[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Piermont
7-24-2001 by L.L. No. 6-2001. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No civil action shall be brought or maintained against the Village of
Piermont for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence
of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, grating, opening,
drain, sewer, municipal parking lot, city park, recreational facility or equipment,
parking field, beach area, swimming or wading pool or pool equipment, playground
or playground equipment, boat launching ramp or skating rink being defective,
out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed, unless, prior to the occurrence
resulting in such damage or injuries, written notice of the defective, unsafe,
dangerous, or obstructed condition of such street, highway, bridge, culvert,
sidewalk, crosswalk, grating, opening, drain, sewer, municipal parking lot,
city park, recreational facility or equipment, parking field, beach area,
swimming or wading pool or pool equipment, playground or playground equipment,
boat launching ramp or skating rink relating to the particular place shall
have been filed in the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Piermont
and there was a failure or neglect to repair, remedy or remove the defect
within a reasonable time after the filing of said notice.
This chapter is intended to supersede Village Law § 6-628.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall be held to revive any claim
or cause of action now barred by any existing requirement or statute of limitations
nor to waive any existing limitation now applicable to any claim or cause
of action against the Village of Piermont.
