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Amityville closes Berger Avenue case; fines levied and home must revert to single-family The longstanding case against a homeowner at 51 Berger Ave., Amityville was been resolved last week, just before the case was to proceed to trial before Village Justice Debra Urbano-DiSalvo. In the agreement, the property owner, listed as Mary Glaser, must pay $10,500 in fines and permit the Village to inspect the premises for one year. "It is always better when the resolution of a case is mutually agreed on and people don't leave the court with a bitter feeling," said Amityville Village Prosecutor Glenn Nugent. The Village brought action against Glaser in March 2007 after it was determined that the home had three kitchens, two separate dwellings and a single-room occupancy unit. The owner faced $53,000 in fines. The case was brought under a strengthened code in the Village that permitted the building inspector to seek a search warrant from the courts when a situation pointed to the likelihood that a home or business was in violation of local codes and ordinances. It was a "common sense" approach to the problem of addressing these violations, which frequently have a dramatic and negative impact on the quality of life of neighbors. Massapequa attorney Douglas A. Durnin represented Glaser. He did not return phone calls to comment on the case. Nugent said, however, that the violator must bring the home into full compliance by Aug. 5 and provide the building inspector with access to the home within 24 hours for one year.
"This will help ensure that the Village does not have to worry about having to deal with this issue in a month or two," said Nugent. "It is an agreement that is good for the property owner and good for the residents."
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