Waterford, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 15.08 § 15.08.280

A. Designation of Unfit Rental Units and Rooms. Any retail rental dwelling, rental dwelling unit, roominghouse, rooming unit, dormitory or dormitory room shall be designated as unfit for human habitation when any of the following defects or conditions are found, and when, in the judgment of the building official, such defect creates a hazard to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants or of the public:
1. Is damaged, decayed, dilapidated, unsanitary, unsafe and/or vermin-infested and/or contains hazardous levels of lead-based paint or other substance;
2. Lacks illumination, ventilation, heat, water or required sanitation facilities;
3. The general condition or location is unsanitary, unsafe and/or unhealthful.
B. Placarding, Vacating and Disconnection of Utilities. Whenever any rental dwelling, rental dwelling unit, roominghouse, rooming unit, dormitory or dormitory room has been designated as unfit for human habitation, the building official shall placard the rental dwelling, rental dwelling unit, rooming unit, dormitory or dormitory room, indicating that it is unfit for human habitation, and, if occupied, shall order the rental dwelling, rental dwelling unit, rooming unit, dormitory or dormitory room vacated within a reasonable time, such time to be not less than forty-eight hours or more than five days. Whenever any rental dwelling, rental dwelling unit, roominghouse, rooming unit, dormitory or dormitory room has been placarded and vacated, the building official shall order services and utilities to be turned off or disconnected and all utility meters removed.
C. Written Approval Required Prior to Reoccupancy. No rental dwelling, rental dwelling unit, roominghouse, rooming unit, dormitory or dormitory room which has been designated as unfit for human habitation, has been placarded as such and vacated shall be used again for human habitation until written approval is secured from the building official and the placard removed by the building official.
D. Rescission of "Unfit for Human Habitation" Designation. The building official shall rescind the designation as unfit for human habitation and remove the placard when the defect or condition upon which such designation and placarding was based has been removed or eliminated and the rental dwelling, rental dwelling unit, roominghouse, rooming unit, dormitory or dormitory room is deemed by the building official or his delegate as safe, sanitary and a fit place for human habitation.
E. Unlawful Removal of Placard. No person shall deface or remove from any rental dwelling, rental dwelling unit, roominghouse, rooming unit, dormitory or dormitory room which has been designated as unfit for human habitation and has been placarded as such.
F. Appeals. Any person affected by any decision of the building official or by any designation or placarding of a rental dwelling, rental dwelling unit, rooming unit, dormitory or dormitory room as unfit for human habitation shall be granted a hearing on the matter, upon application to the housing code appeals board. Any order to vacate, issued under subsection B of this section, will be held in abeyance until the appeal has been heard and a decision rendered by the housing code appeals board.