[Amended 2-6-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
The Deputy Building Inspector is a Town officer
position. Pursuant to § 3 of the Public Officers Law and
§ 23 of the Town Law, a Town officer must be a resident
of the Town. However, pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law, § 10(1)(ii)(a)(1),
the Town may adopt a local law in relation to the qualifications of
its officers and permit the Deputy Building Inspectors to reside outside
the Town but within the County of Rockland. The provisions of § 3
of the Public Officers Law and § 23 of the Town Law as they
apply to residency of Town officers are not general laws but special
laws since said state law provisions have been amended to delete residency
requirements for various Town officers in other towns throughout the
state.
Deputy Building Inspectors are authorized to
reside outside the Town but within the County of Rockland to be eligible
to hold such position in the Town of Ramapo.