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City of Yonkers, NY
Westchester County
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[Amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code[1] ]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
A. 
As provided in this section and notwithstanding any other provision of the Yonkers City Code, an enhanced Class II offense shall be subject to:
(1) 
Criminal penalties: An enhanced Class II offense is a violation subject to a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both; and
(2) 
Civil penalties: An enhanced Class II offense is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $7,500.
B. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Yonkers City Code, the following are enhanced Class II offenses:
(1) 
Illegal occupancy of a building or property.
(2) 
Illegal change of use of a building or property.
(3) 
Construction without all required permits.
(4) 
Failure to obtain a certificate of occupancy.
(5) 
Causing or allowing a building to become or remain structurally unsound.
(6) 
Failure to properly protect an excavation or construction sites.
(7) 
Failure to maintain exits and to keep exits unobstructed.
(8) 
Failure to have or maintain required life safety systems, including but not limited to smoke detectors and alarms, sprinklers, illuminated exit lights, emergency lighting or building security systems.
(9) 
Allowing or causing dangerous property conditions, including attractive nuisances.
(10) 
Unsafe plumbing, including improper gas cross-connections.
(11) 
Failure to provide heat or hot water.
(12) 
Failure to maintain the electrical system in safe, operating condition.
(13) 
Unsafe elevators or escalators.
(14) 
Unsafe boiler.
(15) 
Failure to maintain required utility services.