[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Maybrook 4-23-1979 by L.L. No. 6-1979 as Article
5 of Chapter 51 of the 1979 Municipal Code. Section 75-6 added at
time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other
amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes one or more persons of either sex, natural persons,
corporations, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, societies
and all other entities of any kind capable of being sued.
The Superintendent of Public Works or his duly authorized
representative.
[Amended 7-27-2015 by L.L. No. 6-2015]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or occupant, or any
agent, servant, representative or employee of any such owner, lessee
or occupant, having control of any occupied or unoccupied building
lot or plot of land or any part thereof in any developed section of
the Village of Maybrook to permit or maintain on any such plot or
plot of land or on or along the sidewalk, street or alley adjacent
to the same between the property line and the curb or the middle of
the alley or for 10 feet outside of such property line, if there be
no curb, any growth of weeds, grass or noxious vegetation to a height
greater than 10 inches, on the average, or any accumulation of dead
grass, weeds or brush. It shall also be unlawful for any such person
to cause, suffer or allow poison ivy, ragweed or other poisonous plants
or plants detrimental to health to be grown on any such lot or plot
of land in such manner that any part of such ivy, ragweed or other
poisonous weed shall extend upon, overhang or border any public place.
[Amended 7-27-2015 by L.L. No. 6-2015]
It shall be the duty of any owner, lessee or occupant of any such lot or plot of land in the Village of Maybrook to cut and remove or cause to be cut and removed all such weeds, grass or noxious, poisonous or harmful vegetation as often as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of § 75-2, provided that cutting and removing such weeds, grass or vegetation at least once in every two weeks between May 1 and September 15 shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section.
It shall be unlawful for any person, either
as owner, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise, to throw, cast or deposit
or cause or permit to run, drop or remain or to be thrown, cast or
deposited in or upon any vacant lot of land or vacant place, upon
the surface of any lot of land enclosed or otherwise, within the Village
of Maybrook, New York, except at such place or places designated or
provided by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Maybrook, New
York, any waste, leaves, brush, hay, weeds, straw, litter, wastepaper,
boxes, shavings or any filthy, combustible or flammable materials,
rubbish, garbage or dirt, whereby a fire hazard, danger or risk is
or may be endangered or injuriously effected or whereby the premises
of another or the enjoyment of the premises of another are or may
be injured, damaged, interfered with or prejudiced. Nothing in this
section shall be construed as to prohibit the depositing of manure
upon any private property for the cultivation of the same.
If the provisions of the foregoing sections
are not complied with, the Superintendent of Public Works shall serve
written notice, either personally or by mail, upon the owner, lessee
or occupant or any person having the care or control of any such lot
of land to comply with the provisions of this chapter. If the person
upon whom the notice is served fails, neglects or refuses to cut,
remove or cause to be cut and removed such weeds, grass, vegetation
or rubbish within five days after receipt of such notice or if no
person can be found in the Village of Maybrook who either is or claims
to be the owner of such lot or land or who either represents or claims
to represent such owner, the Superintendent shall cause such weeds,
grass, vegetation or rubbish on such land to be removed, and the actual
cost of such removal, plus 5% for inspection and other additional
costs in connection therewith, shall be certified by the Superintendent
to be the property on which such weeds, grass, vegetation or rubbish
were located and shall be added to and become and form part of the
taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lot or land and shall
bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and
enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
