§ 82-1. Legislative intent., Chapter 82. Neighborhood Preservation, Land Use Legislation, Code of Ordinances, Brookhaven

This chapter is intended to apply to all dwelling units within the Town of Brookhaven. This chapter shall not apply to property located in the Great South Beach (Fire Island) which will be regulated by § 85-170.1 of the Code of the Town of Brookhaven. The Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven has determined that there exists in the Town of Brookhaven serious conditions arising from non-owner occupied rental of dwelling units in one, two and three family and multiple dwellings that are substandard or in violation of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, Building Rehabilitation Code, Electrical Code, Fire Prevention Code, Plumbing Code, and other codes and ordinances of the Town. Many of these dwellings are inadequate in size, overcrowded and dangerous, and such dwelling units pose hazards to life, limb and property of residents of the Town and others, tend to promote and encourage deterioration of the housing stock of the Town, create blight and excessive vehicle traffic and parking problems and to overburden municipal services. The Board finds that current Code provisions are inadequate to halt the proliferation of such conditions and that the public health, safety, welfare and good order and governance of the Town will be enhanced by enactment of the regulations set forth in this chapter, which regulations are remedial in nature and effect. The Board also finds that owner occupied dwellings can also fall into disrepair and not be adequately maintained, which has a detrimental effect on neighborhoods.