[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Sloan 7-22-1959 (Ch. 157 of the 1989 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention and building construction — See
Ch.
205.
Property maintenance — See Ch.
342.
Recycling — See Ch.
383, Art.
I.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch.
432.
The following words, as used in this chapter, shall have the
meanings herein stated, unless a different meaning clearly appears
from the context:
CROSSING
That part of a public street indicated for pedestrian crossing
by lines or other markings or the extension of the sidewalk space
across intersecting streets.
CURB
The boundaries of a roadway, whether marked by curbstone
or not so marked.
DRIVER
A person who propels or operates or is in charge of a vehicle.
HORSE
All domestic animals used as draught animals or beasts of
burden.
PEDESTRIAN
All persons making use of public streets for foot passage.
PERSON
An individual, a partnership, a corporation, a receiver,
an association, an executor, an administrator, a trustee, a guardian
or an agent.
ROADWAY
That part of a street intended for vehicular traffic.
SIDEWALK
That part of a street outside of the roadway used or set
aside for the use of pedestrians.
STREET
The entire area conveyed, acquired or dedicated to public
use and passage, and shall include in its meaning the words avenue,
alley, drive, place or any other word used to designate the public
thoroughfare as above defined.
VEHICLE
Any vehicle, as defined in the Vehicle and Traffic Law of
the State of New York, licensed to operate on the highways of the
State of New York and used to plow snow, but the term shall not include
a vehicle used solely by a person, firm or corporation to plow snow
within the confines of his or its own property, whether owned or leased.
[Amended 3-12-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
The public streets within the Village shall be used solely for
the passage over of pedestrians and vehicles, and the public right
of passage shall extend throughout the entire width of such streets,
uninterrupted and unobstructed, except as otherwise provided by ordinance.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
The public streets shall be divided into roadways with sidewalks
on either side. Whenever any street is not paved, the space on either
side thereof for 10 feet in width shall be considered sidewalk unless
the Public Works Crew Chief shall otherwise designate the width of
the walk and place at the crossings on each such street stakes indicating
the location of the curbline. No person shall drive, ride or leave
any vehicle, other than a baby carriage, upon any portion of any sidewalk
or ride, drive, lead or leave any livestock or draught animal upon
any portion of any street designated or considered as a sidewalk,
as herein provided, except in crossing the same for the purpose of
entering or leaving any premises fronting thereon.
A. The Mayor is hereby authorized to close to traffic temporarily any
public place or street or any part thereof for such time as he deems
necessary whenever, on account of a public celebration, there are
large assemblages of people, peculiar conditions or an emergency or
when the public safety or convenience will be promoted thereby. The
Public Works Crew Chief is charged with the duty of enforcing such
closing upon the Mayor's direction.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
B. Reviewing stands and other temporary structures may be placed upon
parts of streets or public places, closed, as herein provided, with
the consent of the Mayor and under conditions prescribed by him; provided,
however, that such consent may at any time be modified or revoked
by the Village Board of Trustees.
A. No person shall dig into or under any street or sidewalk or remove,
displace or carry away any dirt, soil, plank, paving, flagstone or
other material of which the surface of any street may be constructed
or displace, damage or remove the cover of any opening or outlet upon
the street surface, except when required or permitted by ordinance
to do so.
B. No person shall spill, place or deposit upon the pavement of any
street in the Village which is paved any oil, grease or other substance
which tends to disintegrate the pavement or make it slippery or otherwise
dangerous for horses or vehicles; and all vehicles which contain or
which carry any such oil, grease or other substance in, on or over
the paved streets of the Village shall be equipped with dripping pans
or other suitable devices to prevent the dripping of such oil, grease
or other substance upon said streets. No owner, operator or driver
of any vehicle mentioned herein shall operate or propel or permit
to be operated or propelled any such vehicle in or on any paved street
in the Village without the equipment or device hereby required.
A. No person shall place, put or deposit in or upon any public street,
place or grounds any substance or material whatsoever, except as permitted
by ordinance.
B. No person shall sweep or permit any person in his employ to sweep
from any building or lot owned or occupied by him or from the sidewalk
in front of such building or lot any dirt, paper or rubbish of any
kind into a public street or place, nor shall any person throw, scatter
or place, within the limits of any public street or place, any paper,
rags, dirt, garbage, ashes or any refuse whatever, except as permitted
by ordinance.
