Colonie addresses property blight under Town Code Chapter 62, Article IV (Property Maintenance), enforced by the Building Department Manager (518-783-2706). The Town Board's purpose-and-intent declaration recognizes that lack of maintenance and progressive deterioration of structures and properties create blighting conditions and initiate slum-like conditions. Penalties: $500 first violation, $750 second, $1,000 each subsequent. Mold over 10 square feet requires assessment by a NY-licensed mold assessor and remediation by a NY-licensed mold remediator. Town Law Β§130 supplies ordinance authority.
Colonie's property-maintenance framework is in Town Code Chapter 62, Article IV (Property Maintenance), enforced by the Town Building Department located in Town Hall, 534 Loudon Road, Newtonville (518-783-2706). The Town Board's purpose-and-intent finding (Β§ 62 Art IV opening) is direct: lack of maintenance and progressive deterioration of structures and properties create blighting conditions and initiate slum-like conditions; unkempt lawns, overgrowth, brush, weeds, and noxious or poisonous brush and weeds create blighting effects including poor drainage. The article applies to all property situated in the Town of Colonie - occupied or vacant, residential or commercial. The Building Department Manager investigates complaints, performs inspections, documents conditions, and serves a written notice of violation when conditions are out of compliance. The notice specifies the violation and a compliance window (typically 7 days for lawn maintenance per the Chapter 62 prescribed time limit). If the owner does not comply, the Building Department Manager may remedy the violation by cutting, cleansing, repairing, or taking other corrective action deemed necessary, with the cost recoverable against the owner. Mold provision: presence of mold greater than 10 square feet in a dwelling unit or building requires a mold assessment by a New York State licensed mold assessor under NY Labor Law Article 32, and if mold is found it must be remediated by a NY-licensed mold remediator. State authority: NY Town Law Β§130 (Town Board ordinance authority over property condition and nuisance abatement); NY Municipal Home Rule Law Β§10 (local-law authority); NY Multiple Residence Law (state-level habitability backstop for multi-family). Vacant buildings and dangerous structures are addressed in parallel under Chapter 62 Article V (Unsafe Buildings).
Civil penalty schedule (Chapter 62 Art IV): $500 for the first violation, $750 for the second violation, and $1,000 for each subsequent violation. After a written notice of violation and the compliance window (7 days for lawn issues; longer for structural repairs), the Building Department Manager may remedy the violation through Town action - cutting, cleansing, demolition, or other corrective work - with the cost assessed against the property under Town Law Β§64 and Β§65 cost-recovery provisions (assessed as a lien collectable through Albany County tax sale if unpaid). Mold remediation done without a NY-licensed mold remediator is a separate Labor Law Article 32 violation enforceable by NY Department of Labor. Repeat violators face escalating $1,000+ per-violation civil penalties. Unsafe-building declarations under Chapter 62 Article V can result in demolition orders.
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