A Kings Point-based landlord has agreed to pay Brookhaven Town more than $100,000 in fines to settle more than 100 building code violations at homes the company owns in the Mastic Beach area, officials said on Thursday.

SARV Properties LLC also agreed to transfer six vacant properties to the Town of Brookhaven and open a satellite office in Mastic Beach to help residents resolve outstanding complaints, Supervisor Dan Panico said during a news conference at town hall in Farmingville on Thursday.

The landlord had been cited for violations, including overcrowding, broken windows, renting houses without permits and failing to address unsafe conditions, officials said. Some homes had a dozen or more residents living inside of them, officials said.

Town officials hailed the settlement as a significant step in battling substandard rental housing, noting complaints about absentee landlords accounted for some of the biggest complaints from town residents.

"It's a huge victory for the residents of Mastic Beach," Councilwoman Karen Dunne Kesnig, whose district includes the hamlet, said during the news conference.

The settlement was reached Monday when SARV Properties pleaded guilty in Suffolk County Sixth District Court in Patchogue to 131 town code violations, town officials said.

The company will pay $103,500 in fines as part of the settlement, officials said, adding fines could have totaled $800,000 if the company had been convicted at trial.

The company's lawyer, Samuel Bifulco of Uniondale, declined to comment.

SARV Properties will open an office at 54 President Rd. in Mastic Beach, which will be staffed by a part time employee who will "directly address community concerns," town officials said in a news release. The company also agreed to form a communications team whose members will be tasked with resolving complaints, the release said.

Currently, SARV's nearest office to Mastic Beach is 54 miles away in Kings Point on the Great Neck peninsula, Panico said.

SARV, which Panico said owns a total of nearly 500 rental properties in the Mastic Beach area, will be required to rectify complaints within seven days or face additional fines, officials said.

Panico said his administration is focused on absentee landlords across the entire town.

"This is not limited to Mastic Beach at all," Panico said. "We have ongoing investigations throughout the entire town ... We want to send a message that you are not going to get away with it."

The six properties will be preserved as part of Brookhaven's open space program, Panico said.

Mastic Beach residents who attended the news conference said they were satisfied with the agreement.

Frank Fugarino of the Pattersquash Creek Civic Association said SARV's properties were "breaking down" the community because the company had failed to adequately manage their properties.

Mastic Beach resident Virginia Curcio said in an interview: "I'm all for anything that improves the quality of life in Mastic Beach." She added, "There's no reason for overcrowded houses that are unsafe and don't meet sanitary codes."