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CT Gen Stat § 47a-46. (Formerly Sec. 52-465) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833 - Entry and Detainer|Section 47a-46. (Formerly Sec. 52-465) - When double damages allowable.

 The party aggrieved may recover in a civil action double damages and his costs against the defendant, if it is found on the trial of a complaint brought under section 47a-43 that he entered into the land, tenement or dwelling unit by force or after entry held the same by force or otherwise injured the party aggrieved in the manner described in section 47a-43.(1949 Rev., S. 8201; P.A. 76-95, S. 22, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 42; P.A. 80-483, S. 128, 186.)History: P.A. 76-95 allowed recovery of double rather than treble damages and authorized recovery of damages in cases where defendant “otherwise injured the party aggrieved in the manner described in section 52-462”; P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; Sec. 52-465 transferred to Sec. 47a-46 in 1979 and reference to Sec. 52-462 revised to reflect its transfer; P.A. 79-571 added reference to dwelling units and changed wording slightly; P.A. 80-483 made technical changes.Annotations to former section 52-465:Action for damages is not defeated by proof of title in defendant. 6 C. 80.Statute merely provides for damages and costs. 30 CS 607.Annotations to present section:Standard of proof required for award of double damages under statute is same as that of other tort cases; judgment of Appellate Court in 24 CA 124 reversed. 221 C. 674.Cited. 24 CA 124; judgment reversed, see 221 C. 674; 43 CA 1. Trial court did not err in failing to award plaintiffs attorney's fees as a recoverable cost under section; section is devoid of any express language authorizing an award of attorney's fees, court will not presume that legislature intended for statute to operate in derogation of the long-standing common-law rule disfavoring award of attorney's fees to prevailing party. 87 CA 779. Where damages awarded under this section encompass the same conduct as for damages awarded pursuant to Sec. 47a-18a, the sum for actual damages may not be included in the award pursuant to both sections. 89 CA 836.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-50 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-50 - Definitions.

 The following terms, when used in this chapter, are defined as follows:(1) A “tenement house” 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 three or more families, living independently of each other, and doing their cooking upon the premises, and having a common right in the halls, stairways or yards;(2) A “lodging house” or “boarding house” means any house or building or portion thereof, in which six or more persons are harbored, received or lodged for hire, or any building or part thereof, which is used as a sleeping place or lodging for six or more persons not members of the family residing therein;(3) A “dwelling unit” or an “apartment” means any house or building, or portion thereof, which is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, or is occupied as a home or residence of one or more persons;(4) A “yard” means an open, unoccupied space, on the same lot with a tenement, lodging or boarding house, between the rear line of such house and the rear line of the lot;(5) A “court” means an open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a tenement house;(6) A “public hall” means a hall, corridor or passageway not within an apartment or dwelling unit;(7) A “basement” means a story partly, but not more than one-half, below the level of the grade;(8) A “cellar” means a story more than one-half below the level of the grade;(9) The word “shall” is mandatory and not directory, and denotes that the house shall be maintained in all respects according to the mandate, as long as it continues to be a tenement house;(10) In determining the number of stories in a tenement house, a basement or an attic shall be counted as a story if it is occupied or designed to be occupied for living purposes;(11) “Enforcing agency” means the board of health or other authority designated to enforce the provisions of this chapter or a local housing code.(P.A. 79-571, S. 70.)See Sec. 19a-355 for definitions applicable with respect to tenement and lodging houses under chapter 368o.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-343) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-343) - Sanitary regulations.

