[HISTORY: Comes from Ord. No. 19 adopted 2-1-1949, effective 2-1-1949; repealing ordinance adopted 12-3-1946, effective 12-3-1946.]
It shall be unlawful in the Town of Hempstead, outside of any incorporated village, for any person other than the owner to intrude, trespass or go upon any public or private property, including any bulkhead, jetty or rock wall, which property or properties have been posted as hereinafter provided, without the written consent of the owner of such private property or public official having charge of any public property; or to pick any flowers, shrubs or trees upon any public or private property, or mar or deface any public or private building. Failure by any person to exhibit such written consent to any peace officer or any Town official or employee shall be presumptive evidence that he has no consent or permission to be upon the property.
Notices or signboards not less than 14 inches high by 24 inches wide and with letters not less than four inches high shall be so placed that when in position each notice or signboard shall not be separated for a distance between signs greater than 200 feet.
Whether or not such property shall have been posted as hereinabove provided, no persons shall enter or go upon any lands of the Town of Hempstead, whether uplands or lands under water, for the purpose of occupying the same or of erecting any structure thereon or of removing from such lands any soil, topsoil, sand or gravel, nor shall any person occupy such lands or erect any structure thereon or remove therefrom any soil, topsoil, sand or gravel, without having first obtained the consent of the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead and without complying in all respects with the conditions, if any, upon which such consent shall be granted, but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prevent any resident of the Town of Hempstead from using any Town park or waters for ordinary bathing, boating, fishing or other public recreational purposes.
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Editor's Note: Added 12-15-1953, effective 12-15-1953.
A. 
Any person or persons, association or corporation committing an offense against this chapter, or any provisions or section thereof except § 136-3, is guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days for each such offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. 
Any person or persons, association or corporation committing an offense against § 136-3 of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months for each such offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. 
Each day upon which any offense against this chapter shall be continued shall constitute a separate additional offense.
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Editor's Note: Amended 2-29-1968, effective 2-18-1968.