[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Muttontown as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-11-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000]
In accordance with Subdivision 3 of § 20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the local laws, ordinances and certain resolutions of the Village of Muttontown, as codified by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters
1 through
190, together with an Appendix, shall be known collectively as the "Code of the Village of Muttontown," hereafter termed the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions contained in the "Code of the Village of Muttontown" to any other local law, ordinance or resolution appearing in said Code, such reference shall be changed to the appropriate chapter title, chapter number, article number or section number appearing in the Code as if such local law, ordinance or resolution had been formally amended to so read.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of local laws, ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this local law, are intended as a continuation of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior local law, ordinance or resolution. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Muttontown, and it is the intention of said Board that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former local laws and ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of §
1-3 below.
All local laws and ordinances of a general and
permanent nature of the Village of Muttontown in force on the date
of the adoption of this local law and not contained in such Code or
recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby
repealed from and after the effective date of this local law.
The repeal of local laws and ordinances provided for in §
1-3 of this local law shall not affect the following classes of local laws, ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provision of the Village of Muttontown prior
to the effective date of this local law or any action or proceeding
brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
B. Any offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this local law in violation of any legislative provision of
the Village of Muttontown or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture
which may result therefrom.
C. Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other
proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective
date of this local law, brought pursuant to any legislative provision
of the Village of Muttontown.
D. Any agreement entered into or any franchise, license,
right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the
Village of Muttontown.
E. Any local law or ordinance of the Village of Muttontown
providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating,
straightening, establishing grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance
or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway,
park or other public place within the Village of Muttontown or any
portion thereof.
F. Any local law or ordinance of the Village of Muttontown
appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing
the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any
bond of the Village of Muttontown or other instruments or evidence
of the Village's indebtedness.
G. Local laws or ordinances authorizing the purchase,
sale, lease or transfer of property, or any lawful contract, agreement
or obligation.
H. The levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.
I. The annexation or dedication of property.
J. Any local law or ordinance relating to salaries and
compensation.
K. Any local law or ordinance amending the Zoning Map.
L. Any local law or ordinance relating to or establishing
a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
M. Any local law or ordinance or portion of a local law
or ordinance establishing a specific fee amount for any license, permit
or service obtained from the Village.
N. Any local law adopted subsequent to June 1, 2000.
O. Any ordinance or local law establishing zoning district
boundaries.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section,
article, chapter or part of this local law or of any local law, ordinance
or resolution included in this Code now or through supplementation
shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder
thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence,
paragraph, section, article, chapter or part thereof directly involved
in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has
been filed in the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Muttontown
and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until
final action is taken on this local law; and, if this local law shall
be adopted, such copy shall be certified by the Village Clerk of the
Village of Muttontown by impressing thereon the Seal of the Village
of Muttontown, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the
office of said Village Clerk to be made available to persons desiring
to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
The enactment and publication of this local law, coupled with the
availability of a copy of the Code for inspection by the public, shall
be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of
all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments
or supplements to any of the local laws, ordinances and resolutions
known collectively as the "Code of the Village of Muttontown" or any
new local laws or resolutions, when enacted or adopted in such form
as to indicate the intention of the Board of Trustees to be a part
thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that
reference to the Code shall be understood and intended to include
such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements. Whenever such
additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall
be enacted or adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided
hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as
amendments and supplements thereto. Nothing contained in this local
law shall affect the status of any local law, ordinance or resolution
contained herein, and such local laws, ordinances or resolutions may
be amended, deleted or changed from time to time as the Board of Trustees
deems desirable.
It shall be the duty of the Village Clerk to
keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code
of the Village of Muttontown required to be filed in the office of
the Village Clerk for use by the public. All changes in said Code
and all local laws and resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees
subsequent to the enactment of this local law in such form as to indicate
the intention of said Board to be a part of said Code shall, when
finally enacted or adopted, be included therein by temporary attachment
of copies of such changes, local laws or resolutions until such changes,
local laws or resolutions are printed as supplements to said Code
book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion
of it, may be purchased from the Village Clerk, or an authorized agent
of the Clerk, upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of
the Board of Trustees. The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for
the periodic supplementation of the Code.
