[Adopted 7-14-1980 by L.L.
No. 19-1980 as Ch. 86, Art. II, of the 1980 Code]
The village, which has declared an emergency pursuant to the Emergency
Tenant Protection Act of 1974, is required to pay an annual fee to the State Division of Housing
and Community Renewal for administering the regulation of residential rents
pursuant to said Act. Pursuant to Subparagraph 8(b) of said Act, the village
is empowered to impose an annual charge on the owners of all multiple dwellings
subject to regulation pursuant to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974,
and this Article provides for such annual charge.
[Amended 9-27-1994 by L.L.
No. 13-1994]
Each owner of a multiple dwelling located within the village which is
subject to rent regulation pursuant to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act
of 1974 shall initially pay to the Village Clerk the sum as shall be set forth
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees per dwelling unit
to reimburse the village for the sum it has already paid to the State Division
of Housing and Community Renewal.
Each owner of a multiple dwelling located within the village which is
subject to rent regulation pursuant to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act
of 1974 shall also pay to the Village Clerk, annually, after the close of
the fiscal year of the state, such sum per dwelling unit as the village's
Commissioner of Housing determines is necessary so that the village is fully
reimbursed for the sum it is required to pay to the State Division of Housing
and Community Renewal pursuant to Section 8 of the Emergency Tenant Protection
Act of 1974, as well as for all expenses the village has incurred in connection
with administering the provisions of said Act.
The charges provided for by §§
126-9 and
126-10 shall be paid to the Village Clerk within thirty (30) days after the Village Clerk's posting of notice of said charges by certified mail.
[Amended 9-27-1994 by L.L.
No. 13-1994]
Any person, firm or corporation committing an offense against any provision of this Article shall be punishable as provided in the general penalty provisions contained in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, of this Code.