The following remedies shall be applied in substance
by the Superintendent of the Building Department and the Village Board
in ordering removal or repair:
A. If the dangerous building or substandard building
can reasonably be repaired so that it will no longer exist in violation
of the terms of this chapter, it shall be ordered repaired. In all
cases where a building cannot be repaired so that it will no longer
exist in violation of the terms of this chapter it shall be ordered
removed.
B. In all cases where a dangerous building or substandard
building is a fire hazard existing or erected in violation of any
ordinance of this Village or statute of the State of New York, it
shall be ordered removed unless such hazard or violation can be cured,
in which event the building shall be ordered repaired.
C. Any structures or part of a structure or premises
that from any cause may at any time become dangerous or unsafe structurally
or as a fire hazard shall be repaired and secured or taken down and
removed. A vacant building unguarded or open at door or window shall
be deemed dangerous or unsafe as a fire hazard within the meaning
of this chapter.
The Superintendent of the Building Department
shall:
A. Inspect on his own initiative or request any building
in the Village for the purpose of determining whether any conditions
exist therein which render such places a dangerous building, within
the terms of this chapter, and whether any condition exists therein
not in compliance with the standards of this chapter.
B. Notify in writing the owner of any building found by him to be a dangerous building within the standards set forth in Article
IV of this chapter and of any building found by him not conforming to the standards set forth in Article
IV hereof that he must repair or remove said building in accordance with the terms of the notice and this chapter, or otherwise comply with the standards set forth in this chapter, within a reasonable time to be fixed by said notice.
C. Set forth in the notice provided for in Subsection
B hereof a description of the building or structure, or parts thereof, deemed to violate the provisions of this chapter, a statement of the particulars in which the building is dangerous or fails to comply with the standards set forth in Article
IV and a direction requiring compliance with the standards set forth in this chapter, or that the building or structure be put in such condition as to comply with the terms of this chapter, or that said building or structure be removed.
D. Report to the Village Board any noncompliance with the notice provided for in Subsections
B and
C.
E. Appear at all hearings conducted by the Village Board
and testify as to the condition of the dangerous building and/or substandard
building.
F. With the assistance of the Village Counsel, do such
acts and take such proceedings as may be required to bring about the
repair or removal of buildings as ordered by the Village Board, and
take such steps as may be required by the appropriate provisions of
law, to cause the removal or repair of any building which is dangerous
or unsafe to the public and to cause the assessment of all costs and
expenses incidental thereto, against the land on which said buildings
are located.
G. Firmly affix a notice in a conspicuous place in front of all dangerous buildings and substandard buildings immediately after the issuance of the order provided in Subsection
D of §
83-16 of Article
VIII of this chapter as follows:
(1) Where the building is a substandard building such
notice shall read as follows:
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"This building has been found to be a substandard
building by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Westbury. This
notice is to remain on this building until it is repaired or removed
or made to comply with the direction which has been given the owner.
It is unlawful to remove this notice until such direction is complied
with."
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(2) Where the building is a dangerous building such notice
shall read as follows:
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"This building has been found to be a dangerous
building by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Westbury. This
notice is to remain on this building until it is repaired or removed
or made to comply with the direction which has been given the owner.
It is unlawful to remove this notice until such direction has been
complied with."
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