It shall be unlawful to construct or alter any
building or structure or part thereof until the application and plans
required by this chapter shall have been submitted to and shall have
been approved by the Code Official or by the person designated for
such purpose by the Board of Trustees and a written permit therefor
shall have been issued.
It shall be unlawful to occupy or use or permit
the occupancy or use of any building or premises or part thereof hereafter
erected, enlarged or changed wholly or partly in its use or structure,
until certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Code
Official or the person designated by the Board of Trustees for such
purpose, provided that after the issuance of a building permit authorizing
a change or enlargement of an existing building and prior to the issuance
of said certificate of occupancy, the owner of such building may occupy
and use said building in the same manner as formerly until the change
or enlargement has been completed.
Any owner, lessee, tenant, general agent, architect,
builder, contractor, subcontractor, workman, employee or any other
person who commits, takes part in or assists in any violation of this
chapter or any part thereof, or who maintains any building or premises
in which any violation of this chapter shall exist, or who permits
any violation to exist in or upon any building or premises, or who
shall cause or permit any building or part thereof to be constructed
or altered contrary to the plans and specifications theretofore filed
under the provisions of this chapter and for which building permit
has been issued, shall be guilty of a violation of his chapter.
[Added 4-12-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
A.
A violation of this chapter is hereby declared to
be an offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding $350 or imprisonment
for a period not to exceed six months, or both, 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
not less than $350 nor more than $700 or imprisonment for a period
not to exceed six months, or both; and, upon conviction for a third
or subsequent offense, all of which were committed within a period
of five years, punishable by a fine not less than $700 nor more than
$1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or both.
B.
This section shall apply only to violations of this chapter which occur on or before the effective date of the local law which adds this subsection. Violations of this chapter which occur after that date shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1 of this Code.
[Added 5-8-2006 by L.L. No. 5-2006]
In addition to the remedies elsewhere provided,
the Mayor, Board of Trustees or the Code Official, acting in the name
of the Village of Great Neck Estates, or any person aggrieved, acting
in his own name, shall have the right and power to enforce the provisions
of this chapter by injunction or otherwise as provided by law.
