This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "City of Glen Cove Building Enforcement Ordinance."
[Amended 5-27-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for
the enforcement procedures in the City of Glen Cove of the New York
State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and related building
regulations.
[Amended 10-8-2002]
The Building Department under the Building Department
Administrator shall be responsible for the enforcement of this chapter
and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
The “New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code”
shall mean the construction codes of the State of New York, individually
and collectively, as amended, effective January 1, 2003, and shall
expressly include:
A. Residential Code of New York State.
B. Building Code of New York State.
C. Fire Code of New York State.
D. Energy Conservation Construction Code of New York
State.
E. Plumbing Code of New York State.
F. Property Maintenance Code of New York State.
G. Fuel Gas Code of New York State.
H. Mechanical Code of New York State.
No officer or employee of the Building Department
shall engage in any activity inconsistent with his or her duties or
with the interests of the Building Department; nor shall he or she,
during the term of his or her office or employment, be engaged directly
or indirectly in any building business, in the furnishing of labor,
materials or appliances for the construction, alteration or maintenance
of a building or the preparation of plans or specifications thereof
with the City of Glen Cove, except that this provision shall not prohibit
any officer or employee from such activities in connection with the
construction of a building or structure owned by him or her and not
constructed for sale.
The duties and powers of the Building Department
Administrator are as follows:
A. Enforce code and laws. Except as otherwise specifically
provided by law, this Code, rule or regulation, or except as herein
otherwise provided, the Building Department Administrator shall administer
and enforce all of the provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire
Prevention and Building Code, this Code and laws and regulations applicable
to the construction, alteration, repair, removal and demolition of
buildings and structures, and the installation and use of materials
and equipment therein, and the location, use, occupancy and maintenance
thereof.
B. Applications and permits. He or she shall receive
applications and issue permits for the erection, alteration, removal
and demolition of buildings or structures or parts thereof and shall
examine the premises for which such applications have been received
or such permits have been issued for the purpose of ensuring compliance
with the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code,
this Code and laws, rules and regulations governing building construction.
C. Notices and orders. He or she shall issue all appropriate
notices or orders to remove illegal or unsafe conditions, to require
the necessary safeguards during construction and to ensure compliance
during the entire course of construction with the requirements of
the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, this
Code and applicable rules and regulations. He or she shall make all
inspections which are necessary or proper for the carrying out of
his or her duties, except that he or she may accept written reports
of inspection from the Deputy Building Inspector or other employees
of the Building Department or from generally recognized and authoritative
service and inspection bureaus, provided that the same are certified
by a responsible official thereof.
D. Compliance with New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code. Whenever the same may be necessary or appropriate
to assure compliance with the provisions of the New York State Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code, this Code or applicable laws, rules
or regulations covering building construction, he or she may require
the performance of tests in the field by experienced, professional
persons or by accredited and authoritative testing laboratories or
service bureaus or agencies.
E. Should the Building Department Administrator deem
it necessary, building plans may be referred to and engineer, technical
or environmental consultants for review and compliance with the New
York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. The charges
made by such consultants shall be paid by the applicant and shall
be in accord with charges usually made for such services in the metropolitan
New York region or pursuant to an existing contractual agreement between
the city and such consultants. The City Council shall approve all
such charges before they are incurred. All such charges shall be paid
upon submission of a city voucher. Such fee shall be payable prior
to final approval by the Building Department Administrator.
[Added 6-25-1991]
The Building Department Administrator shall,
with the consent and approval of the City Council, establish, amend,
supplement and repeal rules and regulations in conformity with this
chapter.
The fire limits of the city are hereby established
as indicated on the map, entitled "Fire Limit Map," on file in the
office of the Building Department Administrator.