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Village of Hillburn, NY
Rockland County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hillburn 11-12-1975 by L.L. No. 2-1975 (Ch. 27 of the 1977 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Handbills — See Ch. 177, Art. I.
Garbage, rubbish and litter — See Ch. 184, Art. II.
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Offenses Local Law of the Village of Hillburn."
A. 
Word usage. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense shall include the future tense, words in the plural number shall include the singular number, and words in the singular number shall include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
B. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein.
LOITER
Remaining idle in essentially one location and includes the concept of spending time idly; to be dilatory; to linger; to stay; to saunter; to delay; to stand around; and shall also include the colloquial expression "hanging around."
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any place to which the general public has access and a right to resort for business, entertainment or other lawful purposes, but does not necessarily mean a place devoted solely to the uses of the public. The term "public place" shall also include the front or immediate area of any store, shop, restaurant, tavern or other place of business, and also public grounds, areas or parks.
VILLAGE
The Village of Hillburn.
VILLAGE BOARD or BOARD
The Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Hillburn.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter, loaf, wander, stand or remain idle, either alone and/or in consort with others, in a public place in such manner so as to:
(1) 
Obstruct any public street, highway, sidewalk or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicular traffic and/or pedestrians.
(2) 
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building, any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon or facing or fronting on any public street, public highway, public sidewalk or any other public place or building; all of which prevent the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress and regress therein, thereon and thereto.
B. 
No person shall disturb, tend to disturb or aid in disturbing the peace of others by violent, tumultuous, offensive or obstreperous conduct, and no person shall knowingly permit such conduct upon any premises owned or possessed by him or under his control.
C. 
No person shall maliciously, wantonly, negligently, or otherwise, remove real property or improvements thereto or belonging thereto or belonging to the Village or any person in the Village.
D. 
No person shall throw or permit to be deposited or scattered upon any sidewalk, alley, street, bridge or public passageway or upon any private property, any waste or other material of any kind, unless in an area designated as a junkyard, pursuant to the Building Zone Ordinance of the Village.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 250, Zoning.
E. 
No person shall fasten in any way any show card, poster or other advertising device upon public or private property in the Village unless legally authorized to do so.
F. 
No person shall trespass upon any public or private property within the limits of the Village.
G. 
No person shall tamper with, injure, deface, destroy or remove any sign, notice, marker, fire alarm box, fire hydrant, topographical survey, monument or any other personal property erected or placed by the Village.
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in § 172-3A through G herein, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person or persons to stop causing or committing such conditions. Any person who fails or refuses to obey such orders shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
A. 
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. Any such violation shall constitute a separate offense on each succeeding day continued.
B. 
In addition to the above-provided penalties and punishment, the Village Board may also maintain an action in the name of the Village, in any court of competent jurisdiction, to compel compliance with or to restrain, by injunction, the violation of this chapter.