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Village of Port Chester, NY
Westchester County
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Zoning Map New Laws (7) Index Notes (3)
A. 
Obstruction forbidden. No person shall deposit any material designed for use in building construction or for other purpose upon any street or sidewalk in the village or in any other manner obstruct or impede free travel upon such street or sidewalk unless a permit has been issued therefor.
B. 
Prerequisites for permit. As a prerequisite to securing a permit, each applicant must file with the Village Clerk a statement containing:
(1) 
The name of the applicant.
(2) 
The nature of the materials and amount thereof he wishes to place in the streets.
(3) 
The precise place of such deposit.
(4) 
The length of time the encumbrance will continue.
Each application hereunder shall be accompanied by a certificate of insurance in form approved by the Village Counsel and issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state, running to the village, guaranteeing that the applicant has provided public liability coverage of not less than $100,000/$300,000 and property damage insurance in the amount of not less than $50,000/$100,000 to save the village harmless from all claims, actions and proceedings brought by any person for injury to person or property resulting from or occasioned by any fault or default by the person to whom the permit is issued or anyone acting thereunder on his behalf.
[Amended 4-5-1982 by L.L. No. 18-1982; 11-3-1997 by L.L. No. 17-1997]
A. 
The fee for each permit shall be $5, and in addition thereto there shall be a charge, as set forth in Chapter 175, Fees, per day for every day or fraction thereof that the material (such as roll-off box or container) shall remain upon the designated street or sidewalk.
B. 
For other sidewalk obstructions (such as scaffolding, barriers, etc.), the fee for each permit shall be as set forth in Chapter 175, Fees. This permit must be renewed after 30 days, if necessary.
No materials may be placed upon any street, in any gutter, curb or sidewalk despite such permit, except in the place and manner designated by the Superintendent of Public Works.
No person shall throw, deposit, sweep or cause the accumulation of ashes, refuse, debris, dirt, grass clippings, waste or garbage upon any street, sidewalk or public place, or in any private street, land or premises, except where such receptacles placed in such manner as to facilitate collection by the Department of Sanitation.
No person shall burn paper or refuse of any kind on any street or public place in the village within 50 feet of any building unless the material burned shall be covered with an iron or wire top so closely woven as to prevent the flying of ashes therefrom.
A. 
Entry prohibited. No person shall walk upon, enter or drive any animal or vehicle upon any roadway or sidewalk which is guarded by any barrier, sign or signal lawfully so placed for the purpose of preventing or warning persons from entering into or upon the same.
B. 
Interference with barriers. No person shall remove, displace or in any manner interfere with any barrier, guardrail, sign, lantern or other object or form of warning which shall have been placed along or across any street or sidewalk or about any public place as a warning or safeguard or to prevent interference with or damage to work completed, or being one, in such places.