Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes or any special act to the contrary, no zoning commission or combined planning and zoning commission shall change the zoning of any property situated wholly or partially within the limits of a state highway laid out by the Commissioner of Transportation pursuant to section 13a-57 after said commissioner has selected the route for such highway following the public hearing required by section 13a-58 and has notified the clerk of the town, city or borough in which the proposed highway is to be located, of such selection, for a period of two years from the date of such notification.
(1971, P.A. 563, S. 1.)