Operating permits shall be required for conducting activities
or using the categories of buildings as listed below:
A. Building
containing one or more areas of public assembly with an occupant load
of 100 persons or more;
B. Storing
hazardous materials in quantities exceeding those listed in the Fire
Code of New York State.
The Chief of the Fire Department must notify the Code Enforcement
Official of any fire or explosion involving structural damage, fuel-burning
appliance, chimney or gas vent.
Inspections required: Firesafety and property maintenance inspection
of buildings and structures shall be performed by the Code Enforcement
Official or an inspector designated by the Code Enforcement Official
at the following intervals:
A. Where
buildings contain an area of public assembly and all nonresidential
occupancies.
B. The
interval between firesafety and property maintenance inspection of
buildings containing an area of public assembly cannot exceed one
year; and
C. The
interval between firesafety and property maintenance inspections of
nonresidential occupancies must be consistent with local conditions;
provided, however, that the interval cannot exceed three years.
All costs and expenses incurred by the Village in connection
with the above proceedings, including any attorney fees incurred and
the cost of actually removing said building or securing the same,
shall be assessed by the Board of Trustees upon the real property
in question. The owner, agent or person in control of the building
shall be served with a written notice by the Village Clerk, sent by
certified mail, of the total costs and expenses incurred by the Village
in connection with such proceedings. If such owner or other person
shall fail to pay such costs and expenses within 10 days of the postmark
date of such notice, the Village Clerk shall thereupon notify the
Village Assessor, who shall immediately fix and determine a special
assessment against the real property involved in the amount of such
costs and expenses and present such assessment to the Board of Trustees
for confirmation. A lien shall attach to the property as of the time
such assessment is confirmed, which lien shall have the same priority
as a Village tax. Collection and cancellation of such special assessment
shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Village Law. This
remedy shall be in addition to any other penalty provided for under
this Code.