[[1]HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Huntington 7-13-1965 by L.L. No.
1-1965 (Ch. 16 of the 1969 Code of the Town of Huntington);
amended in its entirety 9-14-1982 by L.L. No. 11-1982. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 87.
A.
Word usage. Whenever used in this chapter, words used
in the singular include the plural and vice versa.
B.
DEPARTMENT
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
TOWN ENGINEER
Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
[Amended 3-9-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993]
The Town of Huntington Department of Engineering Services,
which shall perform a major function of town government.
The Deputy Director of the Town of Huntington Department
of Engineering Services, who in the absence of the Director shall
act generally for and in place of the Director.
The Director of Engineering Services, and he shall be the
chief executive officer of the Department.
The Town Engineer of the Town of Huntington, as defined in
the Town Law, who shall be the head of the Division of Engineering
of the Town of Huntington Department of Engineering Services.
A.
There shall be in the Town of Huntington a Department
of Engineering Services. The principal executive officer and administrative
head of such Department shall be the Director, who shall be appointed
by the Town Board for the term fixed by law, at such salary as may
from time to time be fixed by the said Town Board. The Director shall
be appointed on the basis of administrative experience and qualifications
for the duties of such office and such additional standards as may
be required by the Town Board. The Director shall be the head of the
Department, with power and authority to appoint and remove officers
and employees under the Department's jurisdiction in accordance with
the Civil Service Law and other applicable laws, except the appointment
and removal of the Deputy Director and the Town Engineer, who shall
be appointed and removed by the Town Board.
[Amended 3-9-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993]
B.
The Deputy Director shall generally act for and in
behalf of the Director and shall perform such duties as are vested
in and imposed upon that office by the provisions of this chapter,
by statute or by other lawful authority.
A.
Each Division shall be under the administration, direction
and control of the Director and shall be supervised by a Deputy Director.
The Director may, with approval of the Town Board, establish, consolidate
or abolish any divisions or subdivisions now existing or hereafter
created in the Department.
[Amended 7-7-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009]
B.
The Divisions of the Department shall have the following
powers and responsibilities:
(1)
Division of Engineering.
(a)
Planning, designing and inspecting the construction
and alteration of town buildings, structures, equipment, works and
improvements.
(b)
Providing consultation, investigation, evaluation,
planning, design and other professional engineering services for town
departments and officials.
(c)
Making and preserving surveys, maps, plans, estimates
and drawings relating to streets, highways, parks, public grounds
and other town projects, buildings and structures.
(d)
Providing consultation, administration, application
and inspection services, as required, with respect to laws of the
State of New York and the local laws, ordinances and codes of the
Town of Huntington.
[Amended 8-23-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988; 3-9-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993]
(e)
Providing professional engineering services for those
special improvement districts which do not have separate commissioners.
[Amended 8-23-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
(f)
Acting as administrator of the Dix Hills Water District.
(g)
Reviewing plans for major improvements or expansion
of special improvement districts.
[Amended 8-23-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
(h)
Engineering
review of all applications for the development or use of land, including
but not limited to, site development and improvement, subdivisions,
grade limitations, drainage, site distances, and other engineering
assessments.
[Added 7-7-2009 by L.L. No. 9-2009[1]]
[1]
Editor’s Note: This local law also redesignated former
Subsection B(1)(h) as Subsection B(1)(i).
(i)
Performing other duties as may be conferred or imposed
upon it by any other general or local law.
[Amended 8-23-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
(2)
Division of Building and Housing.
[Amended 6-6-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989; 3-9-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993]
(a)
Administering and applying the laws of the State of
New York, local laws, ordinances and codes of the Town of Huntington
pertaining to building, construction, alteration, repair and maintenance.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(3), Division
of Traffic Safety and Transportation Planning, added 3-9-1993 by L.L.
No. 5-1993, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed
12-4-2007 by L.L. No. 42-2007.
C.
In addition to the authority vested in the Director
of Engineering Services, such Director shall have all the powers and
authority vested in the Town Engineer, the Town Building Inspector
and Chief Building Inspector, for the purpose of enforcing the Code
of the Town of Huntington and other applicable rule or law.
[Amended 12-4-2007 by L.L. No. 42-2007]
Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to delegate or transfer any power of the Town Supervisor contained
in §§ 29, 52 and 125 of the Town Law of the State of
New York or any other powers which may be lawfully exercised by the
Supervisor.
[Amended 3-9-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993]
The Director may establish, subject to Town
Board approval, a schedule of fees to be collected for services rendered
in connection with the work of the Department and which the Director
deems it necessary to charge and collect a fee therefor.
If any section, provision or part thereof in
this chapter shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional by a court
of competent jurisdiction, then such adjudication shall not affect
the validity of the chapter as a whole or any section, provision or
part thereof not so adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
This chapter shall be effective when the appropriate
certified copies are filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of New York.
