[Added 7-18-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
A.
A Department of Housing and Buildings in and for the City of Yonkers
is hereby established. The head of the department shall be the Commissioner
of Housing and Buildings, a position in the unclassified service,
vested with authority, direction and control over the department,
with power and authority to appoint and remove officers and employees
therein. The Commissioner shall have the qualifications and experience
necessary to perform the duties of his or her office, and shall be
appointed and serve at the pleasure of the Mayor with advice and consent
of the City Council.
[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008; 2-22-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2022]
B.
There shall be in the department a Deputy Commissioner of Housing
and Buildings, a position in the exempt class of the civil service,
with power to act generally for and in place of the Commissioner during
the Commissioner's absence, disability or vacancy.
The Department of Housing and Buildings and the Commissioner
thereof shall have all of the powers and duties provided in, and be
responsible for the enforcement of, the New York State Multiple Residence
Law and the Environmental Protection Code, Zoning Ordinance, Building
and Electrical Code, Sign Code, Unsafe Buildings and Dangerous Structures
Code, and Elevator Code of the City of Yonkers. In addition to all
other powers and duties which may be provided by law, the Department
and Commissioner shall have all the powers and duties heretofore possessed
by the Division of Buildings and the Superintendent or the Bureau
of Buildings and the Director thereof, and all of the powers and duties
vested by law or ordinance in the Office of Superintendent of Buildings
or Director of the Bureau of Buildings insofar as they apply to the
City of Yonkers. The Department and the Commissioner thereof shall
also have the powers and duties formerly exercised by the Bureau of
Environmental Protection and the Director thereof.
All the books, records, papers, documents and other property
of the former Bureau of Housing and Buildings, the former Bureau of
Environmental Protection, including the Division of Buildings thereof,
shall become the property of the Department of Housing and Buildings.
All person now employed pursuant to the Civil Service Law in
the Bureau of Housing and Buildings and divisions thereof, are transferred
without change of status, salary or grade to the Department of Housing
and Buildings.
The adoption of this local law shall not affect any action,
proceeding or appeal now pending, nor shall it prejudice or affect
any notice or order heretofore given by the Director of the Bureau
of Housing and Buildings. All rules and regulations of the Bureau
of Housing and Buildings and the Bureau of Environmental Protection,
including the Division of Buildings thereof, shall continue in full
force and effect as rules and regulations of the Department of Housing
and Buildings until repealed, amended or superseded.
[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
The Commissioner of Housing and Buildings, with the advice of
the Corporation Counsel, is authorized, in the name of the city, to
maintain actions to restrain the threatened or continued performance
of any act contrary to his or her orders, directions or decisions,
or of any rule or regulation of the Department of Housing and Buildings,
or of any law or ordinance affecting or relating to the powers and
duties of the Department of Housing and Buildings or the Commissioner
thereof.
Any reference in any law, general, special or local, ordinance
or resolution, to the City of Yonkers: Bureau of Housing and Buildings,
the Director thereof, Bureau of Environmental Protection, the Director
thereof, the Division of Buildings, or the Superintendent thereof,
or any other combination of words denoting the said Bureaus, Directors,
Division or Superintendent, shall be deemed a reference to the Department
of Housing and Buildings and the Commissioner thereof.
This local law shall supersede any provisions of the Second
Class Cities Law, or any special law, local law or ordinance which
are inconsistent with the provisions hereof.
[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent the Commissioner
of Housing and Buildings from delegating any of his or her powers
and duties of one (1) or more of his or her subordinates.
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Part B
Bureau of Plumbing
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Editor's Note: This local law was approved at referendum on
11-5-2002, and became effective 1-1-2003.
[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
The head of the Bureau of Plumbing shall be appointed by the
Mayor; provided, however, that the Chief Plumbing Inspector shall
be appointed on the basis of his or her qualifications and experience
for the office. The Chief Plumbing Inspector so appointed may be removed
by the Mayor.
The Chief Plumbing Inspector shall be charged with and execute the following powers and duties: The Plumbing Bureau and the Chief Plumbing Inspector thereof shall be responsible for the inspection and examination of all premises where plumbing is being installed or repairs to plumbing are being made; examine all plans and applications for plumbing permits and, if appropriate, to issue permits for the work specified in such applications and to generally perform those duties provided in the Plumbing and Drainage Code found in Chapter 72 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Yonkers.
All the books, records, papers, documents and other property
of the former Bureau of Housing and Buildings dealing with plumbing
and drainage shall become the property of the Plumbing Bureau.
All persons now employed pursuant to the Civil Service Law in
the Department of Housing and Buildings who deal with the Plumbing
and Drainage Code are transferred without change in status, grade
or salary, to the Plumbing Bureau, Department of Development.
Any reference in any law, general, special or local, ordinance
or resolution to the "Chief Plumbing Inspector" or the "Office of
the Chief Plumbing Inspector" thereof of the City of Yonkers, or any
other combination of words denoting the said office or Chief Plumbing
Inspector, shall be deemed a reference to the Plumbing Bureau and
the Chief Plumbing Inspector thereof.
