[Amended 11-16-1999 by L.L. No. 5-1999]
A. The Building Department of the Village and its duly
designated and authorized Superintendent, inspectors and deputy inspectors,
and all other officers or employees of the Village when duly designated
as enforcement agents or representatives of such Department by special
order or directive of the Mayor and/or the Board of Trustees and while
acting under the immediate direction, supervision and control of the
Superintendent of Buildings, shall have primary jurisdiction and authority
to enforce and administer all provisions of this chapter and any orders,
rules or regulations issued or adopted pursuant thereto or in connection
therewith. In carrying out such duties and responsibilities, such
personnel shall have and may exercise all of the several powers and
discretions either expressly conferred in, or as necessarily and reasonably
implied by, the provisions of any applicable state statute or any
applicable local law, ordinance, resolution, order, rule or regulation
of the Village.
B. The incorporated Village of New Hyde Park is aware
of and duly acknowledges the existence of § 20-2006 of the
Village Law of the State of New York, and hereby supersedes such section.
Any person or corporation, whether as owner, lessee, occupant, architect,
building contractor or the agent or employee of any of them, who violates
or is accessory to the violation of any provision of this chapter
or any regulation made under the authority conferred by this chapter
or who shall erect, construct, alter, enlarge, convert, or move any
building or structure without a building permit or in violation of
any statement or plans submitted and approved under the provisions
of this chapter, or who shall use any building, structure, or land
in violation of this chapter or any regulation made under the authority
conferred by this chapter or violation of any building permit (including
a special use permit) without a building permit or certificate of
occupancy or certificate of existing use where one is required by
this Code shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation pursuant
to this chapter only, unless otherwise designated by law, punishable
by a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment of not more than
15 days, or both. The conviction of a second violation of any such
provision or regulation, both of which were committed within a period
of five years, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000
or imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both. The conviction
of a third or subsequent violation of any such provision or regulation,
all of which were committed within a period of five years, shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment of not
more than 15 days, or both. Each week's continued violation shall
constitute a separate additional violation.
[Amended 12-4-2001 by L.L. No. 9-2001]
C. It shall be a violation of this chapter to solicit
or advertise for purposes of selling or renting property or portions
of property to be utilized in violation or contravention of the uses
permitted in the zoning districts in this chapter.
[Added 12-4-2001 by L.L. No. 10-2001]
D. The Board of Trustees may, by resolution, direct the
Village Attorney to undertake appropriate legal action in order to
enforce the provisions of this chapter. Such legal action may include,
but not be limited to, the commencement of an action in the Supreme
Court of New York State, Nassau County, for injunctive relief.
[Added 12-4-2001 by L.L. No. 11-2001]