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Ct* of. Mamaroneck...................................................... ........................»....
Town ........................
Local Low No. of the year 19 iii
entitled Unsafe Buildings
Alocal law..............».......... .........
Be it enacted lyf the ...... .................................or the
Mamaroneck ................................. 83 follows:
Townof ............ ....................................
"A Local Law to regulate the removal or repair of dangerous or unsafe buildings."
Section 1. Purpose:
The purpose of this local law is to provide for the removal or repair of buildings
in business, industrial and residential sections of the Town of Mamaroneck that
from any cause, may now be or shall hereafter become dangerous or unsafe to the
public.
Section 2. Inspections and Notices:
a) The Building Inspector or one of his designated representatives shall inspect
and record �fty dangerous or unsafe condition in any building or structure
within the limits of the Unincorporated Area of the Town of Mamaroneck.
b) Should the 'Building Inspector or his designated representative determine that
any building or structure is unsafe or dangerous or that any dangerous or
unsafe condition shall exist within any buLlcling or structure, he shall subralt
notice by serving on the owner or one of the owner's executors, legal
respresentatives, agents, lessees or any other person having a vested or
contingent interest in the property, either personally or by registered mail,
addressed to the last known address, if any, of the owner or one of the
owner's executors, legal representatives, agents, lessees or other person
having a vested or contingent interest in same, as shown by the records of
the Receiver of Taxes and/or in the Office of the County Clerk, containing
a description of the premises, a statement of the particulars in which the
building or structure is unsafe or dangerous and an order requiring same to
be made safe and secure or removed. if such service is made by registered
mail, a copy of such notice shall be posted on the premises.
c) Such notice shall further provide that the person so served shall commence
the securing or removal of the buildings or structures within tart (10) days
of receipt of said notice.
d) In any instance where the Building Inspector shall determine that an emergency
condition exists which is dangerous to the life or safety of any individual,
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he may require that the person so served shall commence securing
or removal of the buildings or structures within-'a period less than
ten (10) days from the receipt of said notice. However, in such
instance, the notice shall state that there is such an emergency
condition and shall specify both the condition and the time in which
it must be corrected.
Section 3. .Emergency:
Should the Building Inspector determine that such an unsafe or dangerous
condition exists within a building or structure, that said building or
structure constitutes an imminent threat to life, then the Building Inspector
may cause to be posted at each entrance of such building a notice that said
building is unsafe and its use or occupancy has been prohibited by the Building
Department of the Town of. Mamaroneck and he shall further be permitted to
require upon service of such written notice upon the occupants of said building
to require their removal from said building until said building had been
secured or removed.
Section 4. Filing, of Notices:
A copy of any such notice served pursuant to Section 2 shall be filed in the
office of the County Clerk of the County of Westchester which notice shall be
filed in the same manner as a notice of pendency pursuant to Article 65 of the
I Civil Practice Law and Rules, and shall, have the same effect as a notice of
pendency, as therein provided, except as otherwise hereinafter provided in
this section. A notice so filed shall he effective for a period of one (1)
year from the date of .filing, provided, however, that it may be vacated upon
the order of a judge or justice of a court of record or upon the consent of
the Counsel to the Tosco. The Clerk of the County where such notice is filed
shall mark such notice in any record or docket thereof as cancelled of record
upon the presentation and filing of such consent or or a certified copy of
such order.
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Section 5. Hearings:
a) Upon non-compliance with the order to remove or make safe•and secure as
provided in Section 2 herein, a hearing shall be held before the Town Board.
Notice of the time and place thereof shall be specified in the notice to
repair or demolish served upon the owner or such persons having an interest
in the property or structure as herein prescribed.
b) Tn the event that such owner fails or refuses to repair or remove the same
within the time provided, the Town Board shall be authorized to remove such
building or structure after a hearing as provided for in Subsection a of
this Section.
Section 6. Costs:
The cost and expense incurred by the Town in connection with the proceedings set
forth in this Local Law for the correction of any unsafe or dangerous condition
or the removal by the Town of any said building or structure upon the failure
of the owner or other person notified to secure or remove the building or structure
shall be assessed against the land on which said building or structure is located
by the Assessor for the Town of Mamaroneck.
Section 7. Severability:
Should any portion of this Local Law be declared unconstitutional by a court of
competent jurisdiction, then such declaration shall not cause any other section
of this Local Law to become invalid.
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Section 8. Effective Date:
Y This Local Law shall become effective immediately.
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