Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, ordinance or regulation, or except as herein otherwise provided, the Building Inspector shall administer and enforce all of the provisions of laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the construction, alteration, repair, removal and demolition of buildings and structures, and the installation and use of materials and equipment therein, and the location, use, occupancy and maintenance thereof.

He shall receive applications and issue permits for the erection, alteration, removal and demolition of buildings or structures or parts thereof and shall examine the premises for which such applications have been received or such permits have been issued for the purpose of ensuring compliance with laws, ordinances and regulations governing building construction.

He shall issue all appropriate notices or orders to remove illegal or unsafe conditions, to require the necessary safeguards during construction and to ensure compliance during the entire course of construction with the requirements of such laws, ordinances or regulations. He shall make all inspections which are necessary or proper for the carrying out of his duties, except that he may accept written reports of inspection from generally recognized and authoritative service and inspection bureaus, provided that the same are certified by a responsible official thereof.

Whenever the same may be necessary or appropriate to assure compliance with the provisions of applicable laws, ordinances or regulations covering building construction, he may require the performance of tests in the field by experienced, professional persons or by accredited and authoritative testing laboratories or service bureaus or agencies.

The Building Inspector shall keep permanent official records of all transactions and activities conducted by him, including all applications received, permits and certificates issued, fees charged and collected, inspection reports and notices and orders issued. All such records shall be public records open to public inspection during business hours.

The Building Inspector shall submit monthly to the Village Board a written report and summary of all business conducted by the Building Inspector, including permits and certificates issued, fees collected, orders and notices promulgated, inspections and tests made and appeals or litigations pending.

No person, firm or corporation shall commence the erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, removal, improvement, demolition, conversion or change in the nature of the occupancy of any building or structure, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining a separate building permit from the Building Inspector for each such building or structure, except that no building permit shall be required for the performance of ordinary repairs which are not structural in nature. The Board of Trustees may in its discretion impose any condition it deems reasonable with respect to the issuance of any building permit or separate building permit.

Application for a building permit shall be made to the Building Inspector on forms provided by him and shall contain the following information:

Application shall be made by the owner or lessee, or agent of either, or by the architect, engineer or builder employed in connection with the proposed work. Where such application is made by a person other than the owner, it shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the owner or applicant that the proposed work is authorized by the owner and that the applicant is authorized to make such application.

Each application for a building permit shall be accompanied by duplicate copies of plans and specifications, including a plot plan, drawn to scale, showing the location and size of all proposed new construction and all existing structures on the site, the nature and character of the work to be performed and the materials to be incorporated, distance from lot lines, widths of adjoining streets, walks and alleys, and, where required by the Building Inspector, the relationship of structures on adjoining property, grades of adjoining streets, details of structural, mechanical and electrical work, including computations, street diagrams and other essential technical data. Each plan shall state the habitable floor area and each plot plan shall give its area in terms of acreage. Plans and specifications shall bear the signature of the registered architect or licensed professional engineer responsible for the design and drawings for buildings costing over $10,000.

Amendments to the application or to the plans and specifications accompanying the same may be filed at any time prior to the approval of the Building Inspector.

No permit for the demolition of any building or structure within the Village shall be issued until security in the form of cash, certified check or a performance bond is filed with the Village Clerk. The security shall ensure the removal of rubble and debris, ensure that the premises will be returned to a suitable condition after completion of demolition and ensure that any conditions set by the Board of Trustees pursuant to § 13-7A of this chapter shall be complied with.

Letter of availability of water required; installation of double-check valve.

The Building Inspector shall examine or cause to be examined all applications for permits and the plans, specifications and documents filed therewith and shall approve or disapprove the application within a reasonable time.

Upon approval of the application and upon receipt of the legal fees therefor, the building permit shall be issued to the applicant in the form prescribed by the Village, with the signature of the Building Inspector affixed thereto.

Upon approval of the application, both sets of plans and specifications shall be endorsed with the word "approved." One set of such approved plans and specifications shall be retained in the files of the Building Inspector and the other set shall be returned to the applicant, together with the building permit, and shall be kept at the building site open to inspection by the Building Inspector or his authorized representative at all reasonable times.

If the application, together with plans, specifications and other documents filed therewith, describes proposed work which does not conform to all of the requirements of the applicable building regulations, the Building Inspector shall disapprove the same and shall return the plans and specifications to the applicant. Upon the request of the applicant, the Building Inspector shall cause such refusal, together with the reasons therefor, to be transmitted to the applicant in writing.

A building permit shall be effective to authorize the commencing of the work in accordance with the application, plans and specifications on which it is based for a period of 12 months after the date of its issuance. For good cause, the Building Inspector may allow a maximum of two extensions for periods not exceeding three months each.

The issuance of a building permit shall constitute authority to the applicant to proceed with the work in accordance with the approved plans and specifications and in accordance with the applicable building laws, ordinances or regulations. All work shall conform to the approved application, plans and specifications.

A permit under which no work is started within three months shall expire by limitation.

At the time of application for a building permit, the following applicable fees shall be paid to the Village:

Building permit and certificate of occupancy fees.