 (a) Each tenement, lodging or boarding house, and each part thereof, shall be kept clean and free from any accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage or other matter, in or on the house or part thereof, or in the yards, courts, passages, areas or alleys connected with or belonging to the same. The owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of each tenement, lodging or boarding house, or part of such house, shall cleanse thoroughly all rooms, passages, stairs, floors, windows, doors, walls, ceilings, privies, water closets, cesspools, drains, halls, cellars and roofs and all other parts of such house, or the part of such house of which he is owner, tenant, lessee or occupant, to the approval of the board of health or enforcing agency, and shall keep the same in a clean condition at all times.(b) The owner of each tenement house shall provide, for such building, suitable receptacles for, or conveniences for the disposal of, garbage, ashes and rubbish.(c) Each building used as a tenement, lodging or boarding house and all parts thereof shall be kept in good repair.(d) The roof of each tenement, lodging or boarding house shall be so kept as not to leak, and all rain water shall be so drained and conveyed from the roof as to prevent its dripping onto the ground or causing dampness in the walls, ceilings, yards or areas.(e) No horse, cow, calf, swine, poultry, sheep or goat shall be kept in or near any tenement, lodging or boarding house, unless stabled at least twenty feet distant from such tenement, lodging or boarding house, and then only when such stabling is not detrimental to health, in the opinion of the board of health or enforcing agency.(f) A tenement, lodging or boarding house, or any part thereof, shall not be used for the handling, keeping or storing of combustible articles or rags, or any other articles, in a manner deemed by the board of health or enforcing agency to be dangerous or detrimental to health.(1949 Rev., S. 4050; P.A. 79-571, S. 71.)History: P.A. 79-571 divided section into Subsecs. and restated provisions but made no substantive changes; Sec. 19-343 transferred to Sec. 47a-51 in 1981.Annotations to former section 19-343:Cited. 117 C. 351. Obligation imposed on the landlord is to keep the building in repair as distinguished from the separate apartments in it. Id., 627. However, where other portions of the apartment are under his control, it is his duty to use reasonable care to inspect and keep them in repair. 118 C. 580. Statute does not make landlord liable for defects unless he knew of them or ought to have discovered them by reasonable inspection. 124 C. 328. Landlord is not an insurer for failure to inspect and repair; he fulfills his duty when he uses reasonable care. 137 C. 629.Annotation to present section:Cited. 211 C. 501.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-345) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-345) - Communicable diseases; unfit for habitation; order to vacate.

 (a) Whenever it is certified by the board of health or other enforcing agency, that a tenement, lodging or boarding house, or any part thereof, is infected with communicable disease, or that it is unfit for human habitation or dangerous to life or health by reason of want of repair or of defects in the drainage, plumbing, ventilation or construction of the same, or by reason of the existence on the premises of a nuisance liable to cause sickness among the occupants of such house, the board of health or other enforcing agency may issue an order requiring all persons therein to vacate such house, or part thereof, within not less than twenty-four hours nor more than ten days. The board of health or other enforcing agency shall state in the order the reason for the issuance of the order.(b) If such order is not complied with within the time so specified, the board of health or other enforcing agency may cause such house, or part thereof, to be vacated.(c) The board of health or other enforcing agency, whenever satisfied that the danger from such house, or part thereof, has ceased to exist, or that such house is fit for human habitation, may revoke such order or may extend the time within which the order may be complied with.(1949 Rev., S. 4052; 1972, P.A. 178, S. 2; P.A. 79-571, S. 74.)History: 1972 act added references to authorities other than board of health which are granted enforcement powers; P.A. 79-571 divided section into Subsecs., restated provisions and substituted “enforcing agency” for references to authorities other than board of health; Sec. 19-345 transferred to Sec. 19-345 in 1981.Annotation to former section 19-345:Cited. 117 C. 351.Annotation to present section:Cited. 35 CA 126; judgment reversed, see 235 C. 360.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-54b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-54b - Water in tenement and lodging houses.

 Water in sufficient quantity shall be provided on each floor, occupied by one or more families, in each tenement house which is located on premises abutting on a street or alley in which pipes for the distribution of water to the public are laid, and, when such house is not so located, a sufficient supply of wholesome water shall be provided on a part of the lot where it will not be contaminated from water closets, barns, garbage or other sources of impurity.(P.A. 79-571, S. 76.)
CT Gen Stat § 47a-54c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-54c - Toilets and bathrooms.

