The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Building
Inspector or by any other person designated by the Village Board of
Trustees.
[Res. of 9-14-1953; L.L. No. 9-1990, § 2]
In accordance with the New York State Executive Law, the provisions
of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code shall
be applicable in and enforced by the Village of Tuckahoe.
[L.L. No. 4-1986, § 4]
There is hereby imposed a fee of $25 for each inspection of
any structure subject to the Multiple Residence Law of the state made
by the Building Inspector; provided, however, that no fee shall be
imposed for any inspection where the subject structure is found free
of all violations under the Multiple Residence Law, nor for any inspection
where the subject structure is found to be in violation of one or
more provisions of the Multiple Residence Law where the violation
has not theretofore been brought to the attention of the owner of
the subject premises by the Building Inspector.
No officer or employee of the Building Department shall engage
in any activity inconsistent with his duties or with the interests
of the Building Department; nor shall be, during the term of his employment,
be engaged directly or indirectly in any building business, in the
furnishing of labor, materials or appliances for the construction,
alteration or maintenance of a building or the preparation of plans
or specifications thereof within the Village, excepting only that
this provision shall not prohibit any employee from such activities
in connection with the construction of a building or structure owned
by him and not constructed for sale.
Whenever the Building Inspector has reasonable grounds to believe
that work on any building or structure is being prosecuted in violation
of the provisions of the applicable building laws, ordinances or regulations,
or not in conformity with the provisions of an application, plans
or specifications on the basis of which a building permit was issued,
or in an unsafe and dangerous manner, he shall notify the owner of
the property, or the owner's agent, or the person performing the work,
to suspend all work, and any such persons shall forthwith stop such
work and suspend all building activities until the stop order has
been rescinded. Such order and notice shall be in writing, shall state
the conditions under which the work may be resumed and may be served
upon a person to whom it is directed either by delivering it personally
to him or by posting the same upon a conspicuous portion of the building
under construction and sending a copy of the same by registered mail.
Any building official, upon the showing of proper credentials
and in the discharge of his duties, may enter upon any building, structure
or premises at any reasonable hour, and no person shall interfere
with or prevent such entry.
Whenever there are reasonable grounds to believe that any material,
construction, equipment or assembly does not conform with the requirements
of the applicable building laws, ordinances or regulations, the Building
Inspector may require the same to be subjected to tests in order to
furnish proof of such compliance.
Appropriate actions and proceedings may be taken at law or in equity to prevent unlawful construction or to restrain, correct or abate a violation or to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, Structure or premises or to prevent illegal acts, conduct or business in or about any premises; and these remedies shall be in addition to the penalties prescribed in §
1-7.
[L.L. No. 4-1980; L.L. No. 9-1990, § 3]
(a) Emergency lighting and power shall be furnished through an independent
electrical wiring system supplied from a main source and from an auxiliary
source in spaces intended for occupancy by 25 persons or more in one
room or enclosure.
(b) Means shall be provided for automatically transferring the emergency
lighting and power supply from the main source to the auxiliary source
within 15 seconds in the event of failure of the main source.
(c) All other provisions of law dealing with emergency lighting requirements
as set forth more fully in the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code shall continue to be applicable to all building
construction within the Village.
(d) All places of occupancy affected by this law must be in compliance
with the requirements of these provisions within six months of the
date of enactment of this section.
(e) Penalties for violations. Any person who shall violate any provisions
of this section or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate
or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, and from which no
appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order
as affirmed or modified by the Village Board of the Village of Tuckahoe
or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein,
shall severally, for each and every such violation and noncompliance
respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of
not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not
less than 10 days nor more than a period of one year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. The imposition of a penalty for any violation
shall not excuse the violation nor permit it to continue, and all
such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations
or defects within a reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified,
each day that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute
a separate offense.
(f) The application of the above penalties shall not be held to prevent
the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
[ L.L. No. 10-1985, §§ 2 — 4]
(a) Prohibition. The installation of exterior and/or interior security
gates in front of and inside of commercial store fronts, including
both display windows and entrance doors, shall be prohibited.
(b) Existing security gates.
(1) Any presently existing exterior and/or interior security gates legally
installed prior to passage of this local law shall be removed immediately
upon change of ownership of the premises where said security gate
exists or upon change of tenancy in the commercial premises where
said security gate exists.
(2) Any presently existing security gate which encroaches on Village
property shall be removed immediately by the owner or tenant of premises
where same is located.
(c) Penalties. Any person or corporation or other entity who violates
any section of this local law shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$250, however, if a notice of violation or a summons has been issued
to said person or corporation or other entity notifying them of said
violation, said person or corporation or other entity shall be subject
to a fine of up to $250, for each day that said violation continues
after issuance of the summons or notice of violation and each day
of continued violation shall be treated as a separate offense.
[L.L. No. 4-1994, § 2]
The entire surface of the window or door glass of any retail business, office or nonresidential premises shall be clear and shall not be painted, finished, decorated or otherwise obscured or covered so as to render such window or door glass opaque or translucent. Any decoration, etching or lettering on such window or door glass shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter
3 of the Village Ordinances.