Town of Guilford, CT
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2023-04-03
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Division 2: Ordinances and Resolutions
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 154 Buildings, Unsafe
- Division 1: Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2: Ordinances and Resolutions
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 4 Aquifer Protection Agency
- Ch 5 Assessment Appeals, Board of
- Ch 9 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 14 Conservation Commission
- Ch 20 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 24 Elections
- Ch 27 Emergency Management
- Ch 31 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 35 First Selectman
- Ch 42 Flood and Erosion Control Board
- Ch 45 Golf Course Commission
- Ch 48 Harbor Management
- Ch 50 Hazard Mitigation Commission
- Ch 52 Housing Authority
- Ch 56 Housing Partnership
- Ch 58 Human Rights Commission
- Ch 59 Human Services Council
- Ch 64 Inland Wetlands Commission
- Ch 69 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 73 Land Acquisition Commission
- Ch 75 Library
- Ch 80 Marina Commission
- Ch 85 Parks and Recreation Commission
- Ch 88 Pensions; Other Post-Employment Benefits
- Ch 90 Pool Commission
- Ch 92 Public Works Commission
- Ch 94 Real Estate, Sale of
- Ch 101 Regional Agencies
- Ch 106 Shellfish Commission
- Ch 110 Social Security
- Ch 117 Veterans' Advisory Joint Committee
- Ch 119 Water Pollution Control Authority
- Ch 123 Youth and Family Services Board
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 129 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 131 Animals
- Ch 136 Bazaars and Raffles
- Ch 140 Bingo
- Ch 142 Blight
- Ch 144 Boats and Boating
- Ch 148 Building Construction
- Ch 151 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 154 Buildings, Unsafe
- § 154-1 Duty of Building Official; notice to parties concerned.
- § 154-2 Action by town; costs to become lien.
- § 154-3 Penalties for offenses.
- § 154-4 Appeals.
- Ch 160 Demolition of Buildings
- Ch 164 Farming
- Ch 166 Fees
- Ch 170 Fires, Outdoor
- Ch 174 Floodplain Management
- Ch 177 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 181 Fuel Storage Tanks
- Ch 183 Gas and Oil Exploration
- Ch 187 Historic District
- Ch 191 Inland Wetlands Regulations
- Ch 198 Littering
- Ch 202 Loitering
- Ch 208 Noise
- Ch 211 Open Space
- Ch 214 Parks and Public Places
- Ch 218 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 228 Sewage/Septic Disposal
- Ch 233 Solid-Fuel-Burning Appliances
- Ch 236 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 239 Storm Sewers
- Ch 241 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 247 Taxation
- Ch 252 Trees
- Ch 258 Vehicles, All-Terrain
- Ch 259 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 264 Water
- Division 3: Regulations
- Ch 270 General Provisions
- Ch 271 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 272 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 273 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A300 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting of the Town of Guilford
9-17-1963; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1,
General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 148.
A.
It shall be the duty of the Building Official to examine
or cause to be examined all buildings damaged by fire or accident, and whenever
any building or part thereof is found to be unsafe for the purpose for which
it is intended or used and/or dangerous to the public safety, the Building
Official shall notify all parties concerned, including the owner, agent or
occupant or person in charge or control of such building, in writing, specifying
wherein such danger exists and ordering such dangerous buildings or parts
thereof to be removed, taken down, secured, repaired or altered as the Building
Official may direct.
B.
Such owner, agent or occupant or person in charge or
control of such building shall, within the time limit set forth in the notice,
begin the work necessary to make such building safe and secure or to remove
such hazards as are cited in the notice and diligently prosecute the same
until the building is no longer classed as a dangerous building.
In the event of failure to comply with such notice, the Building Official
may cause any such dangerous building or parts thereof to be removed, taken
down, secured, repaired or altered at the expense of such owner, agent or
occupant or person in charge or control of such building, and the expenses
of such action shall constitute a lien upon the property upon which such building
stands from and after the filing of such lien in the town land records.
In the event of failure to comply with such notice, the responsible
party shall be punishable as provided in Section 29-394 of the Connecticut
General Statutes.
Any person aggrieved by an order of the Building Official may proceed
in accordance with Section 29-309 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
