The Board of Trustees of the Village of Spring Valley, being desirous
of furthering the public health, welfare and safety of the residents of the
village by providing for the cleanliness, maintenance and preservation of
parking areas and other open areas and spaces within the Village of Spring
Valley whereon tenants or employees or the general public are invited, directly
or indirectly, for industrial, commercial, professional, educational, entertainment
or recreational purposes, and of open parking areas or other open spaces used
in conjunction with apartments or multiple residences, does hereby enact this
chapter regulating the use and maintenance of parking areas, driveways, buffer
zones, setbacks and other open spaces used in connection with the aforementioned
purposes.
Duty to care for and maintain. Any owner, tenant, trustee, receiver,
executor or other person, firm or corporation who or which controls, in whole
or in part, any parking area servicing any industrial, commercial, professional,
educational, entertainment or recreational area or which services apartments
or multiple residences or other areas regularly used for purposes or functions
to which the general public is invited, directly or indirectly, or subdivisions
or lots therein, or the ingress and egress thereto, or roads and driveways
therein or buffer zones, setbacks or other open space in connection therewith
shall comply with the following, and the violation thereof shall constitute
an offense and be punishable under this chapter:
A. Keep the same free and clear of dirt, debris, rubbish,
garbage and other obstructions and keep the same properly repaired and maintained.
B. Keep all roads, driveways and means of ingress and egress free of snow and ice, in addition to the duties imposed pursuant to Subsection
A above.
C. Keep parking areas sufficiently clear of snow so as to
permit proper use of the parking area.
D. Keep all water drains and water drainage systems for
said parking areas, driveways and roads therein clean and in good working
order.
E. Keep all prescribed lights in good working condition
and lighted as required by law.
F. Keep all sidewalks, fences, buffer zones, yards and setbacks
clean, the grass and shrubbery properly tended and retaining walls, slopes,
curbings, fences, screening and signs properly maintained.
G. Keep the parking lines for parking spaces and lines designating
fire lanes properly painted and marked.
H. Keep all exterior areas free and clear of the storage
of goods, wares and merchandise, except for reasonable periods for loading
and unloading.
I. Keep all garbage and refuse stored in designated places
and in proper receptacles.
J. Keep at convenient places proper trash receptacles which
shall be sufficiently serviced to prevent overflow.
This chapter is not in limitation of any other law, rule, regulation,
order or certificate which may affect any premises subject to this chapter
or any penalty, fine or liability thereunder, but is in addition thereto.
Any inconsistent local law, regulation, order or certificate or part thereof
in conflict with this law is hereby repealed insofar as it may affect the
enforcement of this chapter.