It shall be unlawful to construct or alter any building or structure or part thereof until the application and plans required by this chapter shall have been submitted to and shall have been approved by the Code Official or by the person designated for such purpose by the Board of Trustees and a written permit therefor shall have been issued.

It shall be unlawful to occupy or use or permit the occupancy or use of any building or premises or part thereof hereafter erected, enlarged or changed wholly or partly in its use or structure, until certificate of occupancy shall have been issued by the Code Official or the person designated by the Board of Trustees for such purpose, provided that after the issuance of a building permit authorizing a change or enlargement of an existing building and prior to the issuance of said certificate of occupancy, the owner of such building may occupy and use said building in the same manner as formerly until the change or enlargement has been completed.

Any owner, lessee, tenant, general agent, architect, builder, contractor, subcontractor, workman, employee or any other person who commits, takes part in or assists in any violation of this chapter or any part thereof, or who maintains any building or premises in which any violation of this chapter shall exist, or who permits any violation to exist in or upon any building or premises, or who shall cause or permit any building or part thereof to be constructed or altered contrary to the plans and specifications theretofore filed under the provisions of this chapter and for which building permit has been issued, shall be guilty of a violation of his chapter.

In addition to the remedies elsewhere provided, the Mayor, Board of Trustees or the Code Official, acting in the name of the Village of Great Neck Estates, or any person aggrieved, acting in his own name, shall have the right and power to enforce the provisions of this chapter by injunction or otherwise as provided by law.