Lynbrook, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 185 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 185-12

A. Any person committing an offense under any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of any offenses against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense. B. Should the Superintendent of the Department of Buildings or the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works find that any violation of this chapter constitutes a hazard to the health, safety, or welfare of any resident(s) of the Village: (1) He shall provide a notice to be served upon the owner and/or occupant of the premises upon which the violation exists directing the removal of the violation within five days, or, where, in the judgment of the Superintendent, the hazard caused by the violation is substantial, the time for removal may be set at two days. (2) Said written notice shall be deemed sufficient due process if it is posted on the front door of the subject premises. Where the subject premises is a vacant lot, such written notice shall be posted on the front door of the business address or the home address of the owner of the property. (3) In the event that the owner and/or the occupant of the subject premises fails to remove or remedy said hazardous condition within said prescribed time, the Village, through its Department of Public Works or an independent contractor, may enter upon the subject premises and perform the work deemed necessary to remove or remedy said hazardous condition. (4) Assessment of costs. All costs and expenses incurred by the Village in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall be assessed, after written notice to the owner or occupant, by the Village, and collected by the Village by: (a) Any legal proceeding available for collection of a debt; and/or (b) As a lien against the subject property recoverable in the manner fixed by law for the collection of real estate taxes. (5) Appeals. (a) Said owner or occupant may file a written appeal to the Village Board from the assessment of the said costs within 10 days of the date of the notice prescribed in Subsection B(4) above. (b) Upon receipt by the Village Board of such appeal, the Mayor shall appoint one Trustee as Hearing Officer to take evidence and to render a report to the Village Board recommending either affirming or reversing the determinations and actions of the Superintendent in incurring such costs. The Village Board thereafter will decide the appeal by reversing or affirming the determinations and actions of the Superintendent. C. Judicial remedies. Where the Superintendent of the Department of Buildings or the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works finds that a public nuisance exists as a consequence of a violation of any provision of this chapter, he may, after the prescribed written notice as provided for in Subsection B herein, through the Village Attorney, upon the authorization of the Board of Trustees, institute an action or proceeding in law or equity to restrain, abate or remove such violation. D. Inspections. (1) The Superintendent of the Department of Buildings shall be responsible for investigating and documenting violations of any case of violation of this chapter within the Village. (2) Where there is reasonable suspicion to believe that a violation of this chapter exists at a specific property, and where an authorized representative of the Department of Buildings, in the investigation of such suspected violation, has reasonable grounds for concluding that denial of entry upon the subject premises by either the owner or occupant thereof, the Superintendent may cause an application to be made to the Village Justice Court for an administrative search warrant pursuant to Chapter 59 of the Village Code for the inspection and photographing of the conditions found upon the subject property, and, should the Superintendent or his designee find that such violation exists, to take the necessary steps to cause the removal of such violation. (3) The foregoing provision and the provisions of Chapter 59 , Administrative Search Warrants, shall be deemed by their terms to have served notice upon all owners and occupants of real property in the Village to the effect that, should the landlord, owner or occupant of said property give reasonable grounds for the conclusion by the Superintendent or his designee that denial of permission for entry upon the property for the purposes of an inspection of said property, an administrative search warrant may be requested of the Village Justice Court for the purpose of performance of such administrative inspection.