Village of Lake Grove, NY Chapter 8 Code Enforcement Officer

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Grove 11-16-1978 as Ch. 13 of the 1978 Code; amended in its entirety 11-21-1996 by L.L. No. 8-1996. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 8-1 Position created.

The Village Board of Trustees hereby creates the position of Code Enforcement Officer for purposes of monitoring and investigating violations of all village laws, with the exception of Chapter 65, Building Construction; Chapter 69, Unsafe Buildings; and Chapter 89, Fire Prevention.

§ 8-2 Authority to enforce.

It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer to enforce the Code as delineated in § 8-1. The Code Enforcement Officer shall use his discretion to enforce this Code administratively, by issuing a notice of violation and/or by filing an accusatory instrument with the Village of Lake Grove Justice Court or any other criminal court of competent jurisdiction.