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[§] 7-148 [DESCRIPTION] Among other things, authorizes municipalities to: ● regulate housing, to ensure it is safe and sanitary ● regulate the use of buildings to promote public health and safety and the general welfare ● demolish unsafe buildings and structures ● do all things necessary or desirable to secure and promote the public health ● regulate and prohibit the carrying on of any trade, business, or profession in the municipality that is, or could become, harmful to public health ● define and prohibit nuisances and abate them at the property owner's expense [TITLE] 
Municipal powers, generally
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS BLIGHT