 (a) Each building used as a tenement, lodging or boarding house shall be furnished with adequate and suitable privy vaults or water closets. There shall be at least one such water closet or vault for each two dwelling units or apartments of two rooms or less each, and one such water closet or vault for each dwelling unit or apartment of three or more rooms. Each tenement, boarding or lodging house located on premises abutting on any street or alley where running water is available and through which there is a sewer with which connection may be had shall be provided with water closets connected with such sewer, and each such water closet shall be located on the same floor as the dwelling unit or apartment which it serves.(b) Each bathroom or water closet compartment in a tenement, lodging or boarding house shall be ventilated by a freely opening window of at least three square feet in area, opening to the outer air or upon a vent shaft having such openings at the bottom and top as meet the approval of the board of health, or by a separate ventilating flue of noncorroding material and at least thirty-six square inches in area, leading directly to the roof.(c) Each such bathroom or water closet compartment, not otherwise sufficiently lighted, shall be provided with light from an adjoining room or rooms by means of translucent glass, of adequate size, in a fixed sash.(P.A. 79-571, S. 77.)
CT Gen Stat § 47a-54d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-54d - Public halls.

 (a) Dark or poorly ventilated public halls in tenement, lodging or boarding houses shall be remedied in such manner as is deemed practicable and ordered by the board of health or enforcing agency.(b) The owner of each tenement house shall provide for the lighting of all public halls at night.(P.A. 79-571, S. 78.)Cited. 208 C. 161.Cited. 35 CA 126; judgment reversed, see 235 C. 360.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-54e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-54e - Bedrooms.

 A room in a tenement, lodging or boarding house shall not be used as a sleeping room unless it has an outside window or is provided with a sash window of at least eight square feet opening into an adjoining room, in the same apartment, having an outside window, which sash window shall be a vertically sliding, pulley-hung sash, both halves of which shall be so constructed as to open readily, and the lower half shall be glazed with translucent glass.(P.A. 79-571, S. 79.)
CT Gen Stat § 47a-54f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-54f - Paint.

 (a) In each tenement, lodging or boarding house the walls of any court, shaft, hall or room shall be whitewashed or painted a light color whenever, in the opinion of the board of health or enforcing agency, such whitewashing or painting is needed for the better lighting of any room, hall or water closet compartment.(b) Paint on the exposed surfaces of the interior of a tenement house shall not be cracked, chipped, blistered, flaking, loose, or peeling so as to constitute a health hazard. Testing, remediation, abatement and management of lead-based paint at a tenement house or its premises shall be as defined in, and in accordance with, the regulations, if any, adopted pursuant to section 19a-111c.(P.A. 79-571, S. 80; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 57.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (b) to apply provisions to exposed surfaces of interior of tenement houses, rather than accessible surfaces, and add provision re testing, remediation, abatement and management of lead-based paint at tenement houses.Presence of lead paint in violation of section constitutes negligence per se; section does not impose strict liability on landlords; because section does not modify common law elements of landlord premises liability, notice is relevant to tenant's cause of action. 235 C. 360.Cited. 35 CA 126; judgment reversed, see 235 C. 360; 40 CA 219.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-347) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-347) - Enforcement. Penalties.

 (a) The board of health of each town, city or borough shall enforce the provisions of this part, and the board of health is given authority for such purpose. Any such town, city or borough may by ordinance duly adopted by its legislative body designate another authority or authorities to exercise concurrent or exclusive jurisdiction in the enforcement of this part. All duties imposed and powers conferred by this part upon boards of health shall devolve upon the health authority or such other designated authority or authorities of each city, borough or town by whatever name such health or other authority or authorities may be known. Nothing in this part shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers of a local board of health, or of the courts, or any such other lawful authority, to enforce any provision of any city or borough charter or health ordinances and regulations not inconsistent with this part, or to prevent or punish for violations thereof.(b) Each person who violates or assists in violating, or fails to comply with, any of said provisions or any legal order of a board of health or such other authority made under any of said provisions, for which no other penalty is provided, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.(c) Each person who continues to violate or assist in violating, or who continues to fail or refuse to comply with, any of said provisions after having been convicted of violating or assisting in violating any of said provisions, or of failing to comply therewith, for which no other penalty is provided, shall, upon a subsequent conviction, be imprisoned not more than one year.(1949 Rev., S. 4054; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 59; 1972, P.A. 178, S. 4; P.A. 74-345, S. 7; P.A. 79-571, S. 81.)History: 1961 act deleted obsolete provision that prosecuting authorities of town, city or borough have power to prosecute; 1972 act added proviso authorizing towns to designate authorities other than board of health as enforcement agencies; P.A. 74-345 raised standard maximum fine from $200 to $1,000 and maximum term of imprisonment from 60 days to 6 months and maximum term of imprisonment for continued violation from 6 months to 1 year; P.A. 79-571 divided section into Subsecs., specified that stated penalties apply to violations “for which no other penalty is provided” and made other minor changes in wording; Sec. 19-347 transferred to Sec. 47a-55 in 1981.Annotations to former section 19-347:Cited. 117 C. 351.City health authority not exclusive administrator of housing code requirements. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 243.Annotations to present section:Cited. 13 CA 1; 35 CA 126; judgment reversed, see 235 C. 360.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-347a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-347a) - Passage of ordinance for abatement of nuisances. Appointment of authority.

