[Amended 4-10-1956; 8-26-1980 by L.L. No. 14-1980; 4-20-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004]
A.
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant, or other person
in charge of any property within the Town shall remove snow, ice,
dirt or any other object or material from any sidewalk between such
property line and the curbline of all adjacent streets within four
hours after snow has ceased to fall or after the deposit of any dirt,
object or other material upon such sidewalks. The period between 9:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m. shall not be included in computing such requirements.
B.
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person
in charge of any property within the Town shall at all times keep
such sidewalk in good and safe repair and maintain the same clean,
free from filth, dirt, weeds or other objects or materials.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, drop,
throw or otherwise dispose of paper, debris or refuse of any nature
whatsoever upon the sidewalks, streets, parking areas or other public
places in the Town of North Hempstead.
[Amended 7-16-1996 by L.L. No. 10-1996; 12-8-2009 by L.L. No. 19-2009]
A.
No person, firm, association or corporation who is owner, occupant
or lessee of any premises abutting on any street, road, highway or
parkway in the unincorporated area of the Town of North Hempstead,
Nassau County, New York, shall place, keep, permit or suffer to be
kept on any sidewalk in front of, adjoining or adjacent to such premises
any goods, wares, merchandise, boxes, barrels, display signs or material
things of any kind or description or in any manner obstruct any such
sidewalk or in any manner obstruct or interfere with the use of any
such sidewalk without first obtaining a permit from the Town Clerk
under this section; provided, however, that nothing contained in this
section shall prevent persons from placing goods, wares, merchandise
or household furniture on the sidewalk temporarily while loading or
unloading the same, provided that it be done without unnecessary delay
and provided that such goods, wares or merchandise are not allowed
or permitted to remain on such sidewalk within the prohibited area
for a period longer than one hour.
B.
Applications for a permit to conduct a sidewalk sale shall be submitted
to the Town Clerk, and no person shall conduct a sidewalk sale without
having first obtained such permit from the Town Clerk. The Town Clerk
shall issue a permit for a sidewalk sale only to a chamber of commerce,
Business Improvement District or to the majority of the merchants
on a street wishing to participate in a sidewalk sale. A sidewalk
sale permit shall not be issued to an individual merchant. Such application
shall be submitted to the Town Clerk not less than 30 days nor more
than 180 days prior to the first day of such sale.
C.
The sidewalk sale permit shall be issued in the name of the sponsoring
organization or in the name of all of the merchants who applied therefor
and shall contain the date(s) and times of the sale. No permit shall
be valid for more than three consecutive days. No more than five sidewalk
sale permits may be issued for any location within any twelve-month
period.
(1)
The
limitations on duration and number of permits in this subsection shall
be and are suspended, upon the effective date hereof and continuing
through December 31, 2023, at which time this subsection shall revert
in its entirety to full force and effect.
[Added 9-3-2020 by L.L. No. 8-2020; amended 4-22-2021 by L.L. No. 9-2021; 3-31-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022; 2-7-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
D.
A sidewalk sale permit shall be subject to the following provisions:
(1)
No sale shall be conducted between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 8:00
a.m. the following day, and no merchandise, booths, tables or display
cases shall be left on the site of the sale between such hours, even
if the sale may continue the following day;
(2)
No person shall erect booths, tables or display merchandise in such
a manner so as to block pedestrian or vehicular traffic;
(3)
There must be a minimum of two feet of clear sidewalk space between
any merchandise, booth, table or display case and the street at all
times;
(4)
The applicant shall be responsible to ensure that any litter generated
as a result of the sidewalk sale is properly removed;
(5)
The applicant shall comply with such other conditions as the Town
Clerk may require as necessary for public safety or to protect public
improvements, including but not limited to the posting of no-parking
signs, traffic cones or barricades; and
(6)
No participant in a sidewalk sale shall cause or permit any loud
or offensive noise from his person or from any device, instruments
or equipment for the purpose of attracting attention to any goods
or services for sale or distribution.
E.
The fee for a sidewalk sale permit shall be $100, plus $25 for each
additional day after the first day allowed by the permit.
(1)
The
fees set forth in this subsection shall be and are suspended, upon
the effective date hereof and continuing through December 31, 2023,
at which time this subsection shall revert in its entirety to full
force and effect.
[Added 9-3-2020 by L.L. No. 8-2020; amended 4-22-2021 by L.L. No. 9-2021; 11-18-2021 by L.L. No. 25-2021; 3-31-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022; 2-7-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
F.
No motor vehicle shall park, stop or stand upon or otherwise obstruct
any sidewalk, driveway apron or handicapped access ramp within the
unincorporated area of the Town of North Hempstead.
[Added 11-26-1991 by L.L. No. 15-1991]
A.
Welding shall be prohibited upon public streets, sidewalks
or rights-of-way within the town, except when performed by authorized
personnel of a governmental unit or of a utility.
B.
No owner, tenant or occupant of premises abutting
a public street, sidewalk or right-of-way shall utilize a public street,
sidewalk or right-of-way in connection with or in furtherance of a
business, trade or occupation being conducted on such premises. This
section shall not be construed so as to prohibit the use of a public
street, sidewalk or right-of-way for access to a business or for such
other purpose as may be specifically and explicitly permitted by applicable
law. By way of illustration, the prohibition in this section shall
apply to, among other things, the repairing of automobiles in the
street by a gasoline service station or the drying or cleaning of
cars in a street by a car wash.
[Added 1-16-1996 by L.L. No. 2, 1996]
