Action or proceeding, generally. Whenever the Superintendent of Buildings
is satisfied that any building or structure or any portion thereof
or any drainage or plumbing or electrical wiring, the erection, construction
or alteration, execution or repair of which is regulated, permitted
or forbidden by this chapter, is being erected, constructed, altered
or repaired or has been erected, constructed, altered or repaired
in violation of, or not in compliance with, any of the provisions
or requirements of this chapter, or in violation of any detailed statement
of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or of
any certificate or permit issued thereunder, or that any provision
or requirement of this chapter or any order or direction made thereunder
has not been complied with, or that plans and specifications for plumbing
and drainage and electrical wiring have not been submitted or filed
as required by this chapter, the Superintendent may, in his discretion,
through the Village Counsel, institute any appropriate action or proceeding
at law or in equity to restrain, correct or remove such violation
or the execution of any work thereon; or to sustain or correct the
erection or alteration of or to require the removal of or to prevent
the occupation or use of the building or structure erected, constructed,
or altered in violation of, or not in compliance with, any of the
provisions of this chapter; or with respect to which, the requirements
thereof or of any order or direction made pursuant to any provisions
contained therein, shall not have been complied with. Any person who
shall maintain or continue any building or structure or any portion
thereof, or any drainage or plumbing or electrical wiring in violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter, after having been duly notified
as in this chapter provided that such building or structure or any
portion thereof or that such drainage or plumbing or electrical wiring
is in violation of any provision of this chapter, shall be subject
to any action or proceeding and any penalty that is provided in this
article for the commission of the violation.