[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Meriden 10-7-1963 as Ch. 13, Art. I, of the 1963 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Air pollution — See Ch.
58.
Fire prevention — See Ch.
107.
Food and food service establishments — See Ch.
112.
Housing standards — See Ch.
125.
Massage establishments — See Ch.
133.
Milk and milk products — See Ch.
139.
Solid waste, recycling and littering — See Ch.
176.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch.
180.
Trailers and trailer camps — See Ch.
194.
STATUTORY REFERENCES
State Public Health Code — See
C.G.S. § 19a-36.
Abatement of nuisances — See
C.G.S. § 19a-206.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
Every condition or activity in the City which
is offensive or prejudicial to the health and welfare of the residents
of the City shall be deemed to be a nuisance, and where an activity
or condition is not expressly declared to be a nuisance by law or
ordinance the Director of Health and Human Services shall have the
power and authority to determine that such activity or condition constitutes
a nuisance as defined in this section.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit,
or aid, advise, abet or encourage the commission of, any act declared
to be a nuisance or prohibited as such by the provisions of this Code
or other ordinance or law.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
The Director of Health and Human Services or
any authorized inspector may, at any reasonable time, enter into any
building or upon any premises in the City for the purpose of investigating
sanitary conditions therein.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
Whenever the Director of Health and Human Services
has notice or knowledge of the existence of any unsanitary condition
or nuisance in any street or upon any public grounds, he shall cause
the same to be abated or removed at once.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
The Director of Health and Human Services shall
maintain complaint records, which shall be kept in his office, open
to inspection at any time, in which shall be entered the name and
address of any person making a complaint of any violation of the health
ordinances or of unsanitary conditions on premises of the City, if
such information can be secured, and the name and address of the person
owning or occupying the premises complained of or who is alleged to
have violated a health ordinance.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
Whenever any complaint of a violation of the
health ordinances of the City, or of unsanitary premises in the City,
is made to the Director of Health and Human Services or any such violation
or condition otherwise comes to his attention, he shall, within a
reasonable time, make whatever investigation may be necessary to determine
whether or not in his opinion such violation or condition exists.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
If the Director of Health and Human Services,
after making the investigation required by the preceding section,
finds that any unsanitary condition or nuisance exists on any premises
inspected by him, he shall issue an order to the owner or occupant
responsible for such condition, directing such person to abate such
condition or nuisance within a time to be specified in such order,
which shall in no case be later than two weeks from the date of service
of such order, in the manner specified therein.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
Every order issued by the Director of Health
and Human Services under the provisions of the preceding section shall
be served on the person to whom it is directed by leaving a true attested
copy thereof at the usual place of abode of such person if he is a
resident of the City, and, if he is a nonresident, then by leaving
such copy with the agent in charge of the premises on which the condition
to be remedied exists, and, if no such agent can be found in the City,
then by mailing such copy to such nonresident person by registered
mail to his last known post office address.
[Amended 9-15-1980]
If any person fails to comply with any order
issued by the Director of Health and Human Services and served as
provided in the preceding section, within the time and in the manner
specified in such order, the Director of Health and Human Services
shall cause the condition ordered to be remedied to be abated by the
City. The expense of such abatement shall be chargeable to the person
to whom the order is directed and shall be collectible by the City
in the same manner that other debts due the City are collected.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw
or deposit any filth or offensive matter in any street or public place
or upon the premises of another or in any sewer, catch basin or drain
or stream or watercourse in the City.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant
of any premises in the City to allow any poison ivy, poison oak or
poison sumac to grow or remain on such premises within 25 feet of
an established street line, or within 25 feet of adjoining property
except with the written consent of the owner of such adjoining property.
[Added 6-3-1996; amended 4-3-2017]
The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by citation up
to $250, in addition to other remedies. The following persons have
the authority to issue citations for violation pursuant to this chapter:
sanitarian, Environmental Health Administrator, Associate Director
of Health and Director of Health and Human Services.