For the purpose of Subsection B herein, and without any effect on the valuation of property for real property tax purposes, work shall be valued on the basis of the gross square footage of the proposed building or structure, as determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees, according to the use to which the building or structure shall be put. Such valuation shall be expressed in a form similar to the following:

Where he finds that there has been any false statement or misrepresentation as to a material fact in the application, plans or specifications on which the building permit was based.

Where he finds that the building permit was issued in error and should not have been issued in accordance with the applicable law.

Where he finds that the work performed under the permit is not being prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of the application, plans or specifications.

Where the person to whom a building permit has been issued fails or refuses to comply with a stop order issued by the Building Inspector.

Whenever the Building Inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that work on any building or structure is being prosecuted in violation of the provisions of the applicable building laws, ordinances or regulations or not in conformity with the provisions of the application, plans or specifications on the basis of which a building permit was issued, or in an unsafe and dangerous manner, he shall notify the owner of the property, the owner's agent or the person performing the work to suspend all work, and any such persons shall forthwith stop such work and suspend all building activities until the stop order has been rescinded. Such order and notice shall be in writing, shall state the conditions under which the work may be resumed and may be served upon a person to whom it is directed either by delivering it personally to him or by posting the same upon a conspicuous portion of the building under construction and sending a copy of the same by registered mail.

Whenever the Superintendent of Water or his deputy has reasonable grounds to believe that work on any building or structure or water supply structure is being prosecuted in violation of the provisions of the applicable building laws, ordinances or regulations or the water department rules under Chapter 77 herein or not in conformity with the provisions of the application, plans or specifications or letter of availability of water supply or the basis of which a building permit was issued or in an unsafe and dangerous manner, he shall notify the owner of the property, the owner's agent or the person performing the work to suspend all work, and any such persons shall forthwith stop such work and suspend all building or water supply activities until the stop order has been rescinded. Such order and notice shall be in writing, shall state the conditions under which the work may be resumed and may be served upon a person to whom it is directed either by delivering it personally to him or by posting the same upon a conspicuous portion of the building under construction or water supply structures and sending a copy of the same to such person by certified mail, all as the same refers to noncompliance or violations of water use, water rates and water supply.

No building hereafter erected shall be used or occupied in whole or in part until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Village.

No building hereafter enlarged, extended or altered or upon which work has been performed which required the issuance of a building permit shall continue to be occupied or used for more than 30 days after the completion of the alteration or work unless a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Village.

No change shall be made in the use or type of occupancy of an existing building unless a certificate of occupancy authorizing such change shall have been issued by the Village. The requirements of this subsection shall apply to all zoning districts, including the Business District, and shall apply wherever the use of buildings in the Business District is changed, irrespective of the fact that the use or type of occupancy of the building is a permitted use in said district.

The owner or his agent shall make application for a certificate of occupancy. The application is to be accompanied by a certificate of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters and a final survey showing the building location, location of sanitary facilities, distances to the nearest boundary and the area of the plot.

When, after final inspection, it is found that the proposed work has been completed in accordance with the applicable building laws, ordinances and regulations, and also in accordance with the application, plans and specifications filed in connection with the issuance of the building permit, a certificate of occupancy shall be issued on forms prescribed by the Village. If it is found that the proposed work has not been properly completed, the certificate of occupancy shall not be issued and the work shall be ordered to be completed in conformity with the building permit and in conformity with the applicable building regulations.

Certificates of occupancy shall be approved by and issued over the signature of the Building Inspector.

The certificate of occupancy shall certify that the work has been completed and that the proposed use and occupancy is in conformity with the provisions of the applicable building laws, ordinances and regulations and shall specify the use or uses and the extent thereof to which the building or structure or its several parts may be put.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, alter, repair, move, remove, demolish, equip, use, occupy or maintain any building or structure or portion thereof in violation of any provision of this chapter or to fail in any manner to comply with a notice, directive or order of the Building Inspector or to construct, alter or use and occupy any building or structure or part thereof in a manner not permitted by an approved building permit or certificate of occupancy.

Any person who shall fail to comply with a written order of the Building Inspector within the time fixed for compliance therewith, and any owner, builder, architect, tenant, contractor, subcontractor, construction superintendent, or their agents, or any other person taking part or assisting in the construction or use of any building who shall knowingly violate any of the applicable provisions of this chapter, or any lawful order, notice, directive, permit or certificate of the Building Inspector made thereunder, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or 30 days in jail, or both. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

Except as provided otherwise by law, such violation shall not be a crime and the penalty or punishment imposed therefor shall not be deemed for any purpose a penal or criminal penalty or punishment, and shall not impose any disability upon or affect or impair the credibility as a witness, or otherwise, of any person convicted thereof.

This section shall not apply to violations of the provisions of the State Building Construction Code punishable under § 385 of the Executive Law of the State of New York, nor to violations of the provisions of the Multiple Residence Law punishable under § 304 of the Multiple Residence Law of the State of New York.

Appropriate actions and proceedings may be taken at law or in equity to prevent unlawful construction or to restrain, correct or abate a violation or to prevent illegal occupancy of a building, structure or premises or to prevent illegal acts, conduct or business in or about any premises. These remedies shall be in addition to the penalties prescribed in the preceding section.

All orders issued by the Building Inspector shall have the prior approval of the Board of Trustees. Court costs for any proceedings resulting from the enforcement of this chapter shall be paid by the violator.