Bridgeport Municipal Code Title 15 — Housing Code and Condominium Conversions

Bridgeport's Housing Code (ch. 15.12 — inspections, minimum standards for equipment/light/ventilation/heating, owner and tenant responsibilities, rooming house/hotel licensing) and Condominium Conversions (ch. 15.28 — landlord's action against lessee, moving and relocation expenses). Live-verified 2026-09-16.

Provisions (51)

§ 15.12.010

Definitions

§ 15.12.020

Applicability of definitions in Chapter 15.16 to this chapter

§ 15.12.030

Inspections

§ 15.12.040

Right of owner to enter premises to make repairs

§ 15.12.050

Enforcement—Notice of probable violation given by housing code enforcement officer

§ 15.12.060

Hearing

§ 15.12.070

Proceedings of hearing

§ 15.12.080

Emergency notice and hearing/appeal of order issued by the director of health

§ 15.12.090

Minimum standards for basic equipment and facilities

§ 15.12.100

Minimum standard for light, ventilation and heating

§ 15.12.110

Heating facilities

§ 15.12.120

Public hall and stairway light standards

§ 15.12.130

Window and door screen standards

§ 15.12.140

Basement window screen and ventilation standards

§ 15.12.150

General requirements relating to the safety and sanitary maintenance of parts of dwelling and dwelling units

§ 15.12.160

Minimum space, use and location requirements

§ 15.12.170

Responsibilities of owner generally

§ 15.12.180

Responsibilities of occupant generally

§ 15.12.190

Rubbish disposal standards

§ 15.12.200

Garbage disposal standards

§ 15.12.210

Screen and storm door standards

§ 15.12.220

Extermination standards

§ 15.12.230

Plumbing fixture standards

§ 15.12.240

Service, facility, equipment and utility standards

§ 15.12.250

Rental conditions—Certificate of apartment occupancy

§ 15.12.260

Tenant's responsibilities

§ 15.12.270

Rooming houses and hotels—License requirements

§ 15.12.280

Rooming houses and hotels—License applications—Display

§ 15.12.290

Rooming houses and hotels—Suitability of licensee

§ 15.12.300

Rooming houses and hotels—Registers

§ 15.12.310

Rooming houses and hotels—Health code

§ 15.12.320

Rooming houses and hotels—General powers of the housing code enforcement officer

§ 15.12.330

Rooming houses and hotels—Fire department inspection

§ 15.12.340

Rooming houses and hotels—Periodic inspections

§ 15.12.350

Rooming houses and hotels—Record of licenses issued

§ 15.12.360

Rooming houses and hotels—Reports to the tax assessor

§ 15.12.370

Rooming houses and hotels—Penalties

§ 15.12.380

Rooming houses and hotels—Revocation of licenses

§ 15.12.390

Rooming houses and hotels—Responsibility of roomers

§ 15.12.400

Designation of unfit dwelling

§ 15.12.410

Board of condemnation continued

§ 15.12.420

Powers of board of condemnation—Hearing and notice thereof

§ 15.12.430

Findings of the board of condemnation

§ 15.12.440

Penalty for failure to comply with orders of board of condemnation

§ 15.12.450

Abatement of condition as a nuisance

§ 15.12.460

Placarding of unfit dwellings

§ 15.12.470

Defacing or removing placard

§ 15.12.480

Conflict of ordinances

§ 15.12.490

Violation—Penalty

§ 15.28.010

Landlord's action against lessee

§ 15.28.020

Moving and relocation expenses