City of Norwalk, CT
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2023-05-23
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Chapter 62A Landlord Identification
- Charter and Special Acts
- Ch 1 Charter and Related Laws
- Ch 5 Special Acts
- Ordinances
- Ch 7 General Provisions
- Ch 8 Adoption of Code
- Ch 9 Administration
- Ch 10 Adult Use, Licensing
- Ch 11 Air Pollution
- Ch 11A Alarm Systems
- Ch 12 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 14 Amusements
- Ch 15 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 17 Aquifer Protection Agency
- Ch 17A Arts and Culture Commission
- Ch 18 Auctions
- Ch 18A Body Care and Body Art Facilities
- Ch 18B Tanning Facilities
- Ch 19 Bidding and Purchasing
- Ch 20 Bike/Walk Advisory Commission
- Ch 21 Billboards and Signs
- Ch 26 Building Code
- Ch 27 Buildings and Facilities, City
- Ch 29 Cannabis
- Ch 30 Capital Projects Program
- Ch 30A Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 30B Chief of Staff
- Ch 31 Civil Preparedness
- Ch 32 Code of Ethics
- Ch 33 Community Services Department
- Ch 34 Contractors
- Ch 35 Conservation Commission
- Ch 35A Department of Code Enforcement
- Ch 35B Economic and Community Development
- Ch 36 Enterprise Zone
- Ch 37 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 38 Explosives
- Ch 39 Fair Rent
- Ch 40 Fire-Alarm Systems: Institutions
- Ch 41 Fire Department
- Ch 42 Fire Lanes
- Ch 42A Fire Prevention
- Ch 43 Floods and Erosion Control Board
- Ch 44 (Reserved)
- Ch 45 Food and Food Establishments
- Ch 47 Fuel-Oil Heating
- Ch 50 Gas and Oil Exploration
- Ch 53 Going-Out-Of-Business Sales
- Ch 54 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 Demolition Delay
- Ch 56 Historic District
- Ch 57 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 57A Historical Commission
- Ch 57B Home Health Care Agency
- Ch 57C Water Emergency
- Ch 58 Housing, Tax Abatement
- Ch 58A Blight Prevention
- Ch 59 Housing Code
- Ch 59A Housing: Equal Opportunity
- Ch 59B Housing Site Development Agency
- Ch 59C Housing Partnership
- Ch 59D Urban Rehabilitation Homeownership Program Tax Deferral
- Ch 60 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 60A Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 61 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 62 Living Wage
- Ch 62A Landlord Identification
- § 62A-1 Definitions.
- § 62A-2 Identification of nonresident owner or agent required.
- § 62A-3 Violations and penalties.
- § 62A-4 Effect on other provisions.
- Ch 63 Law Department
- Ch 64 Loitering for Solicitation
- Ch 65 Massage Establishments and Therapists
- Ch 66 Milk
- Ch 66A Mooring and Anchoring
- Ch 67 Motor Vehicle Junkyard Operations
- Ch 67A Municipal Liability
- Ch 68 Noise
- Ch 69 Norwalk Harbor
- Ch 70 Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Authority
- Ch 70A Nudity, Public
- Ch 71 Nuisances
- Ch 72 Numbering of Buildings and Trailers
- Ch 72A Panhandling and Loitering
- Ch 73 Park Authorities
- Ch 73A Parking Authority
- Ch 73B Parking Violations and Citations
- Ch 74 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 77 Peddlers, Street Vendors and Solicitors
- Ch 77A Pesticides
- Ch 78 Phased Increased Assessment
- Ch 79 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Pocket Bikes and Motorized Scooters
- Ch 83 Poles, Conduits, Wires and Fixtures
- Ch 84 Retirement Benefits
- Ch 85 Police Department: Cadet Corps
- Ch 85A Procurement Guidelines
- Ch 86 Public Lighting
- Ch 87 Public Library Board
- Ch 88 Public Gatherings and Special Events
- Ch 88A Public Safety Board
- Ch 89 Council of Governments
- Ch 89A Regional Council of Elected Officials
- Ch 90 Operations and Public Works, Department of
- Ch 91 Sewers, Public
- Ch 92 Septage Disposal
- Ch 93 Stormwater, Illicit Discharges and Connections
- Ch 94 Solid Waste Collection & Disposal; Transfer Station & Yard Waste Site
- Ch 95 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 95A Littering and Illegal Dumping
- Ch 96 Excavations and Encroachments in Public Streets and Grounds
- Ch 97 Excavating and Filling of Land
- Ch 98 Vehicle and Traffic
- Ch 99 Snow Emergencies
- Ch 100 Special Services Districts
- Ch 101 Scenic Roads
- Ch 102 Swimming Pools
- Ch 103 Taxation
- Ch 104 Tenements: Abatement of Nuisances
- Ch 105 Tenement Houses: Registration
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 Town Clerk, Compensation of
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 111 (Reserved)
- Ch 112 Trees
- Ch 113 Water Pollution Control Authority
- Ch 114 Water Use for Tree Spraying
- Ch 115 Women, Commission on Status of
- Ch 116 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 117 Zoning Enforcement
- Ch 118 Zoning
- Appendix
- Part I
- Ch 125 Land Subdivision Regulations
- Part II
- Ch 126 Pension Plan
- Part III
- Ch 127 Sewer Assessments
- Part IV
- Ch 128 Veteran's Memorial Park
- Part V
- Ch 129 Voting Hours
- Part VI
- Ch 130 Welfare Benefits
- Part VII
- Ch 131 Salaries
- Part VIII
- Ch 132 Food Service Employees Pension Plan
- Part IX
- Ch 133 Executive Orders
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City of Norwalk Common Council 8-13-2013, effective 1-1-2014. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fair rent — See Ch. 39.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A location as described by the full street number, if any,
the street name, the city or town, and the state, and not a mailing
address such as a post office box.
One who manages real estate, including, but not limited to,
the collection of rents and supervision of property.
Any house or building, or portion thereof, which is rented,
leased or hired out to be occupied, or is arranged or designed to
be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or residence of one or more
persons, living independently of each other, and doing their cooking
upon the premises, and having a common right in the halls, stairways
or yard.
A.
Each owner of a dwelling unit in the City of Norwalk, which is not owner-occupied, shall be required to register his/her/its current mailing address with the Director of Public Health. If the owner is a corporation, partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity, it shall be required to register the address of the agent in charge of the building as well as the agent for service of process. If an owner's address changes, notice of the new address shall be provided not more than 21 days after the date that the address change occurred. If the owner fails to file an address under this section, the address to which the municipality mails property tax bills for the property shall be deemed to be the owner or agent's current address. Such address may be used for compliance with the provisions of Subsection B of this section.
B.
Service of municipal orders relating to maintenance of such rental
real property or compliance with state law and local codes concerning
such real property directed to the owner or agent at the address on
file shall be sufficient proof of service of notice of such orders
in any subsequent criminal or civil action against the owner or agent
for failure to comply with the orders. The provisions of this section
shall not be construed to limit the validity of any other means of
giving notice of such orders that may be used by the City of Norwalk.
A.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall have
committed an infraction.
B.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall pay
a civil penalty of $250 for the first violation and $1,000 for any
subsequent violation. Any person who is assessed a civil penalty pursuant
to this chapter may appeal to the Superior Court not later than 30
days after the mailing of notice of such assessment.
The requirements of this section shall be in addition to and
not in place of any other provisions of the municipal code.
