Developer to erect fence on blighted property in Ansonia

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
ANSONIA >> They say fences make good neighbors, and in the case of a Hamden developer being asked by the city to button up the abandoned building downtown he bought last year, this fence is intended to keep out squatters.
The city held a hearing Wednesday regarding developer Moustapha Diakhate’s recent appeal of being slapped with a blight citation, threatening him with $20,000- a-day fines for failure to remediate the property.
A deal was reached, according to Corporation Counsel John Marini, where Diakhate has agreed to install a fence around the property at 501 E. Main St. by Dec. 17.

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