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Emergency Burn Ban In Effect 10/26/24 - An emergency burn ban is now in effect for all Connecticut State Parks, Forests, and Wildlife Management areas, prohibiting the use of all outdoor grills, firepits, and campfires, and the kindling and use of flame outdoors. DEEP and local agencies are working to contain several active fires across the state. Please avoid all affected State Parks and Forests, as well as the blue-blazed Mattabesett Trail. The Enduro Trail in Voluntown and portions of North Stonington within the Pachaug State Forest are closed at this time. Rocky Neck State Park is also closed until further notice due to a brush fire. Please note that today's forest fire danger report remains at a 'very high' or 'extreme' level. More information about the current fire danger, burn ban and recommended safety measures can be found here

Property Recovery Actions

(PREPARED Municipal Workbook)

 Strategies for acquiring properties targeted for reuse

One or more property recovery actions must be selected to help achieve the goals identified in Worksheet #1. A property recovery action is an action a municipality may take to facilitate the reuse of a property. Property recovery actions typically fall into 3 general categories:

  1. Municipal ownership - Actions conducted when the municipality currently owns the property or plans to own or lease the property.
  2. Municipal acquisition and transfer - Potential acquisition approaches in which the municipality takes title to the property for some period of time.
  3. Municipal support to third-party - Non-acquisition approaches where the municipality collaborates with the property owner or provides support to a third party redeveloping a property. Such support includes infrastructure improvements, tax incentives, loans or grants.

For any property reuse, it may be appropriate to consider more than one property recovery action. The evaluation will help to select the appropriate action. See Chapter 3 of the PREPARED Workbook for a discussion of property recovery actions and case studies related to types of property recovery actions.

chart showing relationship between control and liability

With more control comes greater liability. When evaluating property recovery strategies, trade-offs involving control and liability are important to consider.

Worksheet #3 provides a list of typical property recovery actions along with questions related to information pertinent to the action.

Resources

See Property Reuse Assessment resources.

 

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Content Last Updated May 12, 2017