A local law creating a chapter of the Code of the
BE IT ENACT
Section 1: Title, Purpose, and
Definitions
Pursuant to Section
10 of the Home Rule Law, the
The local law shall
take effect twenty (20) calendar days from March 12, 1993, which is the date of
the local law's adoption and filing pursuant to Section 27 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law.
WHEREAS, the zoning,
building and related matters of the
WHEREAS, it is
deemed by the Trustees of the Village of Shoreham that it is in the best
interests of the residents of the Village that a local be in effect amending
the Zoning Ordinance of 1951 by adding definition provisions and provisions for
penalties and enforcement, the Trustees of the Village of Shoreham do hereby
enact this Local Law No. 2 of the year of 1993 for the intent and purpose of
amending the Zoning Ordinance of 1951 in the manner set forth in this Local
Law.
2.1 Amendments to Definitions of Zoning Ordinance
of 1951
Zoning Ordinance of
1951, Article I – Definitions Sec. 100. is hereby amended as follows:
The previous subsection (11) is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“(11) A “Single-family” dwelling is a
building arranged, intended or designed for residence use only and for
occupancy by one family only, and to be maintained as one dwelling unit.”
The following subsections are added
as definition subsections to Article I Sec. 100:
“(17) A “family” is a family being any
number of individuals related by blood, marriage or legal adoption occupying a
dwelling unit and living as a single non-profit housekeeping unit, including
the housekeeping servants of those individuals, or not more than six persons
unrelated by blood, marriage or legal adoption occupying a single dwelling
unit.”
“(18) A “single dwelling unit” is a
residence designed to be occupied for one family, and which contains one
kitchen only.”
“(19) A “kitchen” is a space within a
dwelling unit that is intended, arranged or designed for the preparation of the
cooking or warming of food, and which includes a combination of a sink,
refrigerator, range or oven.”
3.1 Amendments of
Sec. 1500 of Article XV of the Zoning Ordinance of 1951
Article
XV, Section 1500 is hereby amended to read as follows:
The
language as to penalties of “not exceeding fifty dollars,” is
hereby amended to read as follows: “not exceeding two hundred and fifty
dollars per day for each violation.”
The
language as to violations stating: “shall constitute a separate offense”
is hereby amended to read as follows: “shall constitute a separate offense
and separate violation, for which a separate fine and or penalty shall be
incurred.”
3.2 Additions of Sec. 1504 of Article XV
The present Article XV is hereby amended to include
a new Section 1504, which new Section 1504 shall read as follows:
“Sec. 1504. No provisions, section or paragraph of this
ordinance, article or section, shall be deemed to be or constitute a waiver of
the Village of Shoreham of any of its rights to or causes of action
available to it for civil or equitable remedies seeking the cessation,
elimination or desisting of any violation of this Ordinance or any Article or
Section thereof, and the Village of Shoreham expressly reserves the right, in
addition to or as an alternative to, at the Village’s option to pursue a
civil action for the recovery of penalties for several or numerous violations,
as defined herein, shall be recoverable by the Village in a civil action.”