[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of West Hampton Dunes 7-1-1995 by L.L. No. 7-1995. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Pursuant to § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, § 2-250
of the Village Law of the State of New York, and the Criminal Procedure
and Village Laws of the State of New York, the Village of West Hampton
Dunes, County of Suffolk, and State of New York, hereby enacts as
Local Law No. 7 of 1995, this chapter entitled "Local Law No. 7 of
1995 of the Incorporated Village of West Hampton Dunes, Creating a
Department of Code Enforcement."
This chapter establishes a local law for the purpose of creating
a Department of Code Enforcement of the Village of West Hampton Dunes,
and to provide for and for the following purposes:
A.
For the creation of a Department of Code Enforcement of the Village
of West Hampton Dunes for the proper and diligent enforcement of the
local laws of the Village and the laws and regulations of the Town
of Southampton pursuant to § 2-250 of the Village Law.
C.
To provide for the safety and well-being of the residents of the
Village and visitors to the Village.
D.
To establish an organized department to establish the security and
proper and safe conditions for the interests of the Village.
E.
For the general safety and well-being of the residents of and visitors
to the Village.
A.
There shall hereby be established a Department of Code Enforcement
of the Village of West Hampton Dunes.
(1)
Director; personnel. The Mayor shall appoint on an annual basis a
Director of Code Enforcement, who shall be approved by a majority
of the Board of Trustees, and hire such personnel as Code Enforcement
Officers as are deemed by the Trustees to be necessary for the proper
staffing and functions of the Code Enforcement Department.
(2)
Functions; duties. The Director of Code Enforcement shall be responsible
for the proper management of the Code Enforcement Department, including
maintaining of proper files and records, and providing a copy of any
summons or appearance tickets issued to the Village Clerk and the
Village Court within a reasonable time or such other time as may be
established, and the supervision and management of all affairs of
the Department, subject to oversight by the Mayor and Trustees, and
any other appropriate Village officials.[1]
B.
The functions and duties of the Department of Code Enforcement Director
and personnel shall be to enforce the local laws of the Village and
laws of the Town of Southampton as enforced in the Village pursuant
to § 2-250 of the Village Law, and to issue appearance tickets,
violations, and summonses returnable in the Village Court or such
other place as established, required or appropriate, as required for
the enforcement of those laws and regulations.
