[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Dansville 7-10-1979 by L.L.
No. 3-1979. Amendments noted where indicated.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building Code administration and enforcement — See Ch. 138.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The chief inspector and each of the duly appointed inspectors
of an appropriate electrical inspection person or agency, as determined
by the Village, are hereby authorized and deputized as agents of the
Village of Dansville to make inspections and reinspections of all
electrical installations heretofore and hereafter described, and to
approve or disapprove the same. In no event, however, will the cost
or expense of such inspections and reinspections be charged against
the Village of Dansville.
A.
It shall be the duty of the inspector to report in writing to the
chief Building Inspector, whose duty it shall be to enforce all provisions
of this chapter, all violations or deviations from or omissions of
the electrical provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code and of all local laws, ordinances insofar as any
of the same apply to electrical wiring. The inspector shall make inspections
and reinspections of electrical installation in and on premises in
the Village of Dansville upon the written request of an authorized
official of the Village of Dansville or as herein provided. The inspector
is authorized to make inspections and reinspections of electrical
wiring, installations, devices, appliances and equipment in or on
premises within the Village of Dansville where he deems it necessary
for the protection of life and property. In the event of an emergency,
it is the duty of the inspector to make electrical inspections upon
the oral request of an official or officer of the Village of Dansville.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
It shall be the duty of the inspector to furnish written reports
to the proper officials of the Village of Dansville and owners and/or
lessees of property where defective electrical installations and equipment
are found upon inspection. He shall authorize the issuing of a certificate
of compliance when electrical installations and equipment are in conformity
with this chapter. He shall direct that a copy of the certificate
of compliance be sent to the Village of Dansville to the attention
of the Building Inspector.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, firm
or corporation to cause to be installed or to alter electrical wiring
for light, heat or power in or on property situated in the Village
of Dansville until an application for inspection has been filed with an
appropriate electrical inspection person or agency, as determined
by the Village. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person,
firm or corporation, to connect or cause to be connected electrical
wiring in or on properties for light, heat or power, to any source
of electrical energy supply prior to the issuance of a temporary certificate
or a certificate of compliance by an appropriate electrical inspection
person or agency, as determined by the Village.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, persons, firms, associations or corporations which
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any section
or part thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250,
imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment,
for each offense. Further, any person, persons, firms, associations
or corporations which shall violate the sections of this chapter with
regard to compliance with electrical inspections shall be subject
to such fines, penalties or other remedies as provided by the rules
and regulations of an appropriate electrical inspection person or
agency, as determined by the Village. And the Village, in addition
to the other remedies set forth herein, may institute any appropriate
action or proceedings to prevent continued violations of this chapter,
or to restrain, correct or abate such violations.
