Blight enforcement is 'slippery slope
Blight enforcement is 'slippery slope"™ Maggie Gordon, mgordon@bcnnew.com FacebookTwitterEmail The Town of New Canaan has had a blight ordinance on the books since October 2006. While the ordinance states that its purpose is to "define, prohibit and abate housing blight in order to protect, preserve and promote public health, safety and welfares, and to preserve and protect property values," Blight Officer Brian Platz said he has "a couple issues" with it. "What I've found to be the case many, many times is that more often than not, feuding neighbors use the blight ordinance as a weapon to ...
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