The following regulations shall apply in the Apartment
and Business District of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose.
No accessory structure or building shall be erected upon the premises
for the purpose of containing an air-conditioning unit, equipment, ventilating
fans or appurtenances thereto. Such air-conditioning unit, ventilating fans
and appurtenant equipment shall be contained within the confines of the main
building or mounted on the top of the highest building roof area of such main
building.
Any central air-conditioning unit mounted on a roof shall be limited
to five tons' or less capacity.
Except in the case of air-conditioning units which service living quarters
in apartments, no central air-conditioning unit located on a roof or otherwise
outside a building shall be operated prior to 7:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
on any day.
[Amended 12-9-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996]
No person, firm or corporation shall install, construct or substantially
alter any central air-conditioning unit unless a permit therefor is first
issued by the Building Inspector or the Deputy Building Inspector of the Village.
No such permit shall be granted unless manufacturer's specifications
and drawing cuts of such air-conditioning unit are submitted to the Building
Inspector and the proposed location of the unit and its appurtenant equipment
within or upon the building is shown, along with such other information as
the Building Inspector may require. The person making the installation or
alteration shall deposit with the Village Clerk the sum of not less than the
amount established by the Board of Trustees, by duly adopted resolution to
guarantee compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
Within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter, any central air-conditioning
unit and its appurtenant equipment located outside the walls of a building
or on a roof which is not the highest building roof area of such building
shall be relocated within the confines of the main building or mounted upon
the highest roof area of the building.
The penalty for any violation of any provision of this chapter shall
be a sum of money not exceeding $250; and, in addition thereto, a violation
of the same shall constitute and is hereby declared to be disorderly conduct.
Any construction or installation in violation of the requirements of this
chapter shall be immediately removed or remodeled to conform to the provisions
hereof.