C. No person shall place or cause to be placed in or upon the surface
of any street, roadway, sidewalk or public place in the Village any
glass, metal, stone, tacks and nails or other substance of a nature
likely to cause injury or damage to pedestrians, animals or vehicles.
It shall be the duty of any enforcement officer of the Village having
knowledge of the presence of any such injurious substance in any such
street or public place immediately to cause the same to be removed
or report the same to the Public Works Crew Chief, who shall cause
the same to be removed without delay.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
A. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall use any part of a
public highway or any public place for the deposit or temporary storage
of any building, paving or sewer materials or any other materials
unless for the immediate transfer of the same to or from premises
adjacent to such temporary storage place. No such materials shall
be allowed to remain on such highway or place longer than sundown
of the same day; provided, however, that the Mayor may issue a permit
to any owner, contractor or person doing work on any premises, in
case there is not sufficient space on said premises to deposit said
materials, to use for temporary storage purposes not more than 1/3
of the roadway of any highway in front of said premises and a portion
or all of the sidewalk space in front of said premises as the Mayor
shall deem necessary; and further provided that the Mayor may issue
a permit to any owner, contractor or person doing work on any premises
or in the highway adjacent thereto, in case the proper performance
of such work requires the use of a portion or all of the sidewalk
space or a portion of the roadway (up to 1/3 of the width thereof
in front of said premises), to use such portion or portions of the
public highway for the construction of a temporary shed, overhead
structure, sidewalk, fence, barrier or protective structure, as the
Mayor shall deem necessary. Such shed, structure, fence, etc., shall
be promptly removed by and at the expense of the permittee when said
work is finished or said temporary structure is no longer necessary.
B. Any permit issued by the Mayor pursuant to this section shall be
for a period not to exceed 30 days, except that the Mayor may renew
the same in his discretion. The fee for any such permit shall be fixed
at the rate as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of
Trustees. The renewal fee shall be at the same rate.
C. Any person holding any permit under this section shall not occupy
with construction material or structures any portion of any highway
for any of the foregoing purposes other than as permitted by the Mayor
in accordance with this section.
D. Every permittee shall, during the period between sunset and sunrise,
display a sufficient number of red lights on such material or structures
to warn the public of the existence of such obstruction. In case any
person, firm or corporation shall violate or disobey the directions
of the Mayor relating to such materials, such violation or disobedience
shall operate as a forfeiture of all rights and privileges under such
permit, and the Mayor may, at his option, cause such materials to
be removed to some suitable place or storage, whence the material
may be redeemed only upon the payment to the Village of the cost of
such removal and storage. Any person violating any provision of this
section shall be liable to a penalty as provided in §
396-32
for each day such violation shall continue.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
E. In cases where any public improvement is about to be or is being
made in any public highway, the contractor or person having control
and charge of such improvement may deposit material thereon in such
manner and for such time as may be required or permitted by the Mayor.
No person shall, except as hereinafter provided, leave or deposit
any goods, wares or merchandise upon any sidewalk, except that such
articles may be so deposited for not more than two hours while receiving
the same in original packages or when in packages intended for delivery
after actual sale thereof, provided that such goods shall be placed
inside the curbline and within four feet thereof and shall not be
piled to a greater height than four feet.
No person shall place or cause to be placed and permit to remain
on any street or public place in the Village any obstruction to the
free use of such street or public place by the public, except as expressly
permitted by the ordinances of the Village.
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any premises
in the Village to remove and correct unlawful encroachments, projections
into or obstructions upon and correct dangerous conditions in the
street in front of his premises, and if he fails to do so, the Mayor
shall cause such work to be done, and neither the order of the Board
of Trustees nor notice to such owner or occupant shall be necessary
thereupon. The Mayor shall report all such work to the Board of Trustees,
and the cost of the same shall be assessed against the premises from
which such encroachment, projection or condition originated.
A. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any premises in
the Village to lay and relay sidewalks in front of such premises whenever
the same shall be ordered by the Board of Trustees. The Village Clerk
shall notify the owner or occupant of any premises in front of which
such work shall be required to be done that, if the same is not done
within 20 days, the same shall be done by the Village and the expense
thereof shall be assessed upon such premises. Such notice may be served
personally or by mail upon the owner as listed in the last preceding
assessment roll. In case any such work shall not be done within the
time specified in such notice, the Mayor may cause such work to be
done, and the expense thereof shall be a charge and lien upon and
shall be assessed against such premises.
