Any employee of the North Greenbush Building Department directly involved in code enforcement shall not engage in any activity inconsistent with his duties or with the interests of the Building Department. Building officials employed as per §§
73-1,
73-2,
73-3 and
73-4 of the Code of the Town of North Greenbush shall not perform code enforcement activities with regard to any project, building, business, furnishing of labor, materials, supplies or appliances for, or the supervision of, the construction, alteration, demolition or maintenance of a building or the preparation of plans or specifications thereof that they have separately undertaken, enjoined or participated in, either indirectly or directly, within the Town of North Greenbush.
[Amended 7-13-2017 by L.L. No. 5-2017]
A. Administration. The North Greenbush key box system will be administered
by the North Greenbush Building Department designee. All Knox-Boxes® previously installed and maintained by the fire
district would now be maintained by the North Greenbush Building Departments
designee.
B. Where required. Where access to or within a structure or area is
restricted because of secured openings or where immediate access is
necessary for life-saving or firefighting purposes, the Code Enforcement
Official is authorized to require a key box to be installed in an
approved location. The key box shall be an approved type and shall
contain all keys and necessary key pad codes to gain access throughout
the building as required by the Code Enforcement Official.
C. Locks. An approved lock shall be installed on gates or similar barrier
when required by the Code Enforcement Official.
D. Key box maintenance. The operator of the building shall immediately
notify the Code Enforcement Official and provide the new key when
a lock is changed or re-keyed. The key to such lock shall be secured
in the key box.
This chapter repeals and replaces Chapter 51
of the Code of the Town of North Greenbush adopted by the Town Board of the Town of North Greenbush
on August 17, 1965, and as said law was from time to time amended.
This chapter shall also supersede a resolution of the Town Board of
the Town of North Greenbush adopted on May 10, 1965, which established
the office of Building Inspector and set forth the duties of the Building
Inspector, and is also adopted in lieu of § 138 of the New
York State Town Law and shall supersede such section to the extent
that this chapter is inconsistent therewith.