[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Lindenhurst 5-2-1979 as L.L. No. 2-1979 (Ch. 20A of the 1968 Code of the
Village of Lindenhurst). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-16-1992 as L.L. No. 2-1992]
The Chief Inspector and each of the duly appointed
Inspectors of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters or other qualified
inspection agency approved by the Village are hereby authorized and
deputized as agents of the Village of Lindenhurst to make inspections
and reinspections of all electrical installations heretofore and hereafter
described and to approve or disapprove the same. In no event, however,
will the cost or expense of such inspections and reinspections be
a charge against the Village of Lindenhurst.
A.Â
It shall be the duty of the Inspector to report, in
writing, to the Building Inspector, whose duty it shall be to enforce
all provisions of this Code, all violations or deviations from or
omissions of the electrical provisions of the Building Code applicable
to the Village of Lindenhurst and all local laws, ordinances and the
Building Code as referred to this chapter, insofar as any of the same
apply to electrical wiring. The Inspector shall make inspections and
reinspections of electrical wiring, installations, devices, appliances
and equipment in or on properties within the Village of Lindenhurst
where he deems it necessary for the protection of life and property.
In the event of an emergency, it is the duty of the Inspector to make
electrical inspections upon the oral request of an official or officer
of the Village of Lindenhurst.
B.Â
It shall be the duty of the Inspector to furnish written
reports to the proper officials of the Village of Lindenhurst and
the owners and/or lessees of property where defective electrical installations
and equipment are found upon inspection. He shall authorize the issuing
of a certificate of compliance when electrical installations and equipment
are in conformity with this chapter. He shall direct that a copy of
the certificate of compliance be sent to the Village of Lindenhurst
to the attention of the Building Inspector.
[Amended 6-16-1992 as L.L. No. 2-1992]
A.Â
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person,
firm or corporation to install or cause to be installed or to alter
electrical wiring for light, heat or power in or on properties of
the Village of Lindenhurst until an application for inspection has
been filed with the New York Board of Fire Underwriters or other qualified
inspection agency approved by the Village. It shall be a violation
of this chapter for a person, firm or corporation to connect or cause
to be connected electrical wiring in or on properties for light, heat
or power to any source of electrical energy supply prior to the issuance
of a temporary certificate or a certificate of compliance by the New
York Board of Fire Underwriters or other qualified inspection agency
approved by the Village.
B.Â
For any and every violation of the provisions of this
chapter, the owner, general agent or contractor of a building, property
or premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist
and the lessee and tenant of an entire building or entire property
or premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist
and the owner, general agent, contractor, lessee or tenant of any
part of a building or premises or property in which part such violation
has been committed or shall exist and the general agent, architect,
builder, contractor or any other person who knowingly commits, takes
part in or assists in any such violation shall be liable, on conviction
thereof, to a fine or penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $500
or a term of imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both, for each
and every offense, and, whenever such person shall have been notified
by the Inspector or by the service of a summons in a prosecution or
in any other way that he is committing such violation of this chapter,
each day the violation continues after such notification shall constitute
a separate offense punishable by a like fine or penalty.
