Geneva Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Administration and Enforcement
§ 165-96 Enforcement officer; compliance required.
Code Enforcement Officer. This chapter shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer, who shall be appointed by the Town Board, in the same manner and with the same powers and duties as provided under Chapter 63, Building Construction and Fire Prevention.
Compliance with chapter. No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Code Enforcement Officer, and no permit or license for any purpose shall be issued by any official of the Town, if the same would be in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
§ 165-97 Building permit.
No building or structure shall be erected, added to or structurally altered until a permit therefor has been issued by the Code Enforcement Officer in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and Chapter 63, Building Construction and Fire Prevention, or other applicable laws.
All applications for building permits shall, in addition to any requirements specified in this section, comply with all the provisions of Chapter 63, Building Construction and Fire Prevention.
In each case where a building or use is proposed that is subject to site plan approval, the Code Enforcement Officer shall refer the site plan for such proposal to the Planning Board for review in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Zoning Code.
§ 165-98 Certificate of occupancy.
Certificate required. No land shall be used or occupied, and no building or structure hereafter erected, altered or extended shall be used or changed in use, until a certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Code Enforcement Officer in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and Chapter 63, Building Construction and Fire Prevention, or other applicable laws.
Procedure to obtain. All certificates of occupancy for new or altered buildings or structures shall be applied for in accordance Chapter 63, Fire Prevention and Building Construction.
Whenever the Code Enforcement Officer or any officer of the Town of Geneva shall determine that Chapter 165, Zoning, of the Geneva Code shall be required to be enforced, the costs incurred by said officer for consultation fees with engineers, attorneys or other professionals or costs incurred in enforcement of compliance with this Code, including but not limited to the costs of meeting the requirements of Article 6 of the Environmental Conservation Law (SEQR), shall be reimbursed by the real property owner before a building permit, certificate of occupancy, or other permit may be issued, and if the real property owner fails to make such reimbursement, then said reimbursement costs levied pursuant to this chapter are hereby made a lien on the premises, and if the same is not paid within 30 days after it shall be deemed payable, the same shall be certified to the County Treasurer's office, which shall place the same on the real property tax roll for that year, with interest, and penalties allowed by law, and it shall be collected as other Town taxes are collected.
§ 165-99 Reimbursable costs.
Whenever the Code Enforcement Officer, any other officer of the Town of Geneva or any board of the Town of Geneva shall determine that Chapter 165, Zoning, of the Code of the Town of Geneva shall be required to be complied with and/or enforced, the costs incurred by said officer, by the Town of Geneva Planning Board, by the Town of Geneva Zoning Board of Appeals or by any officer of the Town of Geneva on behalf of the Town for consultation fees with engineers, attorneys or other professionals, or costs incurred in enforcing or complying with this Code, including but not limited to the costs of meeting the requirements of Article 6 of the Environmental Conservation Law (SEQRA), shall be reimbursed by the real property owner before a building permit, certificate of occupancy or other permit may be issued. If the real property owner fails to fully reimburse such costs, then said reimbursement costs levied pursuant to this chapter shall constitute a lien and charge on the real property that was the subject of review until paid or otherwise satisfied or discharged; and, if the same are not paid within 30 days after they shall be deemed payable, they shall be collected and enforced in the same manner and at the same time as other Town taxes and charges are permitted to be collected.