Blight and Unregistered Motor Vehicle Committee

The Blight and Unregistered Motor Vehicle Committee was created in 2019 by the Board of Selectmen to draft ordinances pertaining to blight in the Town of North Canaan.

On February 27th, 2020 the Blight and Unregistered Motor Vehicle Committee approved a final draft of the Abandoned Premises Ordinance and the Abandoned Motor Vehicle Ordinance which were submitted to the Board of Selectmen. A Public Hearing and Town Meeting for these proposed ordinances was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Per the last meeting of the Blight of and Unregistered Motor Vehicle Committee on February 27th, 2020 the committee was to disband on July 1st, 2021. Therefore the committee disbanded on July 1st, 2021 and the responsibility for the Abandoned Premises Ordinance and Abandoned Motor Vehicle Ordinance passed to the Board of Selectmen.

The Board of Selectmen at their August 2nd, 2021 meeting approved a Public Hearing for the Abandoned Premises Ordinance and Abandoned Motor Vehicle Ordinance for September 22nd, 2021 at 7pm at the North Canaan Town Hall. This public hearing was successful in gathering minor edits to both ordinances and those edits were passed to the town attorney.

The ordinances were reviewed twice by the Town Attorney in 2022. Forms for each part of the ordinances process were created and both ordinances received final approval from the Town Attorney on December 20th, 2022. 

The Board of Selectmen on January 3rd, 2023 voted to put both the Abandoned Premises Ordinance and the Abandoned Motor Vehicle Ordinance on the agenda of the next Town Meeting for a vote to approve or deny enacting them. The date of this town meeting is to be announced.