The Board of Trustees of the Village of Great Neck Plaza hereby finds
that it is desirable to regulate the hours of delivery of merchandise to buildings
used for commercial purposes which are adjacent to residential buildings,
as well as other delivery-related activities, so as to protect and enhance
the public health and welfare of the village.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
APARTMENT BUILDINGS
All buildings used only for living purposes, which contain three
or more units. For purposes of this chapter, this term shall include specialized
senior housing facilities, nursing homes and hotels.
COMMERCIAL AND OTHER BUILDINGS
All buildings other than residential buildings, apartment buildings
and retail buildings and shall include, but not be limited to, office buildings,
industrial buildings, buildings used for governmental and quasi-governmental
activities and buildings used for religious purposes such as churches and
synagogues. This term shall also include those portion of buildings containing
offices or residences over retail stores in the Business District either two,
three or four stories in height.
LOADING/UNLOADING ACTIVITIES
All actions relating to the transfer of merchandise from a delivery
vehicle to a retail, commercial or other building, and vice versa, including
but not limited to removal of merchandise from the interior of such a building
to a storage area outside such a building; arrangement or stacking of merchandise
in a storage area outside such a building; the placement of merchandise on
a delivery vehicle or pallet; the removal of merchandise from a delivery vehicle
or pallet; the removal of merchandise from a storage area outside such a building
to the building interior; and similar activities.
RETAIL BUILDINGS
All portions of buildings which are used and/or rented for retail
sales, services and other similar activities, including restaurants, bars
and food-service businesses.
The following activities shall be restricted to the hours of 8:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday, to the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
on Saturdays and shall not take place at all on Sundays:
A. All deliveries to a retail, commercial or other building
which is adjacent to a residential or apartment building.
B. The acceptance of deliveries by a retail, commercial
or other building which is adjacent to a residential or apartment building.
C. The picking up of empty delivery boxes or crates from
a retail, commercial or other building which is adjacent to a residential
or apartment building.
D. All loading/unloading activities at a retail, commercial
or other building which is adjacent to a residential or apartment building.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be subject
to a fine of up to $250 for each such violation.