This Part 3 shall be known as the "Sleepy Hollow Housing Standards Code," hereinafter referred to as "this Part 3."
This Part 3 shall take effect on July 26, 1986.
The purpose of this Part 3 is to ensure that housing standards are maintained at a level that is adequate for protection of the health, safety, welfare and well-being of the occupants, the community and the general public by:
A.
Establishing minimum standards for basic equipment and facilities
for light, ventilation and heating; for safety from fire; for use,
location and amount of space for human occupancy; and for safe and
sanitary maintenance.
B.
Ascribing responsibilities of owners and occupants for maintaining
these standards.
A.
This Part 3 shall apply to all buildings, whether in existence now or in the future, which are used as one- and two-family dwellings, multiple dwellings, rooming houses, group homes and mixed occupancy buildings.
B.
This Part 3 establishes minimum requirements for the initial and continued occupancy and use of all residential structures and premises. It does not replace or modify requirements otherwise established for the construction, repair, alteration or use of structures, equipment or facilities, except where obvious hazards to life, sanitation or adjoining properties are involved.
The provisions of this Part 3 shall supplement any zoning, building, electrical, plumbing, fire, safety, or health law, code or regulation of the Village of Sleepy Hollow, the Westchester County Board of Health, the County of Westchester and the State of New York.
Where a provision of this Part 3 is found to be in conflict with any of the above laws, codes or regulations, the provision which establishes the higher standard shall prevail.
Where enforcement of a provision of this Part 3 causes any repairs, alterations or changes to buildings, such repairs, alterations or changes shall be done in a workmanlike manner and shall comply with all applicable laws, codes and regulations and applicable sections of the Building Code of Sleepy Hollow.[1]
This Part 3 shall not affect violations of any other laws, codes or regulations of Sleepy Hollow existing prior to the effective date of this Part 3, and such violations shall be governed and punishable to the full extent of the law under the provisions of those laws, codes or regulations in effect at the time the violation was committed.
This Part 3 shall not abolish or impair existing remedies of Sleepy Hollow relating to the removal or demolition of any buildings which are deemed to be dangerous, unsafe or unsanitary.
