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Nashua, NH Code § 182-15

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Nashua, NH Code § 182-15
Jurisdiction
Nashua (municipal)
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Any dwelling, lodging house, dwelling unit or lodging unit which has been determined unfit for human habitation and which has been placarded as such by the Housing Inspector shall be vacated within a reasonable time as required by the Inspector. No owner or operator shall rent to any person for human habitation, and no person shall occupy, any dwelling, lodging house, dwelling unit or lodging unit which has been determined unfit for human habitation and which has been placarded by the Housing Inspector after the date which the Inspector has required the affected dwelling, lodging house, dwelling unit or lodging unit to be vacated.

D.

No dwelling, lodging house, dwelling unit or lodging unit which has been determined unfit for human habitation and which has been placarded as such shall again be used for human habitation until written approval is secured from, and the placard is removed by, the Code Enforcement Department. The Code Enforcement Department shall remove the placard whenever the defect or defects upon which the determination of unfit for human habitation was based have been eliminated.

E.

No person shall deface or remove the placard from any dwelling, lodging house, dwelling unit or lodging unit which has been determined unfit for human habitation and placarded as such.

F.

If the owner fails to comply with an order to repair, alter, improve or vacate and close the dwelling, or to remove or demolish the dwelling, the City may file a petition in the superior court in which it shall set forth the charges issued pursuant to § 182-23, as well as any other allegations bearing upon the unfitness of the dwelling for human habitation.