RTM tackles blight in Greenwich by approving new ordinance FacebookTwitterEmail A blighted home on Mead Avenue in the Byram section of Greenwich, Conn., photographed in June 2019. The home has since been demolished and the RTM has now approved a blight ordinance that sets in place a process to deal with issues like this.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media GREENWICH — A long-debated new blight ordinance was approved Monday night by the Representative Town Meeting, a move that will put a new blight officer and a blight review board in place. “The blight ordinance addresses dilapidated, blighted, rat-infested structures in a very compassionate manner, which will protect the health, safety and welfare of all of the residents of the town,” RTM District 4 member Samarpana Tamm said. “The needs of the blighted property owner are handled with special consideration and care.”