The Building Inspector is hereby authorized and empowered to make inspections in multiple dwellings, apartment houses and business structures, including but not limited to office buildings, so as to determine, among other things:
A. 
Operating condition of boilers and devices connected therewith.
B. 
Operating condition of oil and/or gas burners and devices connected therewith.
C. 
Operating condition of incinerators and devices connected therewith.
D. 
Operating condition of compactors and devices connected therewith.
E. 
Fire and safety equipment, such as fire extinguishers, fire escapes and sprinkler systems.
F. 
Operating condition of elevators and all apparatus used in connection therewith.
G. 
Whether or not the multiple dwellings, apartment houses and business structures, including but not limited to office buildings, comply with the pertinent provisions of the Village Zoning Ordinance,[1] this Building Code and any other rules and regulations pertaining to the construction, maintenance and occupancy of said structures.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 60, Zoning.
H. 
Whether or not the aforesaid structures comply with Nassau County and/or Town of North Hempstead codes, rules and regulations, insofar as the same are applicable to buildings and structures in the Village.
A. 
The Building Inspector and/or the Village Clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to demand, and any owner, lessee or other person in charge of any multiple dwelling, apartment house, office building or other business structure shall furnish, a separate written inspection report or certificate, issued by a duly qualified person on behalf of the owner, lessee or other person in charge of the aforesaid buildings and structures, certifying to the condition of the items of equipment described above and contained therein, which said report or certificate shall be filed with the Village Clerk within 30 days after such inspection of said buildings and structures. In any event, separate written inspection reports or certificates shall be filed with the Village Clerk between June 1 and July 1 of each year, i.e., on an annual basis, except that with respect to elevators and all apparatus used in connection therewith, said certificate or report shall be filed on a semiannual basis on or before January 15 and July 15 of each year.
B. 
The Building Inspector is authorized and empowered to make or cause to be made, at any time, inspections of said buildings and structures for the purpose of certifying the accuracy of the inspection reports and certificates, or for the purpose of making an independent inspection, whether or not said reports or certificates have been filed.
For failure to permit an inspection on behalf of the Village or to furnish the required inspection reports or certificates, the owner, lessee or other person in charge of the aforementioned buildings and structures shall forfeit, pay and there shall be collectible a civil penalty of up to $100 a day for each day said noncompliance continues after service of a notice of violation by the Building Inspector and/or the Village Clerk. Such failure, alternatively, may be deemed a violation under the provisions of this chapter for each day said noncompliance continues after notice as provided above.