Bloomfield, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 12 § 12-57

(a) The owner/occupier of premises where a violation of any of the provisions of the Housing and Property Maintenance Code shall exist or who shall maintain any building or premises in which such violations exist may:
(1) Have a civil penalty imposed as follows:
a. One hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per violation per day for each day the violation exists up to five (5) days;
b. Thereafter, the civil penalty shall increase to five hundred dollars ($500.00) per violation per day for each day the violation exists, up to five (5) additional days;
c. Thereafter, the civil penalty shall increase to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per violation per day for an additional five (5) days;
d. Thereafter, the civil penalty shall increase to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per violation per day for an additional five (5) days.
Each day that a violation exists after a notice of violation (N.O.V), as described in section 12-53 , shall constitute a new violation, and a civil penalty may be imposed for each such violation.
(2) Be required to abate the violation at the owner/occupier's expense.
(b) Any person who is a new owner or new occupant shall, upon request, be granted a thirty-day extension of the notice provided pursuant to section 12-53 (a). The new owner or occupant shall have the opportunity to remediate within such thirty-day extension period. During such thirty-day extension period, no further enforcement activity as contemplated by subsection (a) of this section shall occur. For the purposes of this section, "new owner" means any person or entity who has taken title to a property within thirty (30) days of the notice, and the "new occupant" means any person who has taken occupancy of a property within thirty (30) days of the notice.
(c) A lien on the subject real estate may be imposed where a civil penalty for violation of the Housing and Property Maintenance Code is unpaid. Any civil penalty imposed by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance regulating housing, adopted pursuant to C.G.S. § 7-148(c)(7)(A)(i), (ii) and (vii), shall constitute a lien upon the real estate against which the penalty was imposed from the date of penalty. Each such lien may be continued, recorded, and released in the manner provided by the general statutes for continuing, recording, and releasing property tax liens. Each such lien shall take precedence over all other liens and encumbrances filed after July 1, 1997, except for taxes. Each such lien may be enforced in the same manner as property tax liens, including foreclosure of the real property.
(d) In addition to all other remedies and any fines imposed herein, the provisions of this code may be enforced by injunctive proceedings in superior court. The town may recover from such owner/occupier or other responsible person any and all costs and fees, including reasonable attorneys' fees, expended by the town in enforcing the provisions of this code.
(e) Each separate offense of this code shall be punishable by a penalty of up to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per day. Penalties shall be payable to the Finance Director, Town of Bloomfield by each person to whom a citation was issued.
(f) The total cumulative fine in any case shall not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per violation per day, nor shall the total penalty exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00).
(g) Any owner, occupant, operator or agent of any premises who has received proper N.O.V. of this code and failed to correct such violation by the date specified in such notice shall be punishable by a cumulative fine for each separate offense and shall be liable for payment to the Town of Bloomfield within thirty (30) calendar days of the demand for payment thereof.
(h) No fine shall be due while a reconsideration, hearing or appeal is pending in the matter; however, such action shall not prevent further accumulation of the penalty if the order is upheld.
(i) The imposition of any penalty shall not be construed to prevent the enforcement of other laws upon the premises, nor to prevent the initiation of other enforcement measures or penalties.
(j) Failure to pay any fine arising from the enforcement of this code shall constitute a debt in favor of the Town of Bloomfield. The director of health, may bring civil or criminal action against the debtor in court for the payment of such fine.
(k) Upon failure to correct any violation of this code by the specified date, the director of health may, in addition to other penalties and actions, bring civil or legal action against the violator, may institute a civil action for injunctive relief to require abatement, may initiate enforced abatement or demolition procedures or declare the premises as unfit for human habitation. The town may recover from such violator or responsible person any and all costs and fees, including reasonable attorney's fees, expended by the town in enforcing the provisions of this code.