§ 150.01 BARRICADES AND LIGHTS.

   Any owner, tenant or lessee causing the construction, demolition or moving of any building or improvement within the village shall protect all excavations, exposures, open basements, building materials and debris by suitable barricades or guards by day and by warning lights at night. The failure, neglect or refusal of the owner, tenant or lessee to erect and maintain such protections shall constitute a violation of this section, and the Building Inspector or other village law enforcement authority may stop all work upon the buildings and improvements until suitable protections are erected and maintained in the required manner.

(1995 Code, § 9-601) Penalty, see § 10.99

BUILDING INSPECTOR

§ 150.15 POWER AND AUTHORITY.

   (A)   The Building Inspector shall be the village official who shall have the duty of enforcing all village building and housing regulations, if any.

   (B)   He or she shall inspect all buildings repaired, altered, built or moved in the village as often as necessary to ensure compliance with all village ordinances. He or she shall have the power and authority to order, at the direction of the Board of Trustees, all work stopped on any construction, alteration or relocation which violates any provisions prescribed in any village building and housing regulations. He or she shall, at the direction of the Board of Trustees, issue permission to continue any construction, alteration or relocation when the Board of Trustees is satisfied that no provision will be violated. If the stop order is an oral one, it shall be followed by a written stop order within one hour. This written order may be served by any village police officer.

   (C)   In the event that the village has building and housing regulations and the Board of Trustees fails to appoint a Building Inspector, the chief village law enforcement officer shall be the Building Inspector ex officio.

(1995 Code, § 9-101)

§ 150.16 RIGHT OF ENTRY.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to allow the Building Inspector entry into any building or structure where the work of construction, alteration, repair or relocation is taking place, for the purpose of making official inspections at any reasonable hour.

(1995 Code, § 9-102) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 150.17 APPEAL FROM DECISION.

   In the event it is claimed that the true intent and meaning of any village building or housing regulation has been wrongly interpreted by the Building Inspector, that the time allowed for compliance with any order of the Building Inspector is too short, or that conditions peculiar to a particular building make it unreasonably difficult to meet the literal requirements prescribed by the regulation and by the Building Inspector, the owner, his or her agent, or the occupant may file a notice of appeal within ten days after the decision or order of the Building Inspector has been made. The Board of Trustees shall hear all appeals and shall have the power and authority, when appealed to, to modify the decision or order of the Building Inspector. Such a decision shall be final, subject only to any remedy which the aggrieved person may have at law or equity. Applications for review shall be in writing and shall state the reasons why the variance should be made. A variance shall be granted only where it is evident that reasonable safety and sanitation is assured and may include conditions not generally specified by the building or housing regulation to achieve that end. A copy of any variance so granted shall be sent to both the Building Inspector and the applicant.

(1995 Code, § 9-103)