This chapter shall be enforced by a Building
Inspector and/or one or more Assistant Building Inspectors, as deemed
necessary. All such Inspectors shall be appointed by the Town Board.
Whenever the Building Inspector of the Town
of Haverstraw shall determine that a violation of this chapter has
occurred, he shall issue an order to remove violation.
A.
Notice. Such order to remove violation shall be sent
by the Building Inspector through regular mail, addressed to the owner
of record of such land at the address shown on the last preceding
assessment roll of the Town.
B.
Content of order. The order to remove violation shall
direct the owner to remove the violation within 30 days of the mailing
of the order. The order to remove violation shall specify:
(1)
The section of the chapter which has been violated.
(2)
The particulars as to the violation.
(3)
A statement that the violator has 30 days to appeal
the order to remove violation of the Building Inspector to the Zoning
Board of Appeals.
(4)
A statement that, upon failure to correct the violation
or receive a favorable determination from the Zoning Board of Appeals,
the violator shall be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
C.
Court appearance. If the thirty-day time period under
the order to remove violation expires without the violator's abating
the violation or making application to the Zoning Board of Appeals
for relief, then the Building Inspector, in cooperation with the Police
Department, shall serve a court appearance ticket and a notice of
violation of this chapter on the violator.
(2)
The Building Inspector may, in his discretion, issue
court appearance tickets in any situation where he believes the health,
safety and welfare of the public is imminently endangered by a violation.
In such situations, the thirty-day notice period is inapplicable.
If the Building Inspector issues court appearance tickets under this
Subsection, he must document, in the file of the property, his reasons
for believing the health, safety and welfare of the public is imminently
endangered.
(3)
Continuing violations. In the event a violator, after
receiving an order to remove violation, corrects the violation within
the thirty-day period but recreates the violation thereafter, then
said original violation shall be considered in effect and a continuation
of the earlier violation. In such instances, court appearance ticket(s)
shall be issued immediately against the violator.
The powers and duties of the Building Inspector are more fully described in Chapter 84 of the Town Code.
