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Legislation committee backs anti-blight updates, raises possible daily penalties and loosens service barriers
Summary
Livable Cities Initiative proposed changes to New Haven's anti-blight code to raise maximum daily fines (including higher caps for persistent or vacant properties), require landlords to secure alleyways and dumpsters, and allow certified/first-class mailing methods to align with state procedures so the city can pursue long-standing blight cases.
The Board of Alders’ legislation committee advanced changes to New Haven’s anti-blight ordinance that would give Livable Cities Initiative (LCI) stronger enforcement tools, increased maximum penalties and additional notice options to address properties that have long resisted city action.
The proposal: Director William Brennan told the committee the changes modernize language, add accessory dwelling units to anti-blight coverage, require landlords to secure through-ways and dumpsters, and adjust maximum civil penalties to align with state anti-blight statutes. Under the draft, ordinary occupied-property violations would carry a higher maximum daily penalty (LCI…
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