[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Newark Valley 10-3-1994 by L.L. No. 1-1994.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
It is declared to be the policy of the Village of
Newark Valley to consider property maintenance as part of a plan for
the orderly, efficient and economic development of the Village. The
purpose of these regulations is to protect the health, safety and
welfare of the citizens of the Village of Newark Valley by regulating
the accumulation of refuse on properties within the Village and by
requiring proper maintenance of these properties.
B.Â
In order that property maintenance may be practiced
in accordance with this purpose, these regulations, which shall be
known as and which may be cited as "Property Maintenance Regulations
of the Village of Newark Valley, New York," have been adopted as local
law.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words
and terms used herein are defined as follows:
A person designated by the Board of Trustees to make the
determinations required in this chapter.
Any natural person or persons, firm, corporation, partnership,
association or any other combination of two or more persons who is
or are owners, owner's mortgagee, assignee of rents, receiver, executor,
trustee, administrator, lessee or agent, directly or indirectly in
control of a building or premises within the Village of Newark Valley.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, such as
garbage, rubbish, used building materials, paper, ashes, metal cans,
glass, pottery, appliances, incinerator residue, dead animals, offal,
furniture, recyclables, nonrecyclables, containers and commercial/industrial
waste.
Any building, or part thereof, which remains unoccupied with
entranceways, windows or other openings broken, removed or sealed
for a period of more than six months. Also, any building under construction
upon which little or no construction work has been performed for a
period of more than six months.
A.Â
Accumulation of refuse.
(1)Â
No refuse shall be allowed to accumulate on properties
or on the sidewalks adjacent to such properties owned, leased, occupied
or operated by said person.
(2)Â
No person shall deposit or cause to deposit refuse on any property within the Village of Newark Valley except as stated in Subsection A(3) below.
(3)Â
It shall not be considered a violation of this subsection
if refuse accumulations are stored in garbage containers. All such
containers must be removed from their regular collection points within
24 hours following collection of garbage. No garbage containers shall
be placed at collection points more than 24 hours prior to regular
collection. This does not apply to recyclable material collection.
(4)Â
It shall not be considered a violation of this subsection
if used building materials are accumulated while in the process of
repair or removal of a structure and all materials are removed from
the property within 30 days after completion of the repair or removal.
[Amended 10-13-2015 by L.L. No. 3-2015]
B.Â
Yards, lots and open areas.
(1)Â
All landscaping shall be maintained in public view. Lawn or grass height shall not exceed 10 inches. In the event that a violation has occurred per section § 122-5 below, the Village and/or its agents/directors are required to cut the grass; thereafter, such lawn height shall be maintained at no greater of six inches for the remainder of the calendar year. The maintenance shall include but not be limited to the removal of dead trees, or bushes.
[Amended 6-11-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001; 7-9-2013 by L.L. No.
3-2013]
(2)Â
All fences shall be maintained by the person or persons
responsible for the property. Such maintenance shall include but not
be limited to painting, removal, replacement or repair as necessary.
(4)Â
All yards and vacant lots shall be kept clean and
free of physical hazards, rodent harborage and infestation and shall
be maintained in a manner that will prevent refuse from being accumulated.
(5)Â
All lights, floodlights, or spotlights shall be situated
so that light from such lamps is not directly cast upon neighboring
residences.
C.Â
Buildings and structures.
(1)Â
The owner or agent of the owner of a building shall
take necessary steps and perform such acts as may be required to ensure
that a building and its adjoining property remain safe and secure
and do not present a hazard to adjoining properties or to the public.
(2)Â
Buildings and structures shall be maintained in such
condition that they shall not become unoccupied hazards. All graffiti
or defacing shall be removed and the surface restored.
A.Â
Based upon investigation or receipt of a written complaint and ensuing
investigation, the Code Enforcement Officer of the Village of Newark
Valley shall cause to be served upon the responsible property owner
a written notice in the form approved by the Village of Newark Valley
Board of Trustees citing the property upon which the violation occurred
and directing correction of such violation. Service of such notice
shall be accomplished by posting on the premises, and/or personal
delivery, registered and/or certified mail to the last known address
of such person. The mailing shall occur within one day of posting.
[Amended 7-9-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013]
B.Â
Any property owner not fulfilling the requirements
of the written violation notice as identified within the written violation
notice shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed
$250 and/or by imprisonment not to exceed 15 days. Each additional
contiguous week in violation shall be considered a separate offense.
[Added 9-10-2001 by L.L. No. 5-2001;
ame nded 9-11-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007; 7-9-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013; 9-10-2013 by L.L. No.
4-2013]
A.Â
In the event that any yard, lot or open area shall not be maintained in accordance with the provisions of § 122-3B(1) of this chapter and particularly that provision relating to maximum lawn or grass height, the Code Enforcement Officer shall post a written notice on the premises, and either deliver it to persons residing at the premises or send a copy of the notice by ordinary mail to the person or premises owner demanding its correction within five days of posting such notice. The delivery or mailing shall occur within one day of posting.
B.Â
If the violation continues uncorrected for more than the said five
days after posting of the above-mentioned notice, the Village of Newark
Valley may perform the work necessary to correct the violation by
use of its agents, employees or subcontractors. The actual cost to
the Village shall be an expense borne to by the property owner and
shall be billed by the Village to such person or owner after the work
is performed and the amount of the bill is determined.
C.Â
In the event that the premises is vacant and/or the property owner
does not take action to keep the property in compliance with the provisions
of this Chapter, such original violation shall be deemed to be continuing
to the Village until at such time the owner of the premises takes
active control either by the property owners actions or the actions
of his/hers/theirs/its employees, agents, and/or subcontractors that
remedies the situation.
D.Â
All such bills so rendered by the Village to the property owner or
person shall be paid to the Village within 30 days.
F.Â
A final or aggregate bill for work performed under this section shall
be rendered to the property owner or person on or before November
1 of each year covering the amount of such work or services performed
for the entire year preceding November 1.
G.Â
Any such bill which remains unpaid for a period of 60 days after
November 1 shall become a lien upon and be assessed against the real
property upon which the work was performed and shall be added to the
next annual tax levy as prescribed by Article 2 of the Village Law.
