This chapter shall be cited and may be referred to hereinafter as the
"Home Buyers Protection Law" of the Village of Montebello.
This chapter shall apply to any person, firm or corporation building
any form of residence for resale within the Village of Montebello.
Upon application for a building permit to construct any residence within
the Village of Montebello, the applicant shall furnish to the Building Inspector,
in addition to all other requirements of the chapter:
A. A copy of the contract of sale if one exists; and
B. Deliver a copy of the escrow agreement in conformity
with this chapter, unless the said agreement is incorporated within the contract.
C. In lieu of Subsections
A and
B, hereof, a letter from the applicant indicating that the parcel has not yet been contracted for sale, but upon the entry into contract, the down payment will be held in escrow in conformity with this chapter.
This chapter shall not be construed to make the Village or any agency
or department of the Village a party to a contract of sale of real property
not an arbiter or guarantor of the terms of such a contract.
Each and every violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more
than one year, or by both.
This chapter supersedes, and is in derogation of, Chapter 19 of the
Code of the Town of Ramapo, County of Rockland, State of New York. This chapter
is enacted by authority of § 20, Subdivision 5, of the Municipal
Home Rule Law and any other law referenced herein as authority herefor.