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ORDINANCE AMENDMENT OF THE BOARD OF ALDERS OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN UPDATING THE PROCESSES FOR ANTI-BLIGHT ENFORCEMENT IN NEW HAVEN'S CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 9 - BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY, ARTICLE II. BUILDING DIVISION OF THE LIVABLE CITY INITIATIVE.
WHEREAS, the director of the Livable City Initiative desires to amend various paragraphs of the ordinances related to anti-blight enforcement to ensure effectiveness of the anti-blight enforcement and a prompt and efficient process for appealing citations related to the anti-blight enforcement; and
WHEREAS, the director of the Livable City Initiative submits the proposed ordinance amendments herewith.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Alders of the City of New Haven that the proposed amendments to the Anti-Blight and Property Maintenance ordinance are hereby approved.
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Sec. 9-51. Anti-blight and property maintenance ordinance.
Declaration of Policy.
This section is to be known as the Anti-Blight and Property Maintenance Ordinance and is enacted and authorized pursuant to Conn. General Statutes, Section 7-148(c)(7)(H)(xv), as amended from time to time.
It is hereby found and declared that many real properties containing blighted lots and blighted buildings exist within the City of New Haven, and that the continued existence of such blighted lots and buildings contributes to the decline of neighborhoods.
It is further found that these blighted lots and buildings adversely affect the city's economic well-being, and are inimical to the health, safety and welfare of the City's residents.
It is further found that there are many instances where property maintenance of real properties in the City of New Haven is deficient or lacking leading to progressive deterioration of such properties and the creation of blighted conditions. Accordingly, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the City of New Haven that the City set minimum standards for property maintenance to a...
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