[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Horseheads 2-13-1986 as L.L. No. 1-1986. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction and fire prevention — See Ch. 102.
[Amended 7-11-2022]
The Fire Chief, Village Code Enforcement Officer
and each of the duly appointed electrical inspectors of the New York
Board of Fire Underwriters, Middle Department Inspection Agency, Inc.,
Commonwealth Electrical Inspection Service, Inc., New York Atlantic-Inland,
Inc., and Kevin Lauper are hereby authorized and deputized as agents
of the Village of Horseheads to make inspections and reinspections
of all electrical installations heretofore and hereafter described
and to approve or disapprove the same. In no event, however, will
the cost or expense of such inspections and reinspections be a charge
against the Village of Horseheads.
A.
It should be the duty of the electrical inspector
(inspectors) to report, in writing, to the Code Enforcement Officer
of the Village of Horseheads, whose duty it shall be to enforce all
provisions of this chapter and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code adopted January 1, 1984, and as hereafter amended
(herein referred to as "code"), all violations or deviations from
or omissions of the electrical provisions of the code applicable to
the Village of Horseheads and of all local laws, ordinances and resolutions
as referred to in this chapter insofar as any of the same apply to
electrical wiring. The electrical inspector shall make inspections
and reinspections of electrical installations in and on properties
in the Village of Horseheads upon the written request of an authorized
official of the Village of Horseheads or as herein provided.
B.
The electrical inspector is authorized to make inspections
and reinspections of electrical wiring installations, devices, appliances
and equipment in or on properties within the Village of Horseheads
where it is deemed necessary for the protection of life and property.
In the event of an emergency, it is the duty of the electrical inspector
to make electrical inspections upon the oral request of an official
or officer of the Village of Horseheads.
C.
It shall be the duty of the electrical inspector to
furnish written reports of his or her inspection to the proper officials
of the Village of Horseheads and owners and/or lessees of the property,
particularly where defective electrical installations and equipment
are found upon inspection. He or she shall authorize the issuance
of a certificate of compliance when electrical installations and equipment
are in conformity with the code. He or she shall direct that a copy
of the certificate of compliance be sent to the Village of Horseheads
to the attention of the Code Enforcement Officer.
The Village Board reserves the privilege of appointing such other and future inspectors, in addition to those firms identified in § 129-1 hereof, as it deems necessary. Such appointment may be made by resolution of the Board at a duly called meeting thereof.
This chapter shall not relieve from or lessen
the responsibility of any person owning, operating, controlling or
installing any electrical wiring, devices, appliances or equipment
for loss of life or damage to persons or property caused by any defect
therein, nor shall the Village of Horseheads be deemed to have assumed
any such liability by reason of any inspection made pursuant to this
chapter.
A.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person,
firm or corporation to install or cause to be installed or to alter
electrical wiring for light, heat or power in or on properties in
the Village of Horseheads until an application for inspection has
been filed with the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, Middle Department
Inspection Agency, Inc., Commonwealth Electrical Inspection Service,
Inc., or New York Atlantic-Inland, Inc. It shall be a violation of
this chapter for a person, firm or corporation to connect or cause
to be connected electrical wiring in or on properties for light, heat
or power, or to any source of electrical energy supply, prior to the
issuance of a temporary certificate or a certificate of compliance
by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, Middle Department Inspection
Agency, Inc., Commonwealth Electrical Inspection Services, Inc., or
New York Atlantic-Inland, Inc.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation or others violating
any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or to imprisonment not exceeding one
(1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each and every violation
and for each week and every week that such violation continues. In
addition, such party may be subject to civil action; the village may
recover a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.) for each violation.
Each week such violation continues shall be the basis for a separate
action. The Village Board may also maintain an action or proceeding
in the name of the village in a court of competent jurisdiction to
compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation
of the aforesaid chapter notwithstanding that the chapter may provide
a penalty for punishment for such violations.[1]
