[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Roslyn
Harbor 1-21-1970 by Ord. No. 11; amended 5-11-1978
by L.L. No. 1-1978. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall throw, place, deposit, track, flow, discard, suffer
or permit any servant, agent, contractor, employee or person in his or her
charge to throw, place, deposit, track, flow or discard any accumulations
of sand, gravel, cinders, topsoil, mud, earth, ashes, garbage, tin cans, bottles,
automobiles, automobile parts, dead animals, grass, flammable materials, junk,
leaves, branches, lumber, metal, plastic, putrescible substances, waste, wastepaper
or refuse matter of any kind on the surface of any street, public grounds
or private property in the Village for the purpose of abandonment.
The provisions of § 165-1 hereof shall not be deemed to prohibit a private property owner from making and retaining a compost heap on his property for normal gardening purposes.
A.
No owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of land in the Village shall cause or permit any public nuisance, as described in § 165-1 hereof, to be or remain upon such lot or parcel of land or between the same and the paved portion of the adjoining street.
B.
It shall be the responsibility of every owner or occupant
of any lot or parcel of land in the Village to maintain (whether the condition
was caused by said homeowner or occupant or by others) such lot or parcel
and the land between the same and the paved portion of the adjoining street
free from any garbage, waste, refuse, leaves, branches or other debris.
Whenever any such nuisance or violation shall exist, the Board of Trustees,
or its designee, shall cause a notice to be served upon the owner or occupant
of the premises involved requiring him to abate said violation within 10 days
after service of said notice.
In case of a failure of the owner or occupant of the premises to comply
with such notice or requirement within the time therein mentioned, said violation
may be abated by the Superintendent of Public Works and the expense thereof
shall be assessed upon the real property upon which said violation exists.
Such charge shall constitute a lien and charge upon the real property upon
which it is levied until paid or otherwise satisfied or discharged and shall
be collected by the Village Treasurer, including administrative, legal and/or
other actual expenses incurred by the Village, in the manner provided for
the collection of delinquent taxes. Said administrative and legal expenses
incurred by the Village, not including cleanup expenses, shall not exceed
$300.
