The village, which has declared an emergency pursuant to the Emergency
Tenant Protection Act of Nineteen Seventy-Four, is required to pay an annual fee to the State Division of Housing
and Community Renewal for administering the regulation of residential rents
pursuant to said Act. Pursuant to Subparagraph 8(b) of said Act, the village is empowered to impose an annual charge on the owners
of all multiple dwellings subject to regulation pursuant to the Emergency
Tenant Protection Act of Nineteen Seventy-Four, and this chapter provides
for such annual charge.
[Amended 12-5-1990 by L.L. No. 14-1990]
Each owner of a multiple dwelling located within the village which is
subject to rent regulation pursuant to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act
of Nineteen Seventy-Four shall, directly or through the management agent of
such a multiple dwelling, annually pay to the Village Clerk, after the close
of the fiscal year of the state, such sum per dwelling unit as the village's
Commissioner of Housing determines is necessary, so that the village is fully
reimbursed for the sum it is required to pay to the state Division of Housing
and Community Renewal pursuant to Section 8 of the Emergency Tenant Protection
Act of Nineteen Seventy-Four, as well as for all expenses the village has incurred in connection
with administering the provisions of said Act. Failure to make such a payment
shall be a violation of this chapter by both the owner and the management
agent.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be liable
to pay a penalty not to exceed $250 or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed
15 days, or both, for each such violation.