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, this Building Code and any other rules and regulations
pertaining to the construction, maintenance and occupancy of said
structures.
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.
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.