Greenburgh, NY Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

Section 100-23, Complaints, in Chapter 100 (Building Construction and Fire Prevention) sets the Building Inspector's response process once a complaint comes in alleging a condition or activity that fails to comply with the Uniform Code, the Energy Code, this Chapter, or any other Town ordinance or regulation adopted for administration and enforcement of the regulations related thereto. The section does not require a particular form, but it spells out the steps the Building Inspector may take, in whatever combination the Inspector deems appropriate: performing an inspection of the conditions or activities alleged to be in violation and documenting the results in a manner the Inspector prescribes; if a violation is confirmed, serving the property owner or another responsible person with either a Notice of Violation directing that the violation be abated, corrected or cured, or a summons to appear in Town Court; issuing a stop-work order if appropriate; and recording the abatement of the violation once resolved.

That complaint-driven inspection sits alongside the Town's separate, scheduled fire-safety and property-maintenance inspections under § 100-12, which run every 12 months for assembly and dormitory buildings and every 36 months for other multiple residences and nonresidential buildings, and can also be triggered any time the Building Inspector receives a written or other reliable report of a violation under § 100-12B. Enforcement authority to issue notices, summonses and stop-work orders belongs to the Building Inspector, Code Enforcement Officers and members of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, per § 100-26A.