A.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement
Officer, who shall be appointed by the Village Board of Trustees.
No building permit shall be issued or reissued except where all the
provisions of this chapter have been complied with. The Code Enforcement
Officer shall keep the Planning Board advised of all matters pertaining
to the enforcement of this chapter, other than routine duties, and
shall submit a monthly report to the Village Board of Trustees enumerating
the applications received, inspections made, permits issued or refused
and other actions taken.
B.
Whenever a violation of this chapter occurs, any person
having knowledge thereof may lay any information in regard thereto
before proper magistrate as provided by law, and the procedures thereafter
shall be set forth in the Code of Criminal Procedure.
C.
Where sufficient cause exists to believe that the
terms of this chapter have been violated and where corrective action
has not been taken nor an appropriate variance application to the
Zoning Board of Appeals filed, within 10 days of the issuance of a
written notice of violation mailed to the record owner(s) of the property
where the violation occurs, with a copy to the alleged violator if
not the same person, the Code Enforcement Officer, pursuant to Municipal
Home Rule Law § 10, Subdivision 4(a), is authorized to issue
an appearance ticket directing the alleged violator to appear in a
designated local criminal court at a designated future time in connection
with the alleged and designated offense.
A.
No building or structure shall be erected, added to
or structurally altered until a permit therefor as specified herein
has been issued by the Code Enforcement Officer. Except on written
order of the Code Enforcement Officer, no such building permit shall
be issued for any building where said construction, addition or alteration
or use thereof would be in violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter.
B.
There shall be submitted with all applications for
building permits two copies of a layout or plot plan drawn to scale
showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the exact
size and location on the lot of the building and accessory buildings
to be erected and such other information as may be necessary to determine
and provide for the enforcement of this chapter.
C.
One copy of such layout or plot plan shall be returned
when approved by the Code Enforcement Officer, together with such
permit to the applicant, upon the payment of a fee as set by Village
Board of Trustees resolution.
D.
Upon approval of the application and upon receipt
of the legal fees therefor, the Code Enforcement Officer shall issue
a building permit to the applicant upon the form prescribed by him
and shall affix his signature or cause his signature to be affixed
thereto.
E.
Upon approval of the application, both sets of plans
and specifications shall be endorsed with the word "approved." One
set of such approved plans and specifications shall be retained in
the Village files, and the other set shall be returned to the applicant,
together with the building permit, and shall be kept at the building
site open to inspection by the Code Enforcement Officer.
F.
If the application, together with plan, specifications
and other documents filed therewith, describes proposed work which
does not conform to all of the requirements of the applicable building
regulations, the Code Enforcement Officer shall disapprove the same
and shall return the plans and specifications to the applicant. Upon
the request of the applicant, the Code Enforcement Officer shall cause
refusal, together with the reasons therefor, to be transmitted to
the applicant in writing.
A.
No land shall be occupied or used and no building
or other structure erected, altered, extended, enlarged or restored
shall be occupied, used or changed in use until a certificate of compliance
shall have been issued by the Code Enforcement Officer stating that
the building, other structure or proposed use thereof complies with
the provisions of this zoning chapter of the Village. Vacated existing
commercial properties may not be used or occupied until a certificate
has been issued to ensure that the new use or occupancy is permitted.
B.
All certificates of compliance for new or structurally
altered buildings or structures shall be applied for coincident with
the application for a building permit therefor. Such certificate of
compliance shall be issued within 30 days after the erection or alteration
shall have been approved as complying with the provisions of this
chapter.
The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby empowered
to cause any building, other structure or tract of land to be inspected
and examined and to order, in writing, the remedying of any condition
found to exist therein or thereat in violation of any provision of
this chapter. After any such order has been served, no work shall
proceed on any building, other structure or tract of land covered
by such order, except to comply with such order.