Any person who, without authorization from the
Village Clerk, changes or amends, by additions or deletions, any part
or portion of the Code of the Village of Muttontown or who alters
or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause
the legislation of the Village of Muttontown to be misrepresented
thereby or who violates any other provision of this local law shall
be guilty of an offense and shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject
to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a term of not
more than 15 days, or both.
A. In compiling and preparing the local laws, ordinances and resolutions for publication as the Code of the Village of Muttontown, no changes in the meaning or intent of such local laws, ordinances and resolutions have been made, except as provided for in Subsections
B and
C hereof. In addition, certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the Board of Trustees that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the local laws, ordinances and resolutions had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B. The following changes are made throughout the Code:
(1) References to the "Road Commissioner" and "Street
Commissioner" are amended to "Highway Commissioner."
(2) References to the "Board of Zoning Appeals" are amended
to "Zoning Board of Appeals."
C. In addition, the amendments and/or additions as set
forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof are made
herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this local
law. (Chapter and section number references are to the local laws,
ordinances and resolutions as they have been renumbered and appear
in the Code.)
The provisions of this local law are hereby made Article
I of Chapter
1 of the Code of the Village of Muttontown, such local law to be entitled "General Provisions, Article
I, Adoption of Code," and the sections of this local law shall be numbered §§
1-1 to
1-13, inclusive.
This local law shall take effect immediately
upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
[Adopted 7-1-1973 as Art. 1 of the 1973 General Ordinance]
The following chapters shall constitute and
be designated the "Code of the Village of Muttontown" and may be so
cited.
[Amended 9-11-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000]
Any person who violates or fails to perform any duty imposed by any provisions of this Code shall, unless otherwise provided and except as limited by the Vehicle and Traffic Law, be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 for each and every offense, and, in addition thereto, each such violation shall constitute and is hereby declared to be an offense against such provision of this Code. Penalties for zoning violations shall be as provided in Chapter
190, Zoning, §
190-42. Each day that a violation under any provision of this Code continues, such violation on each such separate day shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition, the Village Board of Trustees may enforce obedience to any provisions of this Code by injunction or any other civil remedy.
[Added 11-10-1975 by L.L. No. 1-1975; amended 9-11-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000]
Section 20-2006, Subdivision 1, of the Village
Law, as last amended by Chapters 1028 and 1029 of the Laws of 1974,
is hereby amended in its application to the Village of Muttontown
to read as follows:
§ 20-2006. Violation of ordinances
and local laws.
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The Board of Trustees of a village may enforce
obedience to its ordinances adopted prior to September 1, 1974, and
to its local laws adopted thereafter as follows:
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a.
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By prescribing therefor civil fines for each
violation thereof not to exceed $250. Each day a violation is continued,
after the violator is provided written notice of the violation from
the village or enforcement officer, shall constitute a separate violation;
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b.
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By prescribing therefor that each violation
thereof shall constitute a separate violation pursuant to the Penal
Law. However, in no case shall the fine imposed exceed $250 for each
separate violation, and each day a violation is continued after the
violator is provided written notice of the violation from the village
or enforcement officer shall constitute a separate violation;
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c.
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In all cases the Board of Trustees may enforce
obedience of its ordinances and local laws by injunction.
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A. Unless otherwise expressly defined or unless the context
or subject matter requires otherwise, the terms used herein shall
have the meanings set forth in the General Construction Law.
B. As used in this Code, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
[Amended 9-11-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000]
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Any fire department which normally operates within the Village.
OWNER
Any person having legal title, control or possession of real
or personal property or said person's executor, legal representative,
agent, lessee or officer.
VILLAGE
The incorporated Village of Muttontown, Nassau County, New
York.
C. Words in the singular shall be deemed to be plural
when the sense of any sentence, clause or phrase so requires.
The Mayor or, in his absence, any Trustee of
the Village shall have the power to issue any permit provided for
herein or to perform the duties of any person or agency responsible
for the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Code.