City of Meriden, CT Enforcement

The Director of Development and Enforcement shall be responsible for coordinating the code compliance program in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and all other related codes of the City of Meriden, and he shall perform such other duties as may be delegated to him.

The Director of Development and Enforcement shall also keep and maintain all records of the actions and work of all code compliance programs undertaken by him and provide reports of the same to the City Manager or any official of the City designated by the City Manager.

Whenever the Director of Development and Enforcement determines that conditions exist which cause any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit or premises to fail to meet the minimum standards provided for in this chapter or regulations pursuant thereto, he shall issue a notice setting forth the alleged failure or failures and an order requiring that such failures be corrected. The notice and order shall:

(1)

Be put in writing.

(2)

Set forth the alleged violation or violations of this chapter, or of the rules and regulations pursuant thereto, and describe the dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit or premises wherein the violation is alleged to exist or to have been committed.

(3)

Provide a reasonable time, not to exceed 60 days, for the correction of any violation alleged.

(4)

Be served upon the owner, occupant or person in charge of the dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit or premises by personal service, as provided for in the rules of the courts of this state, or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, delivered to the addressee only. If one or more persons to whom such a notice and order is addressed cannot be found after diligent effort to do so, service may be made upon such person or persons by posting a notice in a conspicuous place in or about the dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit or premises described in this notice.

After the passage of the period of time allowed for the correction of any alleged violation, the Director of Development and Enforcement shall reinspect the dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit or premises detailed in the notice, following the procedure described in § 125-5 above. Before such reinspection is undertaken, the owner, occupant or person in charge of the dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit or premises to be inspected shall be informed that any evidence of a violation of any provisions of this chapter or any regulation pursuant thereto, as enumerated in said notice and order, may form the basis of a prosecution. The consent of the owner, occupant or person in charge of such reinspection shall then be requested, and no such reinspection shall be undertaken without such consent.

In the event that such consent to reinspection is refused and the Director of Development and Enforcement has reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of any provisions of this chapter or any regulation pursuant thereto has occurred or is occurring, he shall apply for a search warrant describing the dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit or premises in question or take such other action as may be authorized by law to secure a court order to enter the dwelling. Upon procurement of a duly issued search warrant or such other court order, the Director of Development and Enforcement may enter, inspect, examine and survey the described dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit or premises for the purpose of determining whether there has been compliance with his notice of violation and accompanying order.