[Adopted 4-13-1988 by L.L. No. 4-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully
to deface, injure, move, obstruct or interfere with any official traffic
sign or signal or pavement marking.
Every tree, vine, shrub, hedge or obstruction
of any character whatsoever which shall obscure or obstruct or hide
from view any traffic sign or signal or the view of any operator of
any motor vehicle or motorcycle or any other person using a public
highway or which shall tend to endanger the safety of persons using
a public highway is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and any
policeman or peace officer or Village employee is hereby authorized
and empowered, after 10 days' notice, in writing, sent by registered
mail to the owner, tenant or occupant of the affected property appearing
on the current Village assessment roll, to trim, cut or remove the
same without notice, whether the same be situated in, upon or over
a public highway or in, upon or over any private property adjacent
to such public highway. It shall be the duty of every owner, tenant
or occupant of land upon which any tree, vine, shrub, hedge or obstruction
hereby prohibited is situated to remove the same forthwith upon demand.
Any such owner, tenant or occupant who shall, after such notice or
demand, fail to comply therewith shall be liable for the penalties
provided for a violation of this article.
It shall be unlawful for any person, without
the prior written consent of the Chief of Police or of the Mayor or
Board of Trustees of the Village of Lawrence, to place or maintain
or to display upon or in view of any street any sign, signal or device
which purports to be or is in imitation of or resembles an official
traffic sign or signal or which purports to direct the movement of
traffic or which, on account of its color, shape, size, location,
illumination or appearance or for any other reason, might tend to
be taken or mistaken for or which hides from view any official traffic
sign or signal. Every such sign, signal or device hereby prohibited
is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and any policeman or peace
officer or any employee of the Village is hereby empowered to remove
the same or to cause the same to be removed, without notice.
[Amended 9-11-2002 by L.L. No. 5-2002]
Any person committing an offense against any
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty
of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York,
punishable by a fine up to a maximum of $1,000 or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this article
shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate
and distinct offense hereunder.
