Chapter 2: Enforcement

Specified immediately hazardous violations.

Specified major violations.

Specified lesser violations.

Correction of violations report.

Civil penalties.

Continuing violations.

Increased civil penalties for construction sites with excessive violations.

Definitions.

Maximum civil penalty for immediately hazardous violation of chapter 33 of the New York city building code that results in death or serious physical injury.

Determining the amount of the civil penalty to be imposed.

Criminal fines and imprisonment.

Continuing violations.

General.

Violations of section 3321 of the New York city building code.

Notice of violating conditions outside of occupied dwelling units.

Notice to occupants of violating conditions in occupied dwelling units.

Order to certify correction.

Failure of proof.

Failure to certify the correction of a violation.

False statements in certification of correction.

Enforcement of environmental control board judgments as a tax lien.

Record of unpaid judgments.

Non-exclusive remedy.

Tax lien reporting.

Lien.

Notice.

Mailing.

Failure to pay charge.

Enforcement of lien.

Validity of lien.

Challenge.

Notice to mortgagees and lienors.

Civil judicial enforcement.

Corporation counsel.

Naming the building as a defendant.

In rem jurisdiction over the building.

Service on other defendants.

Presumptive evidence.

Presumption of commissioner certificate.

Presumption of ownership.

Presumption of employment or agency.

Presumption of electronic signature and electronic submission.

Costs.

Lien.

Notice of pendency.

Criminal judicial enforcement.

Other penalties.

Contents and service.

Stop work orders.

Issuance.

Unlawful continuance.

Rescission.

Mandatory stop work orders.

Scaffold safety.

Tampering.

Penalties.

Public nuisance.

Rescission.

Vacate order.

Basis for vacate.

Enforcement of vacate order.

Penalties.

Rescission.

Tampering.

Unlawful continuance.

Cease use orders for service equipment.

Rescission of cease use order.

Commissioner's request for corrective action.

Contents and delivery.

Public record.

Issuing requests for corrective action to one and two-family homes.

Other remedies not precluded.

General.

Contents and service of order.

Illegal residential conversions.

Inspection; failure to gain access to premises.

Illegal industrial or manufacturing conversions.

Illegal conversions of dwelling units from permanent residences.

Reporting on illegal conversions of dwelling units from permanent residences.

Unlawful advertisement for certain occupancies.

Enforcement.

Definition.

False statements in certificates, forms, written statements, applications, reports, or certificates of correction.

Rebuttable presumption.

Additional penalty for false statements.

Notification to other government agencies.

Reporting.

Falsely impersonating a department officer, inspector or employee.

Identifying unlawful statements.

Required audits.

Abatement of public nuisances caused by illegal commercial or manufacturing occupancy in residence districts and certain other zoning districts.

Rescission of order of closure.

Violation of closure order.

Order of closure.

Notice of hearing.

Service of notice of hearing.

Mailing to owner's registered address.

Mailing to billing address.

Mailing to recorded address.

Service on corporate owner.