[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Lake Success 11-21-1983 by L.L. No. 3-1983. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Word usage. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future; words used in
the plural number include the singular number; and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and not merely directory.
B.
ALLOW
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE
DEPOSIT
GARBAGE
LITTER
PARK
PERSON
PRINTED MATTER
PROPERTY
PUBLIC PLACE
REFUSE
RUBBISH
VEHICLE
VILLAGE
Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the
following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the
meanings given herein:
Authorize, suffer, permit, allow, tolerate, solicit, request,
command, importune, engage and/or compensate.
[Added 8-9-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010]
A litter storage and collection receptacle not to exceed
30 gallons in volume capacity.
Throw, cast or deposit.
[Added 8-9-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010]
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish as defined herein and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
A park, reservation, playground, golf course, recreation
center or any other public area in the Village owned or used by the
Village and devoted to active or passive recreation.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Handbills, dodgers, circulars, newspapers, booklets, posters,
advertising or other printed matter of any kind.
[Added 8-9-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010]
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed
or used, either wholly or in part, for commercial or residential purposes,
whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant,
and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps,
vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house,
building or other structure.
[Amended 8-9-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010[1]]
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body
wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, handbills, placards, posters,
wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves,
wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway.
Village of Lake Success.
[1]
Editor's Note: With this definition of “property,”
this local law amended the former definition of “private premises.”
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute
litter in or upon any street, sidewalk, vehicle or other public place
within the Village except in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles for collection.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles
or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a manner
as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon
any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any
gutter, street or other public place within the town the accumulation
of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk
or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk
adjacent to their premises free of litter.
No person owning or occupying a place of business
shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public
place within the Village the accumulation of litter from any building
or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons
owning or occupying places of business within the Village shall keep
the sidewalk adjacent to their business premises free of litter.
No person shall throw, distribute or deposit
litter in any park within the Village except in public receptacles
and in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being
carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of the park or
upon any street or other public place. Where public receptacles are
not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park
by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of
elsewhere as provided herein.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
fountain, pond, lake, stream, channel or any other body of water in
a park or elsewhere within the Village.
[Amended 9-16-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
No person shall throw, distribute or deposit
litter on any private property within the Village, whether owned by
such person or not, except that the owner or person in control of
private property may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection
in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public
place or upon any private property.
[Added 8-9-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010[1]]
A.
No person
shall deposit printed matter on any property after receiving notice
from or on behalf of the owner or an occupant thereof to cease such
activity.
B.
No person
shall allow any employee, contractor or other agent to deposit printed
matter on any property after receiving notice from or on behalf of
the owner or an occupant thereof to cease such activity.
C.
Such notice
may be sent by the owner or occupant of the property or any authorized
agent of such owner or occupant. Any such notice shall be valid for
a period of three years from the date of the notice, or if not dated,
from the delivery of the notice, or such date as such owner no longer
owns or such occupant no longer occupies such property, the sooner
to occur.
D.
The Village
Clerk is hereby authorized to collect the names of owners and occupants
of properties within the Village who seek to give notice to such persons
who deliver and/or allow the depositing of printed matter on their
respective properties and to give notice on their behalf of such persons
to cease such delivery.
[Added 3-4-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985;
amended 9-16-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
An offense against the provisions of this chapter
shall constitute a violation under the Penal Law and shall be punishable,
upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or both.
