No person or persons, firm, association or corporation shall
suffer or permit any fence, hedge, ornamental planting, bush or other
plant or shrub to be erected or to grow on any corner property owned
or occupied by him or them in the Village of Farmingdale, Nassau County,
New York, formed by the intersection of two streets, roads or avenues,
to a greater height than three feet above the street level on any
portion of said property within a radius of 30 feet when measured
from the corner of the property formed by the intersection of the
curbline of the two streets.
The Board of Trustees may, upon application in a specific case,
grant, upon conditions, a variance or exception where compliance with
the provisions of the foregoing sections would cause unnecessary hardship
to the owner or occupant of the land affected, without any compensatory
benefit to the community, and where the granting of such variance
or exception will not materially affect the hazard of traffic.
Any person or persons, firm, association or corporation violating
any provision of this chapter or any part thereof shall be liable
for and forfeit and pay a penalty not to exceed § 250 or
15 days' imprisonment, or both, every day during which such violation
shall continue, and in addition thereto any violation of this chapter
or any part thereof shall constitute disorderly conduct and any person
violating the same or any part thereof shall be and is hereby declared
a disorