This chapter shall be cited and may be referred to as the "Property
Maintenance Law of the Town of Stony Point."
The Town Board of the Town of Stony Point hereby determines
it necessary for the health, safety, appearance and general welfare
of the residents of the Town of Stony Point to provide a method whereby
vacant lots, improved properties and public land within the Town of
Stony Point are kept clean, properly maintained and free from vermin,
nuisances, hazards, debris and litter and to prevent the marring or
defacement of said properties.
For the purpose of this chapter, terms used herein are defined
as follows:
DUMPSTER, CONTAINER or ENCLOSURE
An enclosed area or otherwise covered container for the temporary
collection and storage of a nuisance, hazard, debris and litter as
defined herein.
INADEQUATE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
Failure to maintain grass and other ground cover, including
failure to cut grass and other ground cover to a height to no greater
than 10 inches. Failure to maintain trees, shrubbery, and bushes in
a safe and attractive condition, and failure to keep the property
free of noxious, dead or diseased weeds, shrubbery, bushes and trees
that constitute a hazard or safety condition.
NUISANCE, HAZARD, DEBRIS and LITTER
Any waste material, including but not limited to garbage
or other putrescible substance, refuse, rubbish, inoperable vehicles,
vehicle parts, discarded furniture, appliances, water heaters, bottles,
cans, building or construction materials or supplies when stored outside
on a site where no active construction is taking place or discarded
or strewn papers or material or other junk substances, tree stumps
and branches or any other matter attractive to vermin, likely to breed
disease, present a fire hazard, create offensive odors or otherwise
be prejudicial to good health or being so unsightly of appearance
as to be offensive to surrounding properties. Grass and other ground
cover that is not kept trimmed to a height of less than 10 inches
shall be deemed a nuisance.
All owners, occupants or tenants of any privately owned property
within the Town of Stony Point shall maintain grass or other ground
cover, trees and shrubbery in a safe and attractive condition, free
of noxious weeds, shrubbery, bushes or trees that are noxious, dead
or diseased. For the purpose of this provision, all grass or other
ground cover shall be kept trimmed to a height of no greater than
10 inches. The failure to maintain property as required by this section
shall be deemed an offense.
No person shall unlawfully, maliciously, wantonly, negligently
or otherwise, remove, mar, cut, mark or otherwise injure real property
or improvements thereto belonging to the Town of Stony Point or to
any person within the Town.
No person shall tamper with, injure, deface, destroy or remove
any sign, notice, marker, fire alarm box, fire hydrant, topographical
survey monument or any other personal property belonging to, erected
or placed by the Town of Stony Point or any other municipal corporation.
[Amended 4-26-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022]
A. Any person failing to comply with a lawful order pursuant to this
chapter or committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation. In addition to any other penalty or
remedy herein provided, each and every violation of this chapter shall
be punishable as follows:
(1) For a first conviction thereof: by a fine not less than $200 nor
more than $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days,
or by both fine and imprisonment.
(2) For a second conviction thereof within 12 months: by a fine of not
less than $200 nor more than $2,500, or by imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 15 days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
B. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter
shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate
and distinct offense hereunder.
C. In addition to the above-provided penalties and punishment, the Town
of Stony Point may also maintain an action in any court of competent
jurisdiction to compel compliance with this chapter by injunction
or other action.