§ 34-44-3 - Injunctive relief and other relief.
SECTION 34-44-3
§ 34-44-3 Injunctive relief and otherrelief. – In any proceeding, brought under chapter 24.3 of title 45 or any municipalordinance or regulation concerning minimum housing standards, that is before astate court, municipal court, housing division of a state or municipal court,or in any proceeding upon a verified petition for abatement filed in the statecourt by the municipal corporation in which the property involved is located,by any neighboring landowner, or by a nonprofit corporation that is dulyorganized and has as one of its goals the improvement of housing conditions forlow and moderate income persons in the municipality in which the property inquestion is located, if a building is alleged to be abandoned and either to bein a dangerous or unsafe condition or to be otherwise in violation of chapter24.3 of title 45 or any municipal ordinance or regulation concerning buildingor housing, the municipal corporation, neighboring landowner, or nonprofitcorporation may apply for an injunction requiring the owner of the building tocorrect the condition or to eliminate the violation. There shall be a hearingat least twenty (20) days after a summons for an injunction, indicating thedate and time of the hearing is served upon the owner of the building. Thesummons shall be served by personal service, residence service, or service bycertified mail pursuant to Rule 4 of the Superior Court Rules of CivilProcedure. If service cannot be made in one of these ways, the notice shall beserved by posting it in a conspicuous place on the building and by publicationin a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the buildingis located. If the court finds at the hearing that the building is abandonedand either is in a dangerous or unsafe condition or is otherwise in violationof any ordinance or regulation concerning minimum housing standards, it shallissue an injunction requiring the owner to correct the condition or toeliminate the violation, or any other order that it considers necessary orappropriate to correct the condition or to eliminate the violation.