New Haven, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 17, art. XIV § 17-77

(a) All inspections will be performed according to a defined checklist of quality of life and life safety issues promulgated by LCI (hereafter the "checklist") and which shall be based on title V of the New Haven Code of Ordinances (the "Housing Code"), and on title III section 9-51 et. seq. of the New Haven Code of Ordinances (the "Anti-blight and property maintenance ordinance").
(b) A license will only be issued if the residential rental property meets the requirements set forth in the checklist.
(c) Once the owner or their agent submits the completed application and pays the licensing fee, the owner or their agent shall receive a temporary registration number which confirms the application process is complete. Thereafter, a date will be arranged for a housing code inspector to inspect the residential rental property, which shall be provided in writing to the owner. The owner or their agent must be present at each inspection. Failure to appear at more than one (1) rescheduled inspection without good cause as determined by the code enforcement officer constitutes a violation of this article and is subject to the penalties set forth in section 17-84 .
(d) The residential rental property owner or their agent must provide the tenants of such property with at least seven (7) calendar days advanced written notice of the inspection date and time. The City will provide the owner or their agent by mail or email with consent/waiver forms for each rental unit within the residential rental property to be signed by the respective tenants. All completed and executed consent/waiver forms must be made available to the housing code inspector upon inspection of the dwelling. Failure to present signed consent/waiver forms at more than one (1) rescheduled inspection constitutes a violation of this article and is subject to the penalties set forth in section 17-84 .
(e) For residential rental properties with up to twenty-five (25) dwelling units, the housing code inspector shall inspect one hundred (100) percent of the dwelling units at said property. For residential rental properties between twenty-six (26) and ninety-nine (99) units, a total of no fewer than twenty-five (25) units will be inspected. For residential rental properties with one hundred (100) or more dwelling units, the housing code inspector will have the discretion to select and inspect a sampling of dwelling units that shall not be less than twenty-five (25) percent of the total number of dwelling units at the residential rental property. If any of the inspected dwelling units fail to pass inspection, the housing code inspector will have the discretion to inspect additional dwelling units in that residential rental property.
(f) If the housing code inspector finds a life-threatening health and/or safety defect, they will immediately provide written notice to the owner or their agent. The residential rental property license will be denied or revoked, as appropriate, and the tenant(s) may be relocated in accordance with the relevant state statutes and regulations governing tenants who are displaced as a result of code enforcement. Any rental unit(s) directly affected by the life-threatening health and/or safety defect(s) shall not be re-occupied unless and until the life-threatening health and/or safety defect is repaired, and the City issues or reinstates the residential rental property license in writing. Any costs expended by the City pursuant to the provisions herein shall be reimbursed before a license is issued or reinstated.
(g) If the housing code inspector detects at least one (1) defect during the residential rental property inspection, it shall constitute a violation of this article subject to the penalties set forth in section 17-84 . The housing code inspector will arrange to re-inspect the property until it fully complies with required housing standards.
(h) Each tenant shall be responsible for maintaining their respective rental unit in a clean and sanitary condition and abide by all duties imposed on them by all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations including the housing code of the City of New Haven and the City's anti-blight and property maintenance ordinance. A tenant may be cited for all damages that they cause to the residential rental property. If the housing code inspector finds that a tenant is responsible for damages that are detected during the inspection of the residential rental property, the housing code inspector may issue a housing code citation and proceed pursuant to the housing code regulations.
(i) No residential rental property license will be issued to a residential rental property owner unless and until the housing code inspector finds that all defects concerning that property have been repaired.
(j) The Livable City Initiative shall keep all inspection and re-inspection findings, checklists, reports and license records on file for public inspection, upon request.
(k) Upon request, Livable City Initiative shall distribute a document entitled "licensing and inspection of residential rental property, owners' and occupants' responsibilities," to the owner or their agent, and to each tenant(s) of the residential rental property.