§ 7-326 — Purposes.

At such meeting, the voters may establish a district for any or all of the following purposes: To extinguish fires, to light streets, to plant and care for shade and ornamental trees, to construct and maintain roads, sidewalks, crosswalks, drains and sewers, to appoint and employ watchmen or police officers, to acquire, construct, maintain and regulate the use of recreational facilities, to plan, lay out, acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair, maintain, supervise and manage a flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control system, to plan, lay out, acquire, construct, maintain, operate and regulate the use of a community water system, to collect garbage, ashes and all other refuse matter in any portion of such district and provide for the disposal of such matter, to implement tick control measures, to install highway sound barriers, to maintain water quality in lakes that are located solely in one town in this state, to establish a zoning commission and a zoning board of appeals or a planning commission, or both, by adoption of chapter 124 or chapter 126, excluding section 8-29, or both chapters, as the case may be, which commissions or board shall be dissolved upon adoption by the town of subdivision or zoning regulations by the town planning or zoning commission, to adopt building regulations, which regulations shall be superseded upon adoption by the town of building regulations, and to provide ferry service. Any district may contract with a town, city, borough or other district for carrying out any of the purposes for which such district was established.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 765; 1955, S. 341d; 1957, P.A. 465, S. 17(c); 1959, P.A. 577, S. 3; P.A. 78-145; P.A. 81-319, S. 5, 6; P.A. 89-356, S. 4; P.A. 05-106, S. 1; 05-289, S. 1; P.A. 09-173, S. 1; P.A. 11-61, S. 7; P.A. 21-115, S. 13.) History: 1959 act substituted provisions re establishment of zoning commission and board of appeals or planning commission and adoption of building regulations for power to “adopt and enforce subdivision, zoning and building regulations”; P.A. 78-145 included districts for planning, constructing, etc. of community water systems; P.A. 81-319 added the provision that a district may be established to “acquire” recreational facilities; P.A. 89-356 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 8-30; P.A. 05-106 added provision that a district may be established to implement tick control measures, effective June 7, 2005; P.A. 05-289 added provision that a district may be established to install highway sound barriers; P.A. 09-173 added provision re establishment of district to maintain water quality in lakes located solely in one town; P.A. 11-61 authorized district to be established to provide ferry service, effective June 21, 2011; P.A. 21-115 changed name of system from “flood or erosion control system” to “flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control system”, effective July 1, 2021. Fire district may lay taxes to accomplish object of its organization. 92 C. 674. Cited. 122 C. 395. District is body politic within confines of larger municipal corporation. 145 C. 570. Cited. 208 C. 543; 218 C. 144. Cited. 35 CA 795. Special act is not affected by general statute unless intent to repeal or alter it is clearly manifest and section does not repeal prior special acts establishing two fire districts in Watertown. 28 CS 413.