[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lloyd Harbor as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-28-1983 by L.L. No. 2-1983]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Includes, but is not limited to, waste from the preparation, cooking and consumption of food; metal, glass, plastic and paper containers for food and household products; paper, cartons, rags, dead animals, putrescible substances, sewage and similar disposable items.
RUBBISH
Dry combustible or noncombustible material which shall include, but is not limited to, ashes, magazines, books, newspapers, handbills, advertising circulars, clothing, wooden crates and pieces of metal, junk, discarded furniture, rugs and carpets, inoperable or wrecked machinery or motor vehicles, motor vehicles, more than two unregistered vehicles not stored in a conforming building, motor vehicle parts, plumbing fixtures and household appliances.
[Amended 11-21-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994; 6-18-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
TRASH
Includes materials such as lumber, building material, concrete, rocks, fill and excavated earth.
No person shall throw, place, litter, deposit or dump or suffer or permit any servant, agent, employee or person in his charge to throw, place, litter, deposit or dump any garbage, rubbish or trash of any kind on the surface of any street, public grounds or private property in the Village for the purpose of abandonment or otherwise.
The owner of any private property in the Village shall at all times maintain said premises free of garbage, rubbish and trash, except that this section shall not prohibit the temporary storage for a reasonable time of garbage and rubbish in authorized private receptacles for collection and trash in connection with bona fide land clearing and building activity for which appropriate permits and approvals have been granted.
A. 
Notice to remove. The Village shall notify, in writing, the owner of any private property in the Village to properly dispose of any garbage, rubbish or trash located on such owner's property. Such notice shall be served personally upon or be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, and by regular mail to said owner at his last known address or at the address of the owner as the same appears on the Village tax roll for the property. Any existing accumulation of garbage, rubbish or trash prohibited by this article, whether or not existing prior to the enactment of this article, shall be removed or properly disposed of within 15 days after the owner of the property receives written notice to remove such material.
[Amended 11-21-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
B. 
Action upon noncompliance. The failure, neglect or refusal of any such owner so notified to properly remove or dispose of such garbage, rubbish or trash within the period provided for in Subsection A above shall constitute a violation of this article. If such failure, neglect or refusal is determined by the Village to create a potential health or safety hazard, the Village is hereby authorized and empowered to enter the property and take appropriate action for the removal or disposal of such garbage, rubbish or trash.
C. 
Collection of cost of removal. If the Village has effected the removal of such garbage, rubbish or trash from such private property or has paid for its removal, the actual cost of such removal, plus accrued interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the date of the completion of the work, if not paid by such owner prior thereto, shall be assessed against such property as a special assessment, which special assessment shall become a lien thereon when such special assessment is confirmed by resolution of the Board of Trustees. Such special assessment shall be collected by the Village by commencement of a proceeding in an appropriate court of law or as otherwise provided by law.