[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Newstead as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-24-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997
(Ch. 60 of the 1988 Code)]
The purpose of this article is to establish a maximum compensation for
damage to mailboxes.
The Town Board recognizes that due to adverse weather conditions the
Town Highway Department, in the course of their normal maintenance and snow
removal activities, may cause damage to mailboxes along Town rights-of-way
or other rights-of-way maintained by the Town of Newstead. The Town of Newstead
therefore specifies that no mailbox having a replacement cost in excess of
the amount set by the Town Board by resolution shall be placed within the
Town rights-of-way. Any compensation for damage to any mailbox shall be limited
to the amount so established. If any owner wishes to have a mailbox having
a replacement value in excess of such amount, in the event that the Town of
Newstead, its employees and or agents should cause damage to such mailboxes,
the Town shall only compensate the owner of such mailbox for the cost of replacement
of such mailbox up to the maximum amount specified by the Town Board in its
resolution.
