The Uniform Code and the Energy Code, as amended,
and all the provisions of this article are applicable and enforceable
within the Village and are hereinafter referred to as the "Building
Code."
The Mayor shall appoint a Building Inspector, who
shall be designated the "Code Enforcement Officer." The Code Enforcement
Officer shall possess background experience related to building construction
and fire prevention and shall, within the time constraints prescribed
by law, obtain such training as the State of New York requires for
code enforcement personnel.
In the absence of the Code Enforcement Officer, or
in the case of his inability to act for any reason, the Mayor shall
have the power to act on behalf of the Code Enforcement Officer and
to exercise all the powers conferred upon him by this chapter.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall administer and
enforce all the provisions of the Uniform Code and the Energy Code
and the provisions of this chapter and the Village Code, including
receiving building permit applications, reviewing plans and specifications,
conducting inspections, issuing permits for the erection, alteration,
relocation, addition, repair and/or demolition of buildings and structures,
issuing certificates of occupancy and nonconforming use permits, collecting
fees as set forth by the Board of Trustees and maintaining and filing
all records necessary for the administration of the office to the
satisfaction of the Board of Trustees. The Code Enforcement Officer
is authorized to pursue administrative actions and, in consultation
with the Village Attorney, legal action as necessary to abate conditions
not in compliance with the Uniform Code, the Energy Code, this chapter,
or other laws, rules or regulations of the Village or of the State
of New York.
Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, a building permit shall be required for any work which must conform to the Uniform Code, the Energy Code and the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the construction, enlargement, alteration, improvement, removal, relocation or demolition or any building or structure or any portion thereof, and the installment of a solid-fuel-burning heating appliance, chimney or flue in any dwelling, or the change in use of any dwelling. No person shall commence any work without first having obtained a building permit from the Code Enforcement Officer.
The application for a building permit, and its accompanying
documents, shall contain such information as required by the Code
Enforcement Officer as is sufficient to permit a determination that
the intended work accords with the requirements of the Uniform Code,
the Energy Code and the Village Code.
The form of the building permit application shall
be prescribed by the Code Enforcement Officer. The application shall
be signed by the owner (or his authorized agent) of the building and
shall contain at least the following:
The applicant shall notify the Code Enforcement Officer
of any changes in the information contained in the application during
the period for which the building permit is in effect. A building
permit will be issued when the application has been determined to
be complete and when the proposed work has been determined to conform
to the requirements of the Uniform Code, the Energy Code and the Village
Code. The authority conferred by such permit may be limited by conditions,
if any, contained therein. Amendments, if any, to the application
or to the plans and specifications accompanying the same shall be
filed with the Code Enforcement Officer and approval shall be received
from the Code Enforcement Officer prior to the commencement of such
change of work.
A building permit issued pursuant to this chapter
may be suspended or revoked if it is determined that the work to which
it pertains is not proceeding in conformance with the Uniform Code,
the Energy Code and the Village Code or with any condition attached
to such permit, or if there have been misrepresentations or falsification
of a material fact in connection with the application for the building
permit.
A building permit issued pursuant to this chapter
shall expire one year from the date of issuance or upon the issuance
of a certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first. The building
permit may, upon written request, be renewed for successive one-year
periods, provided that:
Work shall remain accessible and exposed until inspected and accepted by the Code Enforcement Officer or by an inspector authorized by the Code Enforcement Officer. The permit holder shall notify the Code Enforcement Officer when any element of work described in Subsection A(2) of this section is ready for inspection.
After inspection, the work or a portion thereof
shall be noted as satisfactory as completed, or the permit holder
shall be notified as to where the work fails to comply with the Uniform
Code or Energy Code. Work not in compliance with any applicable provision
of the Uniform Code or Energy Code shall remain exposed until such
work shall have been brought into compliance with all applicable provisions
of the Uniform Code and the Energy Code, reinspected, and found satisfactory
as completed.
Firesafety inspections by either the Code Enforcement
Officer or an authorized inspector from the Nassau County Fire Marshal's
office of buildings or structures having areas of public assembly,
defined as "all buildings or portions of buildings used for gathering
together 50 or more persons for amusements, athletic, civic, dining,
educational, entertainment, patriotic, political, recreational, religious,
social, or similar purposes, the entire fire area of which they are
a part, and the means of egress therefrom," shall be performed at
least once in every 12 months. A copy of the inspection report shall
be filed with the Village Clerk.
Receipt of a written statement alleging that
conditions or activities failing to comply with the Uniform Code,
the Energy Code or the Village Code exist; or
Receipt of other information reasonably believed
by the Code Enforcement Officer to be reliable, giving rise to reasonable
cause to believe that conditions or activities failing to comply with
the Uniform Code, the Energy Code or the Village Code exist.