The Village Board hereby designates the Village Code Enforcement
Officer as the enforcement officer to administer and enforce all the
provisions of the Uniform Code, the Energy Code and the Village of
Solvay Code.
The Code Enforcement Officer may request and shall receive,
so far as may be necessary in the discharge of the Code Enforcement
Officer's duties, the assistance and cooperation of the police,
fire and of all other municipal officials exercising any jurisdiction
over the construction, use or occupancy of buildings or the installation
of equipment therein.
No official or employee of the Building Department, while acting
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be personally liable
for any damage that may accrue to persons or property as the result
of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his official
duties, provided that such acts are performed in good faith and without
gross negligence.
Whenever there are reasonable grounds to believe that any material,
construction, equipment or assembly does not conform to the requirements
of the applicable building laws, ordinances or regulations, the Code
Enforcement Officer may require the same to be subjected to tests
in order to furnish proof of such compliance.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, alter, repair,
move, remove, demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building
or structure or portion thereof in violation of any provision of this
chapter, or to fail in any manner to comply with a notice, directive
or order of the Code Enforcement Officer, or to construct, alter or
use and occupy any building or structure or part thereof in a manner
not permitted by an approved building permit.
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 this chapter.
No person, occupant or owner of any real property shall permit
the use of said property, for hire or otherwise, for the purpose of
parking, storing, occupying or permitting to stand thereon any vehicle
of any nature or any temporary structure used or occupied as living
quarters by one or more persons, except a building or structure of
a permanent nature.
It shall be the duty of any person removing or demolishing,
in whole or in part, any building or structure to promptly fill in
any excavation, opening or hole resulting therefrom.
No license shall be issued for any public hall or other premises
where persons are assembled unless such premises has suitable and
safe means of ingress and egress in case of panic or fire and unless
such premises complies with and conforms to all of the laws, ordinances
and regulations for the protection of the public from fire, is properly
ventilated and is supplied with sufficient toilet facilities.
The Chief of Police, or any peace officer, or the Code Enforcement
Officer, shall have the power to inspect any public hall or other
premises where persons are assembled and to vacate or cause such premises
to be vacated whenever any provision of any law, ordinance or rule
with regard to the same is being violated or whenever any disorder
of a gross or violent character takes place therein.