The office of Code Enforcement Officer of the
Town of Chatham is hereby created. The Code Enforcement Officer shall
be appointed by the Town Board at a compensation to be fixed by it
from time to time.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall not engage
in any activity inconsistent with his duties as a town officer, nor,
shall be, during the term of his employment as Code Enforcement Officer,
engage directly or indirectly in any building business or in the furnishing
of labor, materials, supplies or appliances, or the preparation of
plans for the construction, alteration, demolition or maintenance
of any building within the town, except such buildings or structures
as may be owned by him for his own personal use and occupancy or for
the use and occupancy of members of his immediate family.
Fees for permits, inspections and certificates
of occupancy required hereunder shall be contained in the rules and
regulations adopted by the Code Enforcement Officer and approved by
the Town Board from time to time.
Any person, firm or corporation, whether owner,
builder, architect, contractor or subcontractor or any agent thereof,
who or which constructs, alters, repairs, moves, equips, uses or occupies
any building or structure or portion thereof within the Town of Chatham
in violation of any provision of law or ordinance or in violation
of any rule or regulation adopted by the Code Enforcement Officer
and approved by the Town Board in accordance herewith, or who fails
in any manner to comply with any notice, directive or order of said
Code Enforcement Officer, or who constructs, alters, uses or occupies
any building or structure or part thereof in a manner not permitted
by an approved building permit or certificate of occupancy, shall
be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250,
or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or both such fine or imprisonment.
Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate and
distinct violation punishable as herein indicated.
In addition to the provisions for fines and/or imprisonment set forth in the preceding §
130-6, the Town Board, or the Code Enforcement Officer in the name of the town, may commence an appropriate action or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction to restrain any act or action which is in violation of the provisions herein or of any lawful rule, regulation or ordinance which the Code Enforcement Officer is required to administer and enforce herein.