City of Albany, NY
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2023-12-04
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 133A Building Construction and Housing: Special Provisions
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Article III Penalties
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Ambulance Services
- Ch 8 Police Information Reward Program
- Ch 11 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 15 Arms and Seal of City
- Ch 18 Bonds of City Officials; Facsimile Signature and Seal; Notes
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 Claims Against City
- Ch 30 Courts and Legal Procedures
- Ch 34 Meetings
- Ch 35 Appointees to Public Bodies; Removal From Office
- Ch 38 Defense and Indemnification of Employees
- Ch 42 Departments and Commissions
- Ch 48 Equal Opportunity Protections
- Ch 54 Financial Disclosure
- Ch 57 Fiscal Year and Annual Estimate
- Ch 62 Labor
- Ch 68 Merit Award Board
- Ch 74 Printing; Publication; Publicity
- Ch 75 Policy Documents Repository
- Ch 82 Real Property Within City
- Ch 90 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 98 Youth Bureau
- Ch 99 Website Financial Data
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 111 Amusements
- Ch 115 Animals
- Ch 121 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 127 Bingo
- Ch 133 Building Construction
- Ch 133A Building Construction and Housing: Special Provisions
- Ch 133A Art III Penalties
- § 133A-3 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 135 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 137 Bulletin Boards
- Ch 141 Businesses
- Ch 142 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 147 Collateral Loan Brokers
- Ch 151 Commercial Standards
- Ch 152 Conversion Therapy
- Ch 153 Community Choice Aggregation
- Ch 161 Economic Development Zone
- Ch 167 Elections
- Ch 171 Electricity
- Ch 175 Elevators
- Ch 181 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 183 Equity Agenda
- Ch 187 Fair Housing
- Ch 188 Fair Hotel Consumer Practices
- Ch 193 Firearms and Ammunition
- Ch 197 Fire Prevention
- Ch 203 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 211 Grading and Mining
- Ch 217 Handbills
- Ch 223 Health
- Ch 231 Housing
- Ch 239 Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processing
- Ch 245 Licenses
- Ch 246 Newsracks
- Ch 247 Parking Violations Amnesty Program - 2015
- Ch 251 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 255 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 258 Penalties
- Ch 259 Pesticides
- Ch 261 Plumbing
- Ch 267 Pollution
- Ch 270 Public Pay Telephones
- Ch 272 Public Transportation
- Ch 293 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 299 Sewers
- Ch 303 Sidewalk and Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 307 (Reserved)
- Ch 313 Solid Waste
- Ch 319 Store Sales
- Ch 323 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 329 Tattoo Parlors
- Ch 333 Taxation
- Ch 341 Transient Retail Businesses
- Ch 345 Trees and Vegetation
- Ch 353 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 357 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 359 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 363 Vendors
- Ch 371 Water and Waterways
- Ch 373 Youth Protection Against Tobacco Promotion
- Ch 375 Unified Sustainable Development
- Appendix
- Ch A377 Certain Territory Located in Town of Colonie
- Ch A381 Certain Territory Located in Town of Bethlehem
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
General penalties.
(1)
When a person is found liable for failing to comply with any provision of any law described at § 133A-1, and orders of the Chief Building Official issued pursuant thereto, such person shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 per day of violation.
(2)
The term "person," as used in this section, shall include the owner,
occupant, mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver,
executor, trustee, lessee, agent or any other person, firm or corporation
directly or indirectly in control of the building or part thereof.
(3)
Each day of violation shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
(4)
Fines levied shall constitute civil forfeitures to the City of Albany.
B.
Elevated penalties.
(1)
When a person is found liable of failing to comply with any provision of any law described at § 133A-1, and orders of the Chief Building Official issued pursuant thereto, with a wanton disregard for the health and safety of the occupants of the subject building or the public at large, such person shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 per day of violation or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
The term "person," as used in this section, shall include the owner,
occupant, mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver,
executor, trustee, lessee, agent or any other person, firm or corporation
directly or indirectly in control of the building or part thereof.
(3)
Each day of violation shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
(4)
Fines levied shall constitute civil forfeitures to the City of Albany.
