(a) Dark or poorly ventilated public halls in tenement, lodging or boarding houses shall be remedied in such manner as is deemed practicable and ordered by the board of health or enforcing agency.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 47a-54d

  • Enforcing agency: means the board of health or other authority designated to enforce the provisions of this chapter or a local housing code. See Connecticut General Statutes 47a-50
  • tenement house: means any house or building, or portion thereof, which is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, or is arranged or designed to be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or residence of three or more families, living independently of each other, and doing their cooking upon the premises, and having a common right in the halls, stairways or yards. See Connecticut General Statutes 47a-50

(b) The owner of each tenement house shall provide for the lighting of all public halls at night.