operation for at least one year and is not conducted negligently. Public Act 12-87 strengthened protections by requiring municipalities to adopt right-to-farm ordinances or recognize the state law. Farms following generally accepted agricultural practices receive a rebuttable presumption against nuisance liability, protecting traditional operations from neighbor complaints about odors, noise, dust, or hours of operation.
Right-to-farm protections do not shield negligent operations; municipalities or neighbors may still pursue claims for unsafe practices.
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