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City of Norwalk, CT
Fairfield County
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[HISTORY: Adopted City of Norwalk Common Council 8-9-1966. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Abatement of nuisances in tenements — See Ch. 104.
Preamble
In order to implement the Ordinance Adopting the Provisions of Public Act No. 554, enacted by the Common Council of the City of Norwalk, Connecticut, on June 14, 1966, and to provide an adequate record of tenement houses situated in the city of Norwalk, the following Ordinance is hereby enacted by the City of Norwalk.
As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
TENEMENT HOUSE
Any house or building, or portion thereof, which is rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or is arranged or designed to be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or residence of three or more families living independently of each other, doing their cooking upon the premises and having a common right in the halls, stairways or yards.
The owner of each tenement house located in the City of Norwalk annually shall register with the Department of Health on or before the first day of December of each year, commencing with December 1, 1966, each such tenement house owned by him, setting forth his name and address, the address of such tenement house and the number of apartments contained therein. Such registration shall be made on a form to be furnished by the Department of Health.
The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
[Amended 6-10-1980[1]]
At the time of the registration of such tenement houses, the owner thereof shall pay the Department of Health an administrative fee for each such tenement house registered.
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Editor's Note: See § 57-5 of Ch. 57, Health and Sanitation, for current fee provisions.