Shelton Code of Ordinances Chapter 8 — Housing
Shelton housing code (149 §§, 12 article targets): general provisions, residential standards, minimum standards, enforcement, hearing/appeal, fees, penalties, conformance, and housing partnership. Shell chapter; each article fetched separately.
Provisions (149)
§ 8-1
Purposes
§ 8-10
Identification of a landlord
§ 8-100
Removal, discontinuance, of service facilities or utilities
§ 8-101
Fire protection
§ 8-102
Application, maintenance of interior paint
§ 8-111
Authorization to inspect; right of entry; purpose; policy re notice
§ 8-112
Owner or occupant to grant right of entry; search warrant to be obtained upon denial; emergency right of entry; penalty
§ 8-121
Housing code certificate of occupancy required
§ 8-122
Units must be clean, sanitary, fit for commercial activity
§ 8-123
Owner to maintain shared, public areas
§ 8-124
Occupant to maintain occupied area in clean and sanitary condition
§ 8-125
Occupant to dispose of rubbish
§ 8-126
Occupant to dispose of garbage and organic waste
§ 8-127
Containers for rubbish and garbage required
§ 8-128
Extermination of insects and rodents
§ 8-129
Occupant responsibility for maintenance, care of plumbing fixtures
§ 8-136
Compliance with article required
§ 8-137
Toilet facilities
§ 8-138
Forced air ventilation
§ 8-139
Electrical service, outlets and fixtures
§ 8-140
Adequate light
§ 8-141
Water closet compartments
§ 8-142
Exterior property areas to be clean, sanitary
§ 8-143
Premises to be properly graded
§ 8-144
Rodentproofing required of foundation walls, roof
§ 8-145
Foundation
§ 8-146
Exterior walls
§ 8-147
Roof requirements
§ 8-148
Floor requirements
§ 8-149
Safety requirements for stairs, porches, railings and other exit facilities
§ 8-150
Windows, exterior doors, hatchway requirements
§ 8-151
Window sashes to have glass panes or approved substitute
§ 8-152
Rodentproofing required for ground level windows, openings
§ 8-153
Flaking, peeling paint prohibited
§ 8-154
Paint requirements
§ 8-155
Accessory structures to be rodentproof
§ 8-156
Structural parts of units to be safe; capable of supporting normal loads
§ 8-157
Water closet compartment; bathroom floor surface
§ 8-158
Supplied facilities; safe and effective
§ 8-159
Plumbing fixtures
§ 8-160
Removal, discontinuance of service facilities or utilities
§ 8-161
Fire protection
§ 8-162
Ceiling height
§ 8-163
Use of space below grade
§ 8-170
Appointment of code enforcement officer
§ 8-171
Notice of violations
§ 8-172
Court order required upon refusal to allow inspection
§ 8-173
Code enforcement officer to have exclusive responsibility of inspections, orders
§ 8-174
Emergency orders; appeal; penalty for failure to comply
§ 8-175
Housing code enforcement officer to keep records of orders; daily log
§ 8-186
Housing code board of appeals—Created; composition; terms of regular members
§ 8-187
Same—Alternate members appointed; terms
§ 8-188
Same—Vacancies
§ 8-189
Same—Officers; bylaws
§ 8-190
Same—Conflict of interest prohibited
§ 8-191
Responsibilities of building official
§ 8-192
Notice of violation; hearing; filing of petition; notice
§ 8-193
Hearings to be public
§ 8-194
Powers of housing code board of appeals
§ 8-195
Notices of code enforcement officer under appeal to be suspended
§ 8-196
Variances
§ 8-197
Timely decisions
§ 8-198
Proceedings to be reduced at writing
§ 8-199
Judicial review of decision
§ 8-2
Legislative finding
§ 8-206
Schedule
§ 8-21
Housing code certificate of occupancy required
§ 8-211
Adopted
§ 8-216
Defects requiring condemnation; placarding
§ 8-217
Condemned building to be vacated
§ 8-218
Approval to reoccupy condemned building required
§ 8-219
Defacing or removing placard prohibited
