This chapter shall be enforced by the Town of LaFayette Code
Enforcement Officer.
Building permits and certificates of occupancy shall be issued
in accordance with the Town Code, the NYS Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code, and all other applicable federal, state and local
laws/regulations.
The location and boundaries of districts are hereby established
as delineated and shown on the revised Zoning Map accompanying this
chapter and forming a part thereof, upon which the various use districts
or zones are designated by the symbols shown on said map. Where a
use district is shown as a strip of land along a road or highway,
the depth of such district, unless otherwise shown on the Zoning Map,
shall be 200 feet from the side line of the road or highway upon which
such property fronts. The Zoning Map is on file in the office of the
Town Clerk.
The Town Board will establish a fee schedule that is to be reviewed
annually as part of the budget review process. The established fees
are to defray all or part of the expense of any notices, hearings,
permits and approvals under this chapter. Said fee or fees shall be
paid by the applicant at the time of the application.
[Amended 12-8-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which commits an offense
against, disobeys, neglects or refuses to comply with or resists the
enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction,
be deemed guilty of an offense punishable by a fine not exceeding
$350 for conviction of a first offense; for conviction of a second
offense, both of which were committed within a period of five years,
punishable by a fine of not less than $350 nor more than $700; and
upon conviction for a third or subsequent offense, all of which were
committed within a period of five years, punishable by a fine of not
less than $700 nor more than $1,000. Each week an offense is continued
shall be deemed a separate violation of these regulations.
If any word, phrase, sentence, part, section, subsection or
other portion of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person
or to any circumstance, is adjudged or declared invalid or unenforceable
by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, then and in
such an event, such judgment or declaration shall be confined in its
interpretation and operation only to the provision of this chapter
that is directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
or declaration is rendered, and such judgment or declaration of invalidity
or unenforceability shall not affect or impair the validity or enforceability
of the remainder of this chapter or the application thereof to any
other persons to circumstances. If necessary as to such person or
circumstance, such invalid or unenforceable provision shall be and
be deemed severed herefrom, and the Town Board hereby declares that
it would have enacted this chapter, the remainder thereof, even if,
as to particular provisions and persons or circumstances, a portion
thereof is severed or declared invalid or unenforceable.