B. It shall be the duty of such owner or occupant to keep in repair
the water, sewer and gas service pipes serving his premises, the sidewalks
in front thereof and the driveways into the same and to install drains
connected with the sewer on open land to prevent unusual and dangerous
accumulations of water and ice upon sidewalks, roadways and public
places.
C. However, where any sidewalk lying between the street line and the
curb is damaged by reason of trees or roots of such trees situated
on Village-owned lands, said sidewalk shall be reconstructed or repaired
by the Department of Public Works at the sole expense of the Village,
and the tree or root of such tree causing such damage shall be removed
by the Department of Public Works at the sole expense of the Village.
D. Sidewalks shall be constructed of concrete and shall not be less
than four feet in width except by permission from the Department of
Public Works.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989; 5-13-1996]
It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of any premises
fronting on any public street or ground to keep the sidewalk in front
of the same in good order and repair, and he shall allow no accumulation
of dirt, refuse or other material to remain thereon.
No person, unless authorized by the Board of Trustees, shall
paint, mark, write, print or stencil any letters, figures, pictures
or characters of any kind upon any of the public sidewalks or pavements,
whether for advertising purposes or otherwise.
A. It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of any premises fronting
on any public street to remove within 24 hours all snow and ice which
may have fallen upon the sidewalk in front of said premises.
B. In case the snow and ice on the sidewalks shall be frozen so hard
that it cannot be removed without material difficulty or injury to
the pavement, the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person
having charge of any building or lot of ground as aforesaid shall,
within the time specified in the preceding Subsection
A, cause the
sidewalk abutting on said premises to be strewed with ashes, sand,
sawdust or some suitable materials and shall, as soon thereafter as
the weather permits, thoroughly clean said sidewalk.
C. Upon the neglect or refusal of any owner or occupant to comply with
the provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of the Public
Works Crew Chief to see that the provisions of this section are enforced,
and in all cases of their violation, he shall employ men to clean
such walks at a rate not exceeding the prevailing rate of wages for
such work. Said Crew Chief shall report all such work done and the
cost thereof to the Board of Trustees, and where such cost has not
been paid to the Village by the owner or occupant, the Board of Trustees
shall thereupon order assessments upon such lands for the expenses
of such work.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
[Amended 3-12-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
No person, firm or corporation shall plow or cause snow to be
plowed by the use of any vehicle within the Village of Sloan, unless
a permit therefor, as hereinafter prescribed, issued by the Village
Clerk, is in full force and effect. Such permit shall be prominently
displayed by affixing it to the driver's side window of the vehicle
as forward as possible so as to be readily visible from the exterior
thereof.
[Added 3-12-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002]
A. Contents of application.
(1) Application for such permit shall be made to the Village Clerk by
the owner of the vehicle, in writing, upon forms to be furnished by
said Village Clerk. Such forms shall contain:
(a)
The owner's name and address;
(b)
The vehicle identification number;
(c)
The New York State license number;
(d)
Such additional information as the Village Clerk shall require;
and
(e)
A list of customers in the Village.
(2) The Village Clerk may require such documents and information as may
be reasonably necessary to verify the facts stated on such application.
B. The applicant shall, at the time of filing of his application, pay
a permit fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of
Trustees for each vehicle.
C. The applicant shall, when applying for such permit, provide the insurance
identification card to the Village Clerk showing evidence of motor
vehicle insurance.
D. Such permit shall commence on June 1 and expire on May 31 of the
following year and shall be on such form prescribed by the Village
Clerk.
E. Such permit shall not be transferable to another owner, and the permit
fee shall not be prorated during the term of the permit.
F. The permit holder shall sign a permit application indicating that
he agrees to hold the Village of Sloan, its agents, servants and employees
harmless from any and all damages and/or causes of action which may
arise out of his snowplowing operations within the Village.
G. In the event the Village Clerk refuses to issue a permit hereunder,
the applicant shall have the right to appeal such refusal to the Village
Board.
H. No person shall plow, shovel, sweep or pile snow, ice or other such
materials in or beyond the right-of-way of any public street or public
highway or cause such to be done so as to interfere with the safety
and convenience of public travel, or such as to constitute an obstruction
of the sight of persons traveling by vehicle or by foot on public
streets or sidewalks or on private driveways.
