Greenwich, CT Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Sec. 5-2 of the Code of Ordinances directs the Director of Health, or his authorized representative, to inspect dwellings, dwelling units, rooming units and their premises across the Town of Greenwich, with authority to enter, examine and survey them at all reasonable times. Owners, occupants or the person in charge of a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit must give the inspector free access for that inspection, examination and survey, and each occupant must in turn give the owner or the owner's agent access to make repairs needed to comply with Chapter 5 or any lawful order issued under it.

When the Director finds reasonable grounds to believe a violation of Chapter 5 exists, Sec. 5-4 requires a written notice stating the reason and a reasonable compliance deadline, served personally, by registered mail, or by posting at the dwelling. A person served with a notice can request a hearing before the Board of Health (sitting as the Housing Sanitation Standards Appeals Board under Sec. 5-3) by filing a written petition and a ten-dollar fee within ten days, per Sec. 5-5; if no hearing is requested within ten days the notice automatically becomes a binding order under Sec.

5-6. Sec. 5-50 backs the inspection and notice scheme with a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each violation of any Chapter 5 provision, treats each day of a continuing violation as a separate offense, and places the responsibility to abate on the offender as ordered by the Director of Health.