[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of East
Hampton 10-16-1964 by Ord. No. 18 of the
General Village Ordinances (Ch. 55 of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either as
owner, occupant, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise, to store or deposit,
or cause or permit to be stored or deposited, an abandoned, junked or discarded
motor vehicle or motor vehicles upon any private land, upon the surface of
such land, within the corporate limits of the Village of East Hampton.
If the provisions of the foregoing section are violated, the Village
Clerk shall serve written notice, either personally or by mail, upon the owner,
occupant or person having charge of any such land, to comply with the provisions
of this chapter. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
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To the owner, occupant or person having charge of land described on
the Assessment Roll of the Village of East Hampton as follows:
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Notice is hereby given that an abandoned, junked and discarded motor
vehicle has been found stored or deposited upon the above described property
in the Village of East Hampton. This automobile must be removed within five
days from the date of this notice.
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In case you fail or refuse to comply with this notice on
or before the expiration of the said five days from the date of this notice,
the Village of East Hampton, acting through its duly authorized agents, servants,
officers and employees, will enter upon your land and remove and cause the
same to be destroyed. The expense incurred by the Village will be assessed
against the above described land and shall constitute a lien thereon and be
collected as provided by law.
Dated:
Village Clerk
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[Amended 3-19-1971]
Any owner, occupant, lessee, agent or tenant who shall neglect and refuse
to remove said abandoned, junked and discarded motor vehicle, as directed
by this chapter, or who shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions
of any notice herein provided for, or who shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter, or who shall resist or obstruct the duly authorized agents,
servants, officers and employees of the Village in the removal and destruction
thereof, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding
the sum of $250 for any offense, and each day that a violation continues shall
be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
