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ORDINANCE AMENDMENT OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS TO THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN'S CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING CHAPTER 32 - ENFORCEMENT BY CIVIL OFFICERS, CREATING A UNIFORM PROCESS FOR CIVIL CITATION ENFORCEMENT
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WHEREAS, the code of ordinances of the City of New Haven contains many distinct processes for the issuance, appeal, and enforcement of citations for violations of city ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the multitude of citation enforcement procedures creates administrative burden, and increases the vulnerability for legal challenges to the city ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the code of ordinances of the City of New Haven contains many ordinances which are lacking any enforcement procedure whatsoever, making it difficult or impossible to enforce violations of such ordinances; and
WHEREAS, Connecticut General Statutes 7-152c provides a single uniform process that municipalities may adopt for issuing, appealing, and enforcing citations for violation of city ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation Counsel of the City of New Haven desires to amend various portions of Chapter 32 of the New Haven code of ordinances to create a uniform process aligned with the process provided for in state statute to ensure uniformity and effectiveness of the process for issuing, appealing, and enforcing citations for violation of city ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation Counsel of the City of New Haven submits the proposed ordinance amendments herewith.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Alders of the City of New Haven that Chapter 32 of the code of ordinances of the City of New Haven be amended as follows:
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Chapter 32 ENFORCEMENT BY CIVIL OFFICERS1
Sec. 32-1. Authorized; citations.
(a) Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes section 7-148 and 7-152c as amended from time to time the City of New Haven may enforce the violation of any ordinance in this Code of Ordinances of the City of New Haven (this "Code") by the issuance of a citation. Each cit...
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