Stamford, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 146 § 146-47

(a) General Provisions. The Director of Operations shall be responsible for administering and supervising the enforcement of this Ordinance.
The Anti-Blight Officer shall enforce the provisions of this section and any rules or regulations promulgated under this section. The Anti-Blight Officer may initiate inspections and investigations of blight and shall receive information and complaints concerning violations of this section. The Anti-Blight Officer shall determine violations of this section; may order the owner of the Blighted Property to abate such violations, issue citations and penalties for violations of this section; and may effectuate the removal or abatement of the blight condition under the procedures set forth in this section. The Anti-Blight Officer shall provide the Director of Public Safety, Health and Welfare with monthly written status reports indicating the number of complaints, the violations identified, active and closed cases and other information as requested by the Director.
(b) Notice of Violation. The Anti-Blight Officer shall serve a written notice to an owner of the Blighted Property of the violation(s) of this section by personal in-hand service or by mailing such notice by regular mail to the owner's last-known address on file with the tax collector. If the person to whom such notice is issued is a registrant, the municipality may deliver such notice in accordance with Section 7-148ii [of the Connecticut General Statutes], provided nothing in this section shall preclude a municipality from providing notice in another manner permitted by applicable law. The failure of the owner to receive the Notice of Violation shall not affect the validity of the service.
The Notice of Violation shall: (1)
Describe the blighted conditions that violate this section and direct the owner to remove, correct, or abate the violation within seven (7) calendar days from the date of the Notice;
(2) Inform the owner that the failure to remove, correct, or abate the violation shall result in the issuance of a citation in accordance with this Ordinance and fines imposed of one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day for each day that the Blighted Property remains in violation of this article which can be enforceable subsequently as a lien on the owner's property, and which may also be converted into court judgments; and
(3) Inform the owner that the failure to remove, correct, or abate the violation may cause the removal or abatement of the violation at the expense of the owner; and
(4) Inform the owner that the owner may schedule a resolution conference with the Anti-Blight Officer within seven (7) calendar days from the date of Notice of Violation.
(c) Imposition of Fine. If the owner fails to remediate the violation within seven (7) calendar days after the Notice of Violation is served, the Anti-Blight Officer shall impose a penalty against the owner of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each day that the Blighted Property remains in violation of this article. Each day that the Blighted Property is in violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense and the penalty shall begin to accrue on the eighth (8th) day after the date of the notice of violation and continue to be levied each day until the violation is corrected and the owner informs the Anti-Blight Officer in writing that the blight violation has been remediated.
All fines imposed for violations of this article shall be paid to a fund maintained by the City of Stamford as set forth in Section 146-53 (b).
(d) Citation. If the owner fails to remediate the violation within seven (7) calendar days from the date of the Notice of Violation, as provided in Section 146-47 (b) above, the Anti-Blight Officer shall serve a written civil citation upon the owner of the premises by personal, in-hand service or by mailing such citation to the owner's last-known address on file with the tax collector. If the person to whom such notice is issued is a registrant, the municipality may deliver such notice in accordance with Section 7-148ii [of the Connecticut General Statutes], provided nothing in this section shall preclude a municipality from providing notice in another manner permitted by applicable law. The failure of the owner to receive the Citation shall not affect the validity of the service.
The citation shall inform the owner: (1)
Of the allegations against said person and the amount of the fines, penalties, costs or fees due.
(2) That the fines, penalties, costs or fees will continue to accrue on a daily basis until the owner remediates the blight violation and provides written notice to the Anti-Blight Officer that the blight violation is remediated.
(3) That said person may contest his or her liability before the Blight Hearing Committee by delivering, in person or by first class mail, written notice to the Anti-Blight Officer within ten (10) days of the date of notice.
(4) That if said person does not demand such a hearing, an assessment and judgment shall be entered against him.
(5) That such judgment may issue without further notice.
(6) That any unpaid fine imposed pursuant to the provisions of this shall constitute a lien upon the property against which the penalty was imposed from the date of such 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 and may be enforced in the same manner as property tax liens, including enforcement by foreclosure.