No person shall cause or permit any accumulation of sand, gravel, cinders,
topsoil, mud, earth or other materials to be placed, deposited, tracked or
washed upon any street or highway.
A.
BLOCK
PARTY
PERSON
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A portion of a village highway enclosed on each end by cross streets
or highways upon which lots, plots or parcels of land abut which are partially
or wholly occupied by buildings.
A social gathering for entertainment purposes only.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company
or organization of any kind whatsoever.
B.
Permits. No person or group of persons shall operate
or conduct a block party in the village without first obtaining a permit therefor
from the Village Clerk as provided in this section. No permit shall be issued
by the Village Clerk unless and until 2/3 of the houses abutting on said block
shall have consented in writing to the application. Each house shall have
one vote; and if there is a dispute within the house, the majority of those
individuals over 18 who are residents shall determine the vote of the house.
Not more than one block party shall be permitted for the same block in any
one calendar year. As a condition of such permit, those having the party agree
to abide by emergency requests for ingress and egress of residents of the
block.
C.
Applications. The applicant for a block party permit
shall file the same not less than one month prior to the date requested. The
applicant for the permit shall file said application on forms furnished by
the Village Clerk. The application shall state and show the following:
(1)
The name, address and telephone number, if any, of the
applicant.
(2)
The date of the party.
(3)
The hours of the party, which shall not continue after
10:00 p.m.
(4)
The name of the street to be closed.
(5)
Names, addresses and consents, in writing, of 2/3 of
the houses on the block.
(6)
A certification that not more than one block shall be
closed at any one time pursuant to the application and that there are no other
block party applications pending within three blocks therefrom.
(7)
Name of persons to be responsible for the removal of
garbage, litter and debris from the block and the date and time of removal
which shall be not later than 24 hours after the closing time of the party.
D.
Fees.
(1)
The applicant shall furnish a certified check in the
sum of $500 to guarantee the cleanup performance on the part of the applicant
or his agent. The applicant consents to allow the village to apply said sum
of $500 towards cleanup upon failure of the applicant to do so in the time
required therefor. In no event shall any portion of said cleanup fee be refunded
until a Village Trustee has inspected the block and approved of the release
of said fee or the balance remaining.
No civil action shall be maintained against the Village of Islandia
or any of its employees for damages or injuries to persons or property sustained
by reason of any highway, street, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, highway
or street marking, traffic sign, signal or device, tree, tree limb or other
property owned or maintained by the Village of Islandia being defective, out
of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless written notice of such defective,
out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition of such highway,
street, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, highway or street marking, traffic
sign, signal or device, tree, tree limb or other property was actually given
to the Village Clerk and there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable
time after the giving of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger,
obstruction or condition complained of, and no such action shall be maintained
for damages or injuries to persons or property sustained solely in consequence
of the existence of snow or ice upon any highway, street, bridge, culvert,
sidewalk, crosswalk, highway or street marking, traffic sign, signal or device
or other property owned or maintained by the Village of Islandia unless written
notice specifying the particular place was actually given to the Village Clerk
and there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed
or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time after
receipt of such notice.
