[HISTORY: Adopted City of Norwalk Common Council 6-14-1966.]
Preamble
Whereas, within the City of Norwalk tenement houses (being rental
units occupied or designed to be occupied by three or more families)
exist in such condition as to pose a serious threat to life, health,
and safety, and
Whereas, the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut has
passed enabling legislation known as Public Act No. 554 which provides
for an additional and more stringent manner of enforcing orders issued
under state statutes, charter, and ordinances affecting sub-standard
tenement houses, and
Whereas, the provisions of Public Act No. 554 may be adopted
by ordinance by municipalities and it is in the best interest of the
City of Norwalk to adopt the provisions of said Public Act,
Now, therefore, be it ordained:
The provisions of Public Act No. 554 of the General Assembly
of the State of Connecticut be and hereby are adopted by the Common
Council, the provisions of said Public Act to be in full force and
effect upon publication of this ordinance in a newspaper having a
general circulation in the City of Norwalk, and upon the appointment
of the Common Council of a Committee, known as the "Authority," to
carry out the provisions of the Public Act.