mobanmarketFAIRFIELD, CT — A blighted, neglected property at 400 Bronson Road in Fairfield is frustrating Fairfield officials and neighbors, as the owner seemingly ignores requests to clean it up.
A dilapidated shed sits at the rear of the parcel, which backs up to the Mill River, and cut tree trunks dot the overgrown land.
According to town officials, the property’s listed owner is a Stratford resident named Alex Moses.
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“We’ve sent several letters,” said Fairfield Health Director Sands Cleary during a hearing of the Condemnation Board this week. The letters have gone unanswered. “We’re trying to work with him to get him to take down the shed.”
Moses could not be reached for comment.
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Patch visited the property on Monday, and while photographing it, one of the neighbors approached to tell of his and the neighborhood’s frustrations with the parcel. The man asked that his name not be used, for fear of possible retaliation.
“I won’t let my kids play there,” the resident said of the mostly vacant property. “The property is so overgrown, we don’t know what’s in there. We’ve even seen what looked like a bobcat around the shed.
“This is beyond just aesthetics. It poses a safety hazard.”
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For years, the property held a large piece of heavy construction equipment that was only recently moved, leaving behind the falling down shed and tree trunks.
The vehicle-type piece of equipment, which lacked an engine, was the focus of some of the town’s warning letters. Its removal gave officials the impression that Moses at least heeded one of the town’s requests.
“We believe he’s received the letters,” Cleary said. “He did remove the [construction] vehicle.”
The resident told Patch that a few people in the neighborhood have logged several complaints to the town about the property, prompting the Condemnation Board to consider officially calling it a blight.
Such a designation could lead to the town eventually leveling daily fines until the property is cleaned up.
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