 The legislative body of any city, town or borough may by ordinance adopt the provisions of sections 47a-56 to 47a-56i, inclusive, and appoint a person or committee, known hereinafter as the authority, to carry out the provisions of said sections.(February, 1965, P.A. 554, S. 1; P.A. 79-571, S. 82.)History: P.A. 79-571 added reference to new sections which became Secs. 47a-56b and 47a-56c; Sec. 19-347a transferred to Sec. 47a-56 in 1981 and internal references to other sections revised as necessary to reflect their transfer.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-56b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-56b - Appointment of receiver of rents: Service.

 (a) Such rule to show cause shall be returnable not less than five days after service is completed.(b) The rule to show cause shall provide for personal service of a copy thereof and the application on which it is based on the owners and mortgagees of record and lienors.(c) If any such owner, mortgagee or lienor cannot with due diligence be served personally within the municipality where the property is located and within the time fixed in such order, service may be made on such person by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the property where the nuisance exists, and by sending a copy thereof by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the owner at the address set forth in the last-recorded deed with respect to such property, or, in the case of a mortgagee or lienor, to the address set forth in the recorded mortgage or lien and by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district where such property is located.(d) If the condition constituting the nuisance is such that, unless it is immediately cured, substantial damage may be caused to the property or if it constitutes an imminent danger to its occupants or the occupants of adjoining properties, the rule to show cause may be returnable in the discretion of the court in less than five days and, in such case, service may be made on the owner, mortgagee and lienor by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the property where the nuisance exists and by mailing a copy in the case of the owner to the address set forth in the last-recorded deed and, in the case of the mortgagee and lienor, to the address recorded. In such action the court may issue an immediate ex parte order granting such relief as it deems appropriate, pending a full hearing to be held not later than three days after such order is issued.(P.A. 79-571, S. 84; Oct. Sp. Sess. P.A. 79-8, S. 3, 6.)History: October, 1979, P.A. 79-8 added provision in Subsec. (d) authorizing court to issue immediate ex parte order granting relief pending full hearing held not more than three days after order is issued.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-56c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings|Section 47a-56c - Appointment of receiver of rents: Determination by court.

 (a) On the return of said rule to show cause, its determination shall have precedence over every other business of the civil docket of the Superior Court.(b) If the court finds that the facts stated in such application warrant the granting thereof, the court shall appoint a receiver of the rents, issues and profits of the property.(c) If, after determination of the issue, the owner or any mortgagee or lienor or other person having an interest in the property applies to the court to be permitted to remove or remedy the conditions constituting the nuisance and (1) demonstrates the ability promptly to undertake the work required and (2) posts security for the performance thereof within the time, and in the amount and manner, deemed necessary by the court, the court may, in lieu of appointing such receiver, issue an order permitting such person to perform the work within a time fixed by the court.(d) If at the time fixed in the order the conditions constituting the nuisance have not been satisfactorily remedied or removed, the court shall appoint such receiver.(e) If, after the granting of such court order permitting a person to perform the work but before the time fixed by the court for the completion thereof, it appears to the authority issuing the original order that the person permitted to do such work is not proceeding with due diligence, such authority may apply to the court, on notice to those persons who have appeared in the proceeding, for a hearing to determine whether such receiver shall be appointed immediately.(f) On the failure of any such owner, mortgagee, lienor or other person having an interest in the property to complete the work in accordance with the provisions of such order, any receiver thereafter appointed shall be reimbursed for costs incurred by him in removing or remedying the condition and other charges provided for in sections 47a-56 to 47a-56i, inclusive, out of such security.(P.A. 79-571, S. 85.)