I. No person shall plow, shovel or pile snow from a private or public
driveway in such manner as to deposit same in public roadway or on
a public sidewalk or across the street from said driveway.
J. This chapter shall be enforced by the Cheektowaga Police Department
and the Sloan Code Enforcement Officer.
K. The Village Board may, following a hearing before such Village Board,
with regard to violation of any of the terms and conditions of this
chapter, revoke or suspend the permit or permits granted to any person,
firm or corporation under the authority of this chapter or any law,
ordinance, rule or regulation relating to snowplowing or snow removal.
L. In addition to any penalties that may be involved under this chapter,
any violation by a person, firm or corporation of any provision of
this chapter shall be deemed an offense punishable by a fine not to
exceed $250 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or
both.
M. Any person who takes part in or assists in any violation of this
chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided therein.
N. Whenever it shall be provided therein that a hearing shall be held,
such hearing shall be held on a date at a place and hour designated
by the Village Board.
O. The Village Clerk shall give notice of any hearing to be held hereunder
stating the name and address of the applicant/permit holder, the subject
matter of the hearing, and the date, place and hour designated therefor,
by mailing a copy of such notice to the applicant/permit holder at
the address shown on the application for a permit at least 10 days
prior to the date of such hearing.
P. The applicant/permit holder shall be entitled to be represented by
legal counsel and to present such evidence as may be relevant at any
hearing on the denial, suspension or revocation of any permit.
Q. If any article, section, subdivision, paragraph or provision of this
chapter is adjudged to be invalid, such adjudication shall apply only
to such portion thereof so expressly adjudged invalid, and the remainder
of this chapter shall be deemed to be in all respects valid and effective.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
No person shall, without the written permission of the Public
Works Crew Chief, cut, remove, plant, break or injure any tree, plant
or shrub in any of the streets and public places of the Village, nor
shall any person injure, misuse or remove any device placed and intended
to protect any tree, plant or shrub in any part of the streets or
public places in the Village, nor shall any person fasten or attach
any signs, markers, ropes, wires or other objects or tie any animal
to such trees, plants and shrubs, nor place paving or other hard surfacing
over the area surrounding the roots thereof in such a manner as to
deprive said tree, plant or shrub of necessary light, air and water.
A conviction for a violation thereof shall not preclude a civil action
brought by the Village to recover full damages for the loss of or
injury to such tree, plant or shrub.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989; 5-23-1989]
A. The Public
Works Crew Chief shall designate days for the removal of garbage,
rubbish and recyclables from the streets of the Village, and on those
days it shall be lawful for any person to place at the curbline in
front of the premises occupied by him all garbage, rubbish and recyclables
collected from the lot owned or occupied by him, in metal or plastic
cans with secure, watertight covers.
B. Garbage,
rubbish and recyclables shall not be placed out for collection more
than 12 hours before the designated time of pickup.
C. No container
in which garbage, rubbish and recyclables has been placed at curbside
for pickup shall weigh in excess of 50 pounds.
D. Branches
and shrubs placed at curbside for pickup shall be securely tied with
rope or twine, shall not be longer than four feet in length and not
weigh more than 40 pounds.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
No person shall buy or receive any metal, paper, rags, bottles,
wood or other junk or discarded material of any kind from any person
unauthorized to dispose of the same who is engaged in the work of
collecting rubbish, ashes or garbage or other refuse under the control
of the Public Works Crew Chief, and no such person engaged in the
work of such collection shall sell or dispose of any material so collected
or intended to be so collected, except with the consent and in the
manner prescribed by the Public Works Crew Chief. The practice of
rummaging into or picking discarded articles or material out of garbage,
ashes, rubbish and other refuse placed upon the streets for collection
by the Village by persons other than authorized Village employees
is hereby forbidden.
No person shall operate or drive and no person shall cause to
be operated or driven upon any public highway in the Village any tractor
or other vehicle having any wheels or movable track or tread thereof
equipped with metal lugs, cleats, grouser shoes or similar devices
which are designed to come in direct contact with the surface of the
roadway of any highway, unless such metal lugs, cleats, shoes, grouser
shoes or similar devices are removed or are properly covered and guarded
so as to prevent damage to the roadway of any public highway being
operated thereon.
