2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 8-291. Definitions.

      Sec. 8-291. Definitions. As used in this chapter:

      (a) "Abandoned property" means any real property and any vacant structure thereon used or previously used for industrial or commercial purposes, which the owner has declared, in writing, to the building official to be abandoned, or real property on which there is a vacant structure used or previously used for industrial or commercial purposes which the owner has been given a written order by the building official to demolish and no application for a permit for rehabilitation or demolition has been applied for within thirty days after the date of such order or, if such permit has been granted, no rehabilitation or demolition work has been commenced within thirty days after the granting of such permit;

      (b) "Building official" means the person appointed pursuant to section 29-260;

      (c) "Municipality" means city, town or borough;

      (d) "Owner" means any holder, as appears in the land records of the municipality, of (1) title to real property and (2) any mortgage or other secured or equitable interest in such property;

      (e) "Rehabilitation permit" and "demolition permit" mean those permits obtained from a local building official under the state building code for the purpose of rehabilitating or demolishing a structure;

      (f) "Urban rehabilitator" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other legal entity to which urban rehabilitation program property is conveyed;

      (g) "Urban rehabilitation agency" means the agency designated by the legislative body of a municipality pursuant to section 8-292.

      (P.A. 77-503, S. 2; P.A. 95-79, S. 17, 189.)

      History: P.A. 95-79 redefined "urban rehabilitator" to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.

      Subdiv. (d):

      Cited. 194 C. 129, 137.