Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-147h

(b) The owner or agent of any building, structure or place where a violation of any provision of this part or of any regulation or ordinance adopted under said sections has been committed or exists, or the lessee or tenant of an entire building, entire structure or place where such violation has been committed or exists, or the owner, agent, lessee or tenant of any part of the building, structure or place in which such violation has been committed or exists, or the agent, architect, builder, contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in any such violation or who maintains any building, structure or place in which any such violation exists, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each day that such violation continues; but, if the offense is wilful, the person convicted thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars for each day that such violation continues. The superior court for the judicial district wherein such violation continues or exists shall have jurisdiction of all such offenses, subject to appeal as in other cases. Each day that a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense. All costs, fees and expenses in connection with actions under this section may, in the discretion of the court, be assessed as damages against the violator, which, together with reasonable attorney's fees, may be awarded to the historic district commission which brought such action. Any funds collected as fines pursuant to this section shall be used by the commission to restore the affected buildings, structures, or places to their condition prior to the violation wherever possible and any excess shall be paid to the municipality in which the district is situated.

Cited. 153 C. 160; 171 C. 199; 189 C. 727; 196 C. 596.

Provision authorizing imposition of fines is directory rather than mandatory and the trial court's decision to refrain from imposing fines did not preclude it from awarding attorney's fees to commission; court's order to comply, standing alone, without affirmatively labeling defendant as a violator, is sufficient to implicate the court's authority under section to award attorney's fees to commission for its successful enforcement action; court may award attorney's fees, costs and expenses related to defense of a counterclaim under section. 152 CA 161.