No person engaged in the garage business or in the business
of repairing, manufacturing or selling automobiles or parts thereof
or supplies therefor or any business affecting in any manner automobiles
or vehicles shall, except as otherwise expressly provided for by law
or ordinance, use part of any street or other public place for the
storing, exhibiting, repairing or otherwise caring for automobiles
or vehicles.
All vehicles used for hauling excavated material shall be so
constructed and so loaded that no such material shall be spilled or
scattered along said route or allowed to fall upon and remain upon
any public streets or grounds creating a hazard or obstruction to
the users thereof. Any person violating any provision of this section
shall be liable, in addition to a fine or penalty, for damages to
the Village for the expense of removing any material so spilled upon
the street surfaces and of cleaning such surfaces.
[Amended 8-27-1969]
A. Subject to the applicable provisions of the building and zoning laws,
no buildings shall be moved upon, over or across any private property
or public streets or places within the Village, unless a permit is
obtained therefor as hereinafter provided.
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Any person desiring to move a building upon, over or across
any private property or any of the public streets or places within
the Village shall present to the Board of Trustees a verified petition
setting forth the location of the premises before and after removal
of the building, a description of such building indicating the size,
kind of construction, value and proposed route over which said building
is to be moved. Said petition shall be referred to the Mayor, and
he shall report to the Board of Trustees whether the building is of
sufficient value to warrant moving and whether it can be moved as
per the proposed route or by another route without injury to adjoining
property or to any wires or other property of the Village or of a
public utility company or the trees or property legally in or upon
the streets along, through or across which it is proposed to pass.
Upon the consent of the Board of Trustees and upon the payment of
a fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees
for moving property across private property and for moving property
across public streets or places, the Mayor may grant a permit to such
person moving such building, and the work of moving shall be done
in all respects under the direction of the Mayor or his duly appointed
agent.
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B. Before the issuance of any permit pursuant to this section, the applicant
thereof shall file a bond in the sum of $100,000 protecting the Village
against loss and damage claims, liens, proceedings and actions by
reason of such use of the streets and public places or a policy of
liability insurance insuring the Village against loss or damage by
use of such streets and public places and indemnifying the Village
against property damage claims in a sum of $100,000. Said bond or
policy shall be approved as to form by the Village Attorney and as
to sufficiency by the Village Treasurer and shall be filed with the
Treasurer.
A. Canvas awnings, supported by iron framework securely attached to
and entirely supported by the building in front of which said awning
shall be constructed or suspended, every part of which framework shall
be at least seven feet above the sidewalk and every part of which
awning shall be at least six feet six inches above the sidewalk, may
be constructed to project over the sidewalk, not to exceed 10 feet.
Temporary canvas-covered passageways from building entrances to the
curb of any public highway may be authorized by written permit of
the Mayor upon the furnishing to the Village of an indemnity bond
in a sum to be set by the Board of Trustees, and removable metal stanchions
for the same may be placed in or upon the sidewalk of any such highway
at a distance of not less than two feet from said curb, in such fashion
that when said stanchions are removed, there shall be no projection
above nor depression below the sidewalk surface of said highway at
the place of contact or support. Such permission shall not be granted
allowing such temporary canvas-covered passageways to remain standing
for a period of over one day, and such permission may not be renewed.
If such temporary canvas-covered passageway remains standing after
the expiration of the permit, the Mayor must immediately cause its
removal at the expense of the permittee.
B. Any person desiring to construct or alter and maintain a canopy or
marquee projecting over the exterior line of any public highway shall
make application for a permit therefor to the Board of Trustees for
its action thereon, subject to the following limitations and conditions:
(1) The projection of any canopy or marquee above any public highway
shall be limited to 3/4 of the width of the adjacent sidewalk, but
in no case shall be of more than 12 feet.
(2) Every canopy or marquee shall be constructed of noncombustible materials,
and every part of such canopy or marquee shall be at least nine feet
above the adjacent sidewalk level.
(3) Plans showing the type of construction and structural details of
all proposed canopies and marquees shall be filed with the Village
Clerk.
(4) Before any permit is issued pursuant to this section, the applicant
shall give a bond to the Village in an amount to be determined by
the Board of Trustees, holding the said Village harmless against loss
and damage, claims, liens, proceedings and actions, as a condition
to the issuance of such permit.
