(A) Within the City of Waterbury, all owners of real property and tenants shall maintain their property so that the property is not blighted, as defined by this Code of Ordinances. No such owner or tenant shall allow, create, maintain or cause to be created or maintained any blighted property.
(B) Whenever the City of Waterbury identifies a blighted premises, written notice of the violation shall be given to the owner and/or the occupant of the property, by posting a notice of the violation in a conspicuous location at the blighted premises, and delivering a copy of the notice of the violation to an owner, either in hand or by mail. Said notice shall specify that the owner or occupant has five days, from the date notice was posted and mailed, to remediate the blighted conditions, or the City will take enforcement action.
(C) After the expiration of the five-day period specified in division (B) above, the City of Waterbury, through its designated agents, may enter blighted premises during reasonable hours for the purpose of remediating blighted conditions, provided neither the City of Waterbury, nor its designated agents, enter any dwelling house or structure on such property.
(Ord. passed 10-22-2012; Ord. passed 9-23-2013)