[Adopted 12-3-1979 by L.L. No. 3-1979 (§§ 1.2,
1.12, 1.14 and 1.15 of the 1979 Code)]
A.Â
BOARD OF APPEALS or ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES or VILLAGE BOARD or BOARD
CODE
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL
COUNTY
COUNTY CLERK
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES or SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
FIRE CHIEF
MAYOR
MUNICIPAL CODE
OWNER
PERSON
PLANNING BOARD
POLICE CHIEF or CHIEF OF POLICE
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
STATE
TENANT
TRUSTEE
VILLAGE ATTORNEY or ATTORNEY
VILLAGE BOARD
VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER or CLERK-TREASURER
VILLAGE ENGINEER
VILLAGE JUSTICE or POLICE JUSTICE
VILLAGE, THIS VILLAGE, or VILLAGE OF ORCHARD PARK
Specific terms. When used in this Code, unless otherwise
expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter otherwise
requires:
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Orchard Park, New
York.
Unless otherwise specifically qualified means the Village
of Orchard Park Municipal Code.
The enforcement officer of the Village of Orchard Park, New
York, appointed by the Mayor subject to the approval of the Board
of Trustees to enforce zoning, housing, building, unsafe buildings
and related regulations within the Village of Orchard Park.
The County of Erie in the State of New York.
The County Clerk of the County of Erie in the State of New
York.
The officer or employee in charge of the Department of Public
Works and related functions of the Village of Orchard Park, New York.
The Director of Weights and Measures of the County of Erie
in the State of New York.
The Fire Chief of the Fire Company serving the Village of
Orchard Park, New York.[2]
The Mayor of the Village of Orchard Park, New York.
The Village of Orchard Park Municipal Code.
A person who has the legal title, alone or with others, or
exercises dominion or control over property both real and personal.
One or more persons of either sex, natural person, corporations,
partnerships, associations, joint stock companies, societies and all
other entities capable of being sued.
The Planning Board of the Village of Orchard Park, New York.
The Police Chief of the Village of Orchard Park, Erie County,
New York.
The Registrar of Vital Statistics of the Village of Orchard
Park, New York.
The State of New York.
A person occupying real property under an oral or written
lease or who is in possession of real property under the actual or
tacit consent of the owner. Whenever a person, not the owner, occupies
real property, it shall be presumed that he occupies same as a tenant.
A Trustee of the Village of Orchard Park, New York.
The Village Attorney of the Village of Orchard Park, New
York.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Orchard Park, New
York.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of Orchard Park,
New York.
The engineer or engineering firm retained by the Village
of Orchard Park, New York, to serve in the capacity of engineer or
consulting engineer to the Village of Orchard Park, New York.
The Village Justice of the Village of Orchard Park, New York.[3]
The incorporated Village of Orchard Park in the County of
Erie and State of New York.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "Assessor or Village
Assessor," which immediately preceded this definition, was deleted
3-22-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010.
[2]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "Health Officer,"
which immediately followed this definition, was deleted 3-22-2010
by L.L. No. 2-2010.
[3]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "Village Treasurer,"
which immediately followed this definition, was deleted 3-22-2010
by L.L. No. 2-2010.
B.Â
Other words. All other words used in this Code and
not otherwise specifically defined shall be construed in the manner
that they are normally used unless the context or subject matter requires
otherwise; but words that have acquired a technical meaning in law
and are so used shall be construed and understood in accordance with
such meaning.
A.Â
Wherever any officer of the Village is granted certain
powers or duties or is designated as the enforcement officer of a
specific chapter or portion thereof, it shall also be construed to
include the deputies, assistants and representatives of such officer
as may be designated, delegated or authorized by such officer to exercise
such powers or duties.
B.Â
While acting within the scope of their employment,
it shall be presumed that all acts performed by such deputies, assistants
and representatives were duly delegated and authorized.
In case any provision of the Village of Orchard
Park Code is inconsistent with any provision of the Village Law, pursuant
to the authority contained in Subdivision 1, Paragraph (e), Subparagraph
[3] of § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the Village
Law is modified and superseded in its application to the Village of
Orchard Park to the extent and only to the extent that the Village
Law is inconsistent with any provision of the Village of Orchard Park
Code.
The provisions of this Code shall be liberally
construed in order to effectuate the purposes for which this Code
and the ordinances contained herein are enacted.