C. "Marquees" or "canopies," as used in this section, shall mean fixed
shelters used only as roofs extending over the exterior line of a
public highway and entirely supported by the building to which they
are attached.
A. Upon application of the owner of any premises or his agent, the Village
Clerk may grant permission to a licensed plumber named in said application
to make openings in a public street for the purpose of laying or repairing
sewer or water pipes in front of said premises. Such permit shall
not be transferable and shall specify the size of cut permitted. The
plumber receiving the permit shall cause the work to be done within
the time specified therein. The owner and the plumber shall be held
responsible for any loss, damage or injury resulting from said work.
Openings in sidewalks and driveways will be filled in and restored
to satisfactory condition and maintained in such condition by the
plumber for a period of two years.
B. Openings made in pavement areas shall be backfilled with gravel by
the plumber authorized to make such opening, and immediately upon
the placing of such backfill, the plumber shall remove from the site
all materials excavated from such opening or openings.
C. Any person who shall open any street for any purpose mentioned in
this section without the permission of the Village Clerk or who shall
fail to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be
liable to a fine or penalty as hereinafter provided, and the Department
of Public Works shall cause the necessary repairs to be made, and
any expenses shall be assessed upon the premises in front of which
said street was opened.
D. Wherever any street openings or sidewalk and driveway openings are
left overnight, they shall be properly protected with barriers and
red lights to warn the public of their presence. The foregoing regulations
shall, so far as applicable, extend to openings made in public streets
by public utility corporations.
E. A fee, as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees,
shall be paid by the applicant upon the issuance of a permit to make
one or more openings in the pavement in any block within the time
limit specified in such permit.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
No person shall cut the curb or binder of any street pavement
without making written application for a permit to make such alteration
of the curb. Such permit shall be issued by the Village Clerk upon
the approval of the Public Works Crew Chief, and any work done under
said permit shall be made under the direction of the Public Works
Crew Chief or his duly authorized agent. Any failure or omission of
the owner or occupant or contractor to comply with said directions
and conditions of the Public Works Crew Chief shall make such owner
or occupant or contractor liable for the cost of removal and replacement
of the damaged or improperly cut curb or binder, in addition to any
prosecution therefor.
No person shall carelessly or intentionally break, deface or
in any way damage or unlawfully light or extinguish any of the public
lamps or lamp standards of the Village nor fasten or attach any animal
thereto nor hang or place any merchandise of any description nor fasten
any signs on any of said public lamps or lamp standards nor place
any boxes or other heavy material upon or against the same.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
It shall be the duty of any enforcement officer of the Village
to report to the Public Works Crew Chief any defective or dangerous
condition in or about any sidewalk or roadway and, between sunset
and sunrise, any unlighted streetlights thereon.
No person shall intentionally or carelessly break, deface, remove,
move or damage any street sign or traffic sign or the post or pole
upon which such sign is erected.
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any low, swamp
or waste lands within the Village to fill the same upon the order
of the Board of Trustees within 10 days after written notice thereof
shall have been given to such owner or occupant. The notice shall
be given by the Village Clerk, by mail, to the owner in whose name
said premises are assessed on the last preceding assessment roll.
Upon the failure or omission of the said owner to fill such low, swamp
or waste lands within the time fixed in such notice, the Board of
Trustees shall have the same filled and assess the cost thereof against
said property benefited thereby.
It shall be the duty of the owner of land in the Village to
cut, trim or remove brush, grass, rubbish or weeds. Upon the failure
or omission of any owner of land within the Village to comply with
this section, after receiving five days' written notice from
the Village Clerk, said grass, brush, rubbish, weeds or other materials
may be cut, trimmed or removed by the Village, and the cost thereof
may be assessed upon the real property on which such brush, grass,
rubbish or weeds are found. Mailing notice to such owner addressed
to his last known address shall be sufficient service.
[Amended 4-18-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
or who shall omit or refuse to do any act by the terms of this chapter
required to be performed by him or who shall obstruct, hinder or prevent
any officer or employee of the Village, duly authorized, from the
discharge of any duty enjoined upon him by any provision of this chapter
or who shall do any of the acts forbidden by any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, in addition to any fine or penalty otherwise
provided by statute or by these sections, be subject to a fine or
penalty of not more than $250 or to imprisonment for a term not to
exceed 15 days, or both, for each offense or violation.