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CODE ENFORCEMENT UNIT
There is created a unit of the Support Services Division of the town’s Police Department to be known as the Code Enforcement Unit. The Code Enforcement Unit shall be headed by the Chief of Police or his or her designee. The Chief of Police shall appoint the Code Enforcement Officer who shall be under the immediate direction and control of the Chief of Police or his or her designee. The Code Enforcement Unit shall be composed of the personnel as the Town Manager may from time to time authorize.
(A) The duties and responsibilities of the Code Enforcement Officer and of the inspectors therein shall be to enforce within the town and the extraterritorial area provided in this chapter, all state and local laws relating to the following:
(1) The construction of buildings and other structures;
(2) The installation of such facilities as plumbing systems and air conditioning systems; and
(3) Other matters that may from time to time be specified by the Chief of Police.
(B) These duties may include, but not be limited to, the receipt of applications for permits, the making of any necessary inspections, the issuance or denial of certificates of compliance, the issuance of orders to correct violations, the recommendation of the Town Board to institute judicial actions against actual or threatened violations, the keeping of adequate records and the taking of any other actions that may be required in order to adequately enforce those laws.
(C) The Code Enforcement Officer is granted all power necessary to carry out the mandates of the Town Board. This shall include in addition to any incidental powers necessary, any specific powers which may from time to time be granted by the Town Board in any specific ordinances.
Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is otherwise provided, shall be subject to the penalty contained in § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.