All matters concerning, affecting or relating
to the construction, alteration, demolition or removal of structures
erected or to be erected in this Village are presumptively provided
for in this chapter, except insofar as such provisions are contained
in the Village Law, the Labor Law, the Industrial Code or other laws
of the State of New York or the rules promulgated in accordance with
the provisions of this article by the Superintendent of Buildings.
This code is hereby declared to be remedial
and shall be construed liberally to secure the beneficial interests
and purposes thereof, and where there are practical difficulties in
the way of carrying out the strict letter of the law, the spirit of
the law shall be observed and public safety secured and substantial
justice done.
A.
Every structure or part thereof hereafter constructed,
and the plumbing or other equipment of any structure or premises,
so far as provided for in this code, shall, in the Village of Freeport,
be constructed, altered or demolished in conformity with the provisions
of this code.
B.
The construction, alteration or demolition of any
structure in any manner violating any provision of this code or any
approval of the Superintendent of Buildings made and issued thereunder
is forbidden, except that the raising or lowering of any structure
to meet a change of grade in the street on which it is located shall
be permitted, provided that the structure is otherwise unaltered.
All provisions of this code shall apply with
equal force to municipal and private structures, except as may be
otherwise specifically provided by law.
