New Haven, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 17, art. XV § 17-111

For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Abandoned property means any real property which has been relinquished with the intention of not reclaiming or reassuming its ownership, occupancy or enjoyment.
Address means 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.
Agent in charge means one who manages real estate, including, but not limited to, the collection of rents and supervision of property.
Caretaker means any individual who has agreed to be responsible for performing maintenance and upkeep of real property, whether compensated or not.
City means City of New Haven.
Days means consecutive calendar days.
Director means the executive director of the city's livable city initiative.
Dwelling unit means 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 (1) 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 yards.
Foreclosing or foreclosure process means the legal process of mortgage foreclosure initiated by an entity holding security against the property for unpaid debt, by which the entity is proposing to take the property in lieu of the debt due to borrower default ("strict foreclosure"), or the entity is proposing a sale of the property to pay the debt due to borrower default ("Foreclosure by sale").
Note: The foreclosure of judgment liens, tax liens and condominium liens is not included within the scope of this ordinance.
Foreclosing entity means the creditor (including service companies and lenders), who files the action in superior court as plaintiff and has the right to foreclose real property in lieu of unpaid debt.
Implementation. means that the provisions of this section are effective immediately upon passage and all provisions shall be enforced immediately, but no monetary fine shall be imposed pursuant hereto until ninety (90) days after passage.
Initiation of the foreclosure process (including "foreclosing entity who has initiated the foreclosure process") means a filing of lis pendens on the real property.
Local means within fifty (50) driving miles distance of the real property in question.
Non-occupant owner means every person, entity, or company, who alone or severally with others, for any dwelling, dwelling unit, mobile dwelling unit, or parcel of land, vacant or otherwise, including a mobile home park, has become the owner by way of purchasing at a foreclosure by sale (committee deed), or is a foreclosing entity who has become the property owner by way of strict foreclosure.
Property means any real property, or portion thereof, located in the City of New Haven, including buildings or structures situated on the property.
Property management company means any business retained to care and maintain real property.
Property owner means any person or entity which holds title to a property.
Residential property means any property that contains one (1) or more dwelling units used, intended, or designed to be occupied by a person or persons for living purposes.
Securing means measures that assist in making the property inaccessible to unauthorized persons.
Standing order means a sign issued by and through the New Haven Police Department that is signed by the owner which allows the police to take notice and arrest any trespassers.