[Adopted 8-18-1986 as Ch. 57 of the 1968 Code]
Every owner, lessee, occupant or other person
having charge of any building or lot of land in the Village of Hudson
Falls fronting or abutting upon a sidewalk on any public street or
highway in the Village shall, within 12 hours after the cessation
of every fall of snow or the formation of ice on the sidewalk, remove
or cause to be removed such snow or ice from the sidewalk; provided,
however, that the time between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
shall not be included in the above period of 12 hours.
No person shall, in removing snow or ice from
a sidewalk or from property adjoining a public street or highway,
cause the same to be placed in or upon such public street or highway.
[Amended 8-14-2000 by L.L. No. 9-2000; 10-12-2004 by L.L. No.
6-2004]
A violation of this article shall be punishable
by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
15 days, or both, for conviction of a first offense; for conviction
of a second offense, both of which were committed within a period
of three years, punishable by a fine of not less than $250 nor more
than $500 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 30 days, or both;
and upon conviction for a third offense or subsequent offense, all
of which were committed within a period of five years, punishable
by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $750 or imprisonment
for a period not to exceed 60 days, or both. Each separate offense
shall constitute a separate violation.
In the event that the sidewalk abutting any
building or lot of land shall not be cleared or cleaned of snow or
ice as herein provided before the expiration of the time above set
forth for cleaning the same, then the Village may forthwith proceed
to so clean the sidewalk, and the cost or expense thereof shall be
ascertained, and a report thereof shall be filed in the office of
the Village Clerk.
The cost of the work as the same shall appear
from the report on file in the office of the Village Clerk may be
sued for and recovered by the Village from the owner, lessee, occupant
or other person having charge of any building or lot of land and shall
be a lien upon the premises abutting the sidewalk or sidewalks so
reported to have been cleaned. If the cost is not paid on or before
the first day of March next following, the Board of Trustees shall
levy the amount thereof as a part of the tax to be collected upon
the premises against which the cost shall be a lien. The same shall
be included within the completed tax roll and collected as part of
the taxes against the subject premises.
[Added 5-11-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009[1]]
For purposes of snow and ice removal, no vehicle shall be parked in a Village-owned parking lot for a period exceeding 24 hours. A violation of this section shall result in a parking fine in accordance with § 201-19, Penalties for offenses, of Chapter 201, Vehicles and Traffic, and/or the removal of the vehicle pursuant to §§ 201-17, Authority to impound vehicles, and 201-18, Notice of removal, of Chapter 201, Vehicles and Traffic. Sections 201-17, 201-18 and 201-19 of Chapter 201 are expressly incorporated herein with full force and effect.
