[Adopted 7-11-2011, effective 8-8-2011]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Ordinance
to Prevent Neighborhood Nuisances."
This article is enacted pursuant to the provisions of C.G.S.
§ 7-148 et seq., as amended.
For the purposes of this article, the words and phrases used
herein shall have the following meanings, unless otherwise clearly
indicated by the context:
ADJACENT PREMISES
Premises contiguous to premises on which there is activity
that is a nuisance per this article, to which said activity has moved
or spread.
DWELLING UNIT
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities
for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
LANDLORD
The owner, lessor or sublessor of a dwelling unit, the building
of which it is a part, or the premises.
NUISANCE
Any behavior which substantially interferes with the comfort
or safety of other residents or occupants of the same or nearby buildings
or structures. Conduct of a person or persons on any premises in a
manner which is a violation of law, or which creates a disturbance
of the quiet enjoyment of private or public property, may constitute
a nuisance. Such behavior includes disorderly, indecent, tumultuous
or riotous conduct. Unlawful conduct includes, but is not limited
to, individually or in combination with other misbehavior, excessive
pedestrian and vehicular traffic, obstruction of public streets by
crowds or vehicles, illegal parking, the service of alcohol to underage
persons, underage drinking, fights, creating a public disturbance,
breach of the peace, trespassing, disorderly conduct, littering, simple
assault, threatening, harassment, illegal burning or use of fireworks,
urinating or defecating in public, lewdness, criminal mischief, crimes
against property, or excessive noise. The knowing failure of any tenant
to act responsibly to require any resident of the same premises or
guest on his or her rented premises or adjacent premises with the
consent of the tenant or his or her co-resident to refrain from behavior
constituting a nuisance under this article shall itself be a nuisance.
[Amended 8-27-2012, effective 9-25-2012]
PREMISES
A tract of land, including buildings thereon, appurtenances,
grounds, and any public right-of-way immediately adjacent to any such
tract of land.
TENANT
The lessee, sublessee or person entitled under a rental agreement,
written or not, to occupy a dwelling unit or premises to the exclusion
of others or as is otherwise defined by law.
This article shall apply to any premises situated within the
Town of Mansfield.
Any person fined pursuant to this article is entitled to a hearing procedure and judicial review, if necessary, pursuant to the provisions of the Town of Mansfield hearing procedure for citations set forth in Chapter
129 of the Code of the Town of Mansfield, as required by C.G.S. § 7-152c.
Whenever used, the singular number shall include the plural,
the plural the singular, and the use of either gender shall include
both genders.