[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Tuxedo 12-9-1992 as L.L. No. 7-1992. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used
herein are defined as follows:
Any action or proceeding which may be instituted in the Justice
Court of the Town of Tuxedo in connection with an alleged violation
of any of the ordinances of the Town of Tuxedo.
Any improved real property located within the Town of Tuxedo
which, in whole or in part, is non-owner-occupied.
Any individual or individuals, partnership or corporation,
whether for profit or otherwise, in whose name title to a building
stands.
A summons or any notice, mandate or other paper or process
issued under any provision of the Code of the Town of Tuxedo.
Either the Town Clerk or any Deputy Town Clerk of the Town
of Tuxedo.
A.
Every owner of property located within the Town of
Tuxedo shall file:
(1)
A statement of designation, signed and verified in
the office of the Town Clerk setting forth the name and address, by
street and number within the Town of Tuxedo, of an agent upon whom
process may be served in any action or proceeding which may be commenced
or instituted against said owner.
(2)
A designation, signed and verified, of the Town Clerk,
as the agent upon whom process against the owner may be served, and
the post office address, within or without the Town of Tuxedo, to
which the Town Clerk may mail a copy of any process against such owner
served upon the Town Clerk.
B.
Whenever process is served upon the Town Clerk, he
shall promptly mail, by certified mail, addressed to the agent named
in said designation at the address therein set forth, a true copy
of said process.
Attached to such statement and designation shall
be a certificate properly certified by the owner that he is the owner
of the premises with respect to which such statement or designation
is filed.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates,
disobeys, neglects or refuses to comply with any of the terms of this
chapter shall be guilty of a violation and be subject to a fine of
not more than $500. Each week a violation continues shall be deemed
a separate offense.
The effective date of this chapter shall be
upon the filing with the Secretary of State.