It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement
Officer and any duly authorized assistants to enforce the provisions
of this chapter and to enforce any determination of the Zoning Board
of Appeals and/or the Planning Board.
[Added 2-26-2018 by L.L.
No. 2-2018]
Any person may file a complaint if there is any reason to believe
a violation of this chapter exists. All such complaints shall be in
writing and shall be filed with the Village Clerk's office or Code
Enforcement office. The Code Enforcement Officer shall record such
complaint and investigate. Upon investigation and determining that
a violation exists, a notice of such violation shall be served, and
if such violation has not ceased within the reasonable time as the
Code Enforcement Officer has specified in such notice, an appearance
ticket to Geneseo Village Court shall be issued.
[Amended 9-14-2020 by L.L. No. 3-2020]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order or regulation
made hereunder or who shall build in violation of any statement, specification
or plan submitted hereunder or who shall violate any permit or certificate
of occupancy issued hereunder or who shall continue to work upon any
structure after service of notice in writing from the Code Enforcement
Officer of the municipality to desist therefrom shall be guilty of
an offense, as defined in the Penal Law of the State of New York,
and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed
$250 for each offense. The continuation of an offense against the
provisions of this article shall constitute, for each day the offense
is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder. Service of
the notice shall be sufficient if directed to the owner, agent of
the owner or the contractor and left at his or her last known place
of business or residence, if within the municipality, and if no place
of business or residence be found, then the notice shall be served
by posting in a conspicuous place on the premises which are the subject
of the violation.
From the date of initial violation notice, each
day of continued violation shall be considered a separate and distinct
offense.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall preclude
the municipality or its agents from seeking such other relief as may
be lawful in order to compel adherence to the terms of this chapter
and otherwise enforce the same.