[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson 12-19-1978 by L.L. No. 7-1978. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be the duty of the owner of every parcel
of real property abutting a public sidewalk to keep such sidewalk
free and clear from snow and ice.
Whenever the owner of a parcel of real property
abutting a public sidewalk fails to remove snow and ice therefrom
within 12 hours following the end of a snowfall or within four hours
after written notice by the Superintendent of Public Works to the
owner to remove same, the Superintendent of Public Works shall have
the right to remove such snow and ice from such sidewalk, and the
expenses incurred by the Village for labor, equipment and materials
shall be billed to the owner. If such bill is not paid within 30 days
from issuance, the expense incurred by the Village shall be assessed
against the property and become a lien thereon collected in the same
manner as delinquent Village taxes.
In the event that snow and ice on any public
sidewalk shall be frozen so hard that they cannot be removed without
injury to such sidewalk, the owner of such property abutting such
sidewalk shall strew the same with salt, sand, sawdust or other suitable
material and in such a manner as will render such sidewalk safe for
pedestrian traffic. As soon as practical thereafter the owner shall
clear such sidewalk of snow, ice and other materials strewn thereon.
The owner of any building or other structure
abutting a public sidewalk shall not cause, allow or permit snow,
ice or water to fall therefrom onto said public sidewalk.
A.
No person, firm or corporation shall cause, deposit,
throw, place, pile or plow any snow or ice onto any public street,
avenue or roadway within the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson.
B.
No person, firm or corporation shall cause, deposit,
throw, place, pile or plow any snow or ice onto any parcel of land
within six feet of any street, avenue or roadway in such a manner
as to cause the height of the snow and ice so piled, gathered or plowed
to exceed three feet six inches in height above the existing natural
grade of such parcel of land.
C.
No person, firm or corporation shall cover any portion
of any fire hydrant with snow or ice.
D.
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village
of Hastings-on-Hudson shall have the right to remove any snow or ice
deposited, thrown, placed, piled or plowed in violation of this section,
and the costs of the labor, equipment and materials used therefor
shall be charged to and paid by the violator. If such bill is not
paid within 30 days from issuance, in the case of a property owner,
the expenses incurred by the Village shall be assessed against the
property and shall become a lien thereon collected in the same manner
as delinquent Village taxes.
[Amended 6-17-2008 by L.L. No. 18-2008; 2-5-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019]
A snow emergency may be
designated by the Mayor or, in his absence, the Acting Mayor or Village
Manager or, in the absence of any of them, by the Chief of Police.
The Village shall notify the public of such snow emergency designation
by the use of the Village notification system and other news media.
[Amended 2-5-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019]
Whenever a snow emergency
has been designated, no vehicle may be operated on any of the streets
listed below unless such vehicle is four-wheel or all-wheel drive
or properly equipped with snow tires, all-weather tires, or chains:
[Amended 4-16-2002 by L.L. No. 2-2002; 2-5-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019]
A.
Whenever a snow emergency has been designated, parking shall be prohibited
on certain designated streets. Signs reading "No Parking During Snow
Emergency" shall be required to be posted along the below routes every
500 feet:
|
Name of Street
|
Side
|
|---|---|
|
Circle Drive
|
Left
|
|
Euclid Avenue
|
East
|
|
Mt. Hope Boulevard
|
South
|
|
Olinda Avenue
|
North
|
|
Rosedale Avenue
|
West, between Hillside Avenue and Mt. Hope Boulevard
|
|
Scenic Drive
|
East
|
|
Villard Avenue
|
South
|
|
Washington Avenue
|
South
|
B.
Upon declaration of a snow emergency, parking regulations in the
following parking lots shall be temporarily suspended and vehicles
shall be allowed to park therein free of charge. Owners of such motor
vehicles shall remove the same from the municipal parking lots listed
below within 12 hours following the end of a snowfall.
C.
The Chief of Police is authorized to issue further directives as
he deems necessary for public safety.
A.
For the purposes of this chapter, superintendents,
janitors or caretakers of buildings shall be deemed the authorized
agents of the owners of such buildings for the purposes of receiving
written notices provided for herein.
B.
Municipal corporations are excluded from the provisions
of this chapter.
In addition to any other remedies or penalties,
the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson shall have the right to tow, remove
and store, at the expense of the owner, any vehicles in violation
of any section of this chapter.
[Amended 2-5-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019; 11-2-2021 by L.L. No. 7-2021]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be punished subject to the penalties prescribed by § 1-14 of the Village Code.