§ 8-22
Dwellings and premises to be clean, sanitary and fit before occupancy
§ 8-220
Hearing on condemnation notice or order
§ 8-221
Demolishing of building authorized
§ 8-222
Subsequent transferees of condemned structures
§ 8-223
Commercial structures
§ 8-23
Owners to keep shared or public areas sanitary
§ 8-24
Occupant to maintain premises in sanitary condition
§ 8-25
Safe and sanitary disposal of rubbish
§ 8-251
Created
§ 8-252
Responsibilities of city, in order to receive initial designation under Connecticut Housing Partnership Program
§ 8-253
Duties of housing partnership in order to receive development designation under Connecticut Housing Partnership Program
§ 8-254
No conflict with state or federal statutes
§ 8-255
Expenses
§ 8-26
Safe and sanitary storage of garbage and organic waste
§ 8-27
Owner to provide screens, storm doors, storm windows; occupant to maintain
§ 8-28
Extermination of insects and rodents
§ 8-29
Occupant to use care in the use and operation of plumbing fixtures
§ 8-3
Title
§ 8-30
Rubbish accumulation
§ 8-4
Definitions
§ 8-41
Compliance with article required
§ 8-42
Water closets, lavatory basins, bathtubs and showers
§ 8-43
Cooking prohibited
§ 8-44
Communal cooking, dining facilities prohibited; exception
§ 8-45
Units to have operating locks
§ 8-46
Bed linen and towels
§ 8-47
Required space in rooming house sleeping rooms
§ 8-48
Means of egress required
§ 8-49
Unit windows to have drapes, etc
§ 8-5
Liability of officials
§ 8-50
Unit arrangement
§ 8-51
Maintenance standards for hotel, motel operators
§ 8-52
Permit—Required; display; transferability; change of ownership; expiration
§ 8-53
License—Requirements
§ 8-54
Same—Application; expiration
§ 8-55
Same—Display
§ 8-56
Suitability of licensees
§ 8-57
Suspension of license
§ 8-58
Appeal on suspension of license
§ 8-6
Lawsuits against officers, agents, employees, to be defended by corporation counsel
§ 8-66
Compliance with article required
§ 8-67
Food preparation and cooking facilities
§ 8-68
Flush water closet required
§ 8-69
Lavatory required
§ 8-7
Compliance with state building code required
§ 8-70
Bathtub or shower required
§ 8-71
Proximity of habitable rooms, bathrooms or water closets to commercial uses
§ 8-72
Roof requirements
§ 8-73
Floor requirements
§ 8-74
Windows, exterior doors, hatchway requirements
§ 8-75
Window sashes to have glass panes or approved substitute
§ 8-76
Rodentproofing required for ground level windows, openings
§ 8-77
Means of egress from dwelling unit required
§ 8-78
Minimum window or skylight areas required
§ 8-79
Operable window or skylight areas required
§ 8-8
Conflicts between codes, ordinances or regulations
§ 8-80
Lighting and ventilation requirements for kitchenette, bathroom and water closet compartments
§ 8-81
Electrical service, outlets and fixtures
§ 8-82
Lighting in public halls and stairways in multiple dwellings
§ 8-83
Heating facilities required; minimum temperature capability required
§ 8-84
Minimum floor space required for occupancy
§ 8-85
Minimum floor space required in sleeping rooms
§ 8-86
Room arrangements
§ 8-87
Ceiling height
§ 8-88
Use of space below grade as habitable room
§ 8-89
Storage space
§ 8-9
Housing site development agency designated
§ 8-90
Exterior property areas to be clean, sanitary
§ 8-91
Premises to be properly graded
§ 8-92
Exterior wood surfaces to be painted
§ 8-93
Lead paint
§ 8-94
Exterior walls
§ 8-95
Safety requirements for stairs, porches, railings and other exit facilities
§ 8-96
Structural parts of dwellings to be safe; capable of supporting normal loads
§ 8-97
Water closet compartment; bathroom floor surface
§ 8-98
Supplied facilities; safe and effective
§ 8-99