Groton, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 9 art. IV div. 2 (2026) § 9-127

(a) The housing official is hereby authorized and directed to make periodic inspections, by and with the consent of the owner, occupant or person in charge, to determine the condition of dwellings, dwelling units, rooming units and premises within this town for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this article. For the purpose of making such inspections, the housing official with consent of the owner, occupant or person in charge, is hereby authorized to enter, examine and survey, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., all dwellings, dwelling units, rooming units and premises, or at such other time mutually satisfactory to and agreed upon by the housing official and the owner or occupant of a dwelling, dwelling or rooming unit, or the person in charge thereof. Such inspection, examination or survey shall not have for its purpose the undue harassment of the owner or occupant, and such inspection, examination or survey shall be made so as to cause the least amount of inconvenience to the owner or occupant consistent with an efficient performance of the duties of the housing official. To further ensure that the policy of this article, which is to achieve compliance through cooperation of owners and occupants, is successfully maintained, it shall be the practice of the housing official, whenever practicable, to provide reasonable advance notice to owners and occupants of projected blanket inspections of routine nature. (b) The owner or occupant of each dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit or premises, or the person in charge thereof, upon presentation by the housing official of proper identification, shall give the housing official free access thereto and to all parts thereof and to the premises on which it is located at all reasonable times for the purpose of such inspection, examination and survey. It shall be unlawful for any person to impede an inspector or officer authorized under this article in the performance of his duties, and every such inspector or officer shall have the right to enter, examine and survey all premises, grounds, structures, dwellings, multifamily dwellings or roominghouses and every part thereof at all reasonable times upon display of proper identification, and upon reasonable notice, which be not less than 24 hours. If any owner, occupant, or other person in charge of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, or a multifamily dwelling or roominghouse subject to the provisions of this article refuses, impedes, inhibits, interferes with, restricts or obstructs entry and free access to every part of the structure or premises where inspection authorized by this article is sought, the administrative authority may seek, in a court of competent jurisdiction, an order that such owner, occupant or other person in charge cease and desist with such interference.