It is hereby declared and found by the Board of Trustees that some owners of single-family dwellings have illegally converted their dwellings to two-family or multiple-family dwellings and that some owners of two-family dwellings have illegally converted their dwellings to three-family or multiple dwellings. These illegal dwelling units have been rented in violation of the certificate of occupancy and in violation of Chapter
195, Zoning, and Chapter
57, Building Construction, of the Village Code of the Village of New Hyde Park. It is the intent of this chapter to provide regulation and enforcement of Chapter
195, Zoning, and Chapter
57, Building Construction, of the Village Code of the Village of New Hyde Park for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, by preventing the rental of illegal dwelling units.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
respectively given hereinbelow:
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms with provisions for living, sanitary, sleeping
and cooking facilities arranged for the use of one family.
MULTIPLE DWELLING
A building arranged, intended or designed to be occupied by three
or more families, each living independently of the other.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
A building arranged, intended or designed for occupancy by two families
only, each living independently of the other.
[Amended 11-16-1999 by L.L. No. 4-1999]
A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be unlawful and a criminal offense. Each such offense is hereby designated a Class A misdemeanor as defined in Article IIA of Chapter
1 of the Village Code, and every such misdemeanor shall be punishable in accordance with the provisions of Subsections
C,
E and
F of §
1-27 of that article.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but
shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section
or part thereof directly involved in said judgment.