A. 
The Building Department of the Village is hereby designated to administer and secure compliance with the applicable standards of the code. Such agency is hereinafter referred to as "the agency."
B. 
The agency shall be under the direction and charge of the Building Inspector, who shall have as his representatives such assistants and inspectors as may be necessary to carry out effectively the powers and duties of the agency.
C. 
All personnel of the agency shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees and shall be furnished with appropriate official badges or identification cards.
A. 
The agency shall be charged with the duty of administrating the applicable standards of the code and securing compliance therewith and shall be empowered to adopt rules and regulations necessary for securing such compliance and for its own organization and internal management, provided that such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with the applicable standards of the code.
B. 
The agency shall be authorized to conduct surveys of buildings in any area of the Village to determine the conditions of premises, extent of deterioration, lack of facilities, inadequate maintenance, unsafe and unsanitary conditions, extent of overcrowding, land use and other relevant factors.
C. 
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector:
(1) 
To cause inspections to be made of premises within the scope of applicable standards as necessary.
(2) 
To cause an investigation of all complaints of alleged violations or other unsafe or unsanitary conditions.
(3) 
To order in writing the remedying of all conditions found to exist in or on any premises in violation of provisions of the code or of rules and regulations adopted by the agency, to state in the violation order a reasonable time limit for compliance therewith and, where necessary, to order the vacating of premises found unfit for human habitation.
A. 
Inspectors shall be authorized and shall have the right, in the performance of their duties, to enter any premises for the purpose of inspection or any other reason necessary to administer or secure compliance with this code.
B. 
Owners, agents, operators and occupants shall be responsible for providing access to all parts of the premises within their control to authorized agency personnel acting in the performance of their duties.
The agency shall keep records of all complaints received, inspections made and violations found regarding premises regulated by the code. Records shall be kept and shall be available for public inspection.
A violation order may be served on the person named therein personally or by delivering to and leaving a copy thereof with a person on the premises of reasonable age and mailing a copy thereof to the person named in the order at his last known place of residence; or by posting a copy in a conspicuous place on the premises and mailing a copy thereof addressed to the person named in the order at his last known place of residence.
A. 
Every person who shall fail to comply with any provision of this code shall be guilty of a violation of this code and shall be subject to the penalties herein provided for.
B. 
Every person who shall fail to comply with a violation order issued by the agency within the time stated in said order shall be guilty of a violation of this code and shall be subject to the penalties herein provided for.
C. 
Each day that a violation of this code is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate violation of this code.
D. 
The penalty for each and every violation of this code shall be a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $250. In addition thereto, a violation of this code shall constitute disorderly conduct, unless otherwise provided by law, and any person violating this code shall be a disorderly person.
E. 
The Police Court of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine charges of violations of this code.