This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Public
Conduct Law of the Village of Roslyn, New York."
No person shall invade, violate or interfere with the personal
privacy of another, with or without a device to assist the sight,
by looking, spying, or peeping into any abode, house, space or room
occupied by another from any place or thing, whether such place or
thing is public or private property. Nothing in this section is intended
to diminish the rights of inspection or of enforcement of any code
enforcement officer.
No person shall make, aid, countenance, encourage or take part
in any riot, fight or disturbance of the peace nor disturb any lawful
meeting or assemblage, and no person shall disturb the peace and quiet
by making any loud noise, however such noise may be produced.
No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of
a public place any sign, signal or device which purports to be, is
an imitation of or resembles an official traffic sign or signal or
which attempts to direct traffic, and any such sign, signal or device
shall be deemed to be a public nuisance and shall be removable without
notice.
No person shall deface, injure, move, obstruct or interfere
with any official sign or official traffic sign or signal or any barrier,
guard, light or flare placed to protect any obstruction, opening,
tunnel, ditch or excavation.
No person shall allow any tree, vine, shrub or other object
to encroach upon or project over or upon any public place so as to
obstruct, obscure or hide from view any official sign or signal or
so as to endanger any person using any public place.
No person shall use what is commonly known as a slingshot, bean
shooter, blowpipe, bow and arrow, pistol, rifle or shotgun using gunpowder,
compressed air, spring or other means for discharging or throw stones,
balls, snowballs or other projectiles, except upon private premises
controlled, occupied or owned by him or her, and then only in a manner
which will not endanger any other person or property.
A.
It shall
be unlawful for any person to possess a loaded air gun, spring gun
or other instrument or weapon in which the propelling force consists
of springs or compressed air or any loaded pistol, rifle or shotgun
in the Village, except:
It shall be unlawful for any person other than a public officer
in the performances of duty to hunt, pursue, kill or set traps or
snares for any animal, fowl or bird, or to take with traps or other
devices any animal, fowl or bird, or engage in hunting within the
Village.
No person shall instigate, promote or encourage or commit any
act which shall induce or cause a fight between any animals or fowl.
A.
No person shall cause or permit the emission of dense smoke from
any fire, chimney, engine, oil burner or any other agency in the Village
so as to cause annoyance or discomfort to the residents thereof. In
addition, any smoke-producing process in which air contaminants are
emitted directly into the outdoor atmosphere is prohibited.
B.
For the purpose of testing and grading the density of smoke, the
Ringelmann Smoke Chart as published and used by the United States
Bureau of Mines shall be and is hereby adopted as a standard for such
grading, and smoke shall be and is hereby defined as and declared
to be "dense" when it is of a degree of density of number three of
said chart, or greater, for more than six minutes in any one hour,
whether such period of time is consecutive or not.
It shall be unlawful to build, kindle, make or assist in the
building, kindling or making of any open fire in any street or public
place within the Village or in any place where the property of another
may be injured or endangered.
No person shall knowingly make, send, cause or raise a false
alarm of fire.
No person shall interfere with, obstruct, or hinder the work
or operation of a fire department during any fire or other emergency.
No person shall obstruct, injure or tamper in any way with a
fire hydrant, nor shall any person open or turn on any fire hydrant
unless duly authorized to do so by the Board of Trustees.
It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully, wantonly or
intentionally injure, deface or mutilate in any way any public or
private property within the Village.
It shall be unlawful for any person to post notices on Long
Island Power Authority (LIPA) or other poles within the Village.
A.
It shall
be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of land
in the Village to cause or to permit any public nuisance as defined
by the laws of the state to be or to remain upon such lot or parcel
of land.
B.
Whenever
there shall exist any public nuisance and complaint thereof is made
to the Village Clerk/Treasurer, he or she or a code enforcement officer
shall forthwith cause a notice to be served upon the owner and/or
occupant of the premises on which said nuisance exists, requiring
such owner or occupant to abate the same within 24 hours after the
receipt of said notice. In incidences where the conduct or condition
complained of constitutes immediate harm to the health, safety, or
welfare of the inhabitants of the Village, such notice may require
that abatement of the conduct or condition be immediate.
C.
In case
of failure by the owner or occupant of the premises to comply with
the notice to abate a nuisance within the time stipulated in said
notice, such nuisance may be abated by the Superintendent of Public
Works and/or Superintendent of Buildings at the expense of the owner
or occupant of the premises, and the expense of abatement shall be
assessed and collected in the same manner as a tax lien is assessed
and collected.
No person shall intrude or trespass, as set forth in Article III of this chapter, upon any lot or parcel of land, either public or private, within the Village either in person or within an automobile or other vehicle, or leave or permit such vehicle to remain thereon, without authority from the owner thereof.
A.
No person shall loiter in or around public buildings or obstruct
corridors, stairways or doorways so as to prevent free access by members
of the public or of Village officers or employees. No person shall,
by his or her presence or by means either alone or in concert with
others, interfere with or interrupt the conduct of business in the
offices located in any such buildings.
B.
No person shall loiter in or upon any public sidewalk, street, bridge,
public building or place or obstruct the use thereof so as to prevent
free and reasonable access by other members of the public or prevent
the exercise of duties by public officers or employees.
C.
No person shall, without permission of the owner or occupant thereof,
conceal himself or herself, loiter or prowl on the property of another
in such a manner as to reasonably cause alarm for the safety of persons
or property in the vicinity.
D.
No person shall, during the nighttime or hours of darkness, conceal
himself or herself, loiter or prowl in any public park, playground
or recreation area in such a manner as to reasonably cause alarm for
the safety of persons or property in the vicinity.
No person, except authorized personnel of the Village, shall
enter or be present in or upon any Village park between sunset and
sunrise of the following day, except in those parks where different
hours are posted by authority of the Board of Trustees.
A.
Definition. As used in this section, "excessive squealing or other
excessive noise from the tires or motor of a motor vehicle or motorcycle"
means any noise of the motor or the squealing of tires of a motor
vehicle or motorcycle caused by an unwarranted or unusual acceleration
or deceleration of the motor vehicle or motorcycle or in making a
turn with a motor vehicle or motorcycle in such a manner as to cause
unnecessary squealing of the tires.
B.
Excessive noise prohibited. No person shall make, aid, countenance
or assist in making any improper noise or disturbance or operate a
motor vehicle or motorcycle in such manner as to cause excessive squealing
or other excessive noise from the tires or motor of a motor vehicle
or motorcycle on the streets of the Village of Roslyn.
[Amended 9-21-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2010]
[Amended 6-16-2015 by L.L. No. 4-2015]
A.
For purposes of this section, "work" shall be defined as excavation,
demolition, or construction work, repairs, painting, installation
of equipment, electrical work or plumbing work or any work similar
to the foregoing, either in the interior of or on the exterior of
any structure or its premises.
B.
Except for emergency repairs, it shall be unlawful in all zoning
districts of the Village of Roslyn for any person to do work:
