(A) Notice to remove. The Enforcement Officer or other official designated by the town is hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any blighted premises, pursuant to § 154.35(A), within the town, to remediate, remove, correct and/or abate blighted conditions that are not conducive to the public health, safety or welfare. Such notice shall be by certified mail, addressed to the owner at the owner’s last-known address.
(B) Action upon noncompliance. Upon the failure, neglect or refusal of any owner, following notification to remediate, remove, correct and/or abate blight violations dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare, within ten calendar days after receipt of written notice provided for in § 154.35(D) and division (A) of this section, or within ten days after the date of such notice in the event same is returned to the town because of inability to make delivery thereof, provided the same was properly addressed to the last-known address of the owner, the town may cause the remediation, removal, correction and/or abatement of the blight at the expense of the owner(s) of the blighted premises where such condition exists.
(C) Immediate action upon noncompliance. The town may take immediate enforcement action in the case of a violation at a blighted premises that is the third or more such blight violation at such property during the prior 12-month period. The town may cause the remediation, removal, correction and/or abatement of blight at the expense of the owner of the blighted premises.
(D) Recovery of expenses. The town may recover any expenses incurred to remediate, remove, correct and/or abate a blighted condition on such blighted premises under the provisions of the General Statutes or regulations from the owner of the real estate for which such expenses were incurred.
(E) Lien for expenses incurred to remediate, remove, correct and/or abate blight. The interest of each owner in such real estate shall be subject to a lien for the payment of such expenses, which lien shall take precedence over any other encumbrance except municipal tax assessments on such real estate. No such lien shall be valid, unless the town, not later than the date 30 days after the date on which such work has ceased, files a certificate of the lien and gives notice to the owner of the real estate in the same manner as provided in Conn. Gen. Stat., § 49-34. Simultaneous with the filing, the municipality shall make reasonable efforts to mail a copy of the certificate by first class mail to the lienholdefs current or last-known address.
(F) Appeal. Any appeal from any final action taken following this section may be taken in accordance with § 154.38, below.
(Ord. 424, passed 10-2-00; Am. Ord. 741, passed 3-4-24)