[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Incorporated Village of Bayville 4-5-1965 by Section 3 of Article XII of Ordinance V. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Added 5-12-1975 by L.L. No. 11-1975]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any motor vehicle for which there has been an apparent relinquishment
of all right, title, claim and possession with intention of not resuming
ownership. Any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked
or discarded vehicle shall be presumed to be abandoned.
A machine propelled by power other than human power, designed
to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides
and to transport persons or property or pull machinery, and shall
include, without limitation, automobiles, trucks, trailers, motorcycles,
tractors, buggies and wagons.
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 or discarded motor vehicle or motor vehicle upon the surface
of any public or private land within the corporate limits of the Incorporated
Village of Bayville.
Any such abandoned or discarded motor vehicle
or motor vehicles shall be removed when required by the Board of Trustees
or its duly appointed representative upon 10 days' written notice
to the owner, occupant, lessee, agent or tenant of any premises upon
which such motor vehicle or motor vehicles are stored or deposited.
Upon expiration of said ten-day written notice to remove, it shall
be deemed that the owner, occupant, lessee, agent and/or tenant receiving
said notice has permitted to be stored or deposited such abandoned
or discarded motor vehicle or motor vehicles upon the premises and
upon failure by such owner, occupant, lessee, agent and/or tenant
of such premises to remove and dispose of such motor vehicle or motor
vehicles, the Board of Trustees, or its duly authorized representative,
shall cause such motor vehicle or motor vehicles to be removed and
disposed of at the cost of the owner, occupant, lessee, agent and/or
tenant of the premises, and assess such expense against the premises
and said expense shall be added to the owner's next Village tax bill.
[Amended 10-27-1980 by L.L. No. 6-1980; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation
pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by
a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of
an offense for each day (24 hours) shall be deemed a distinct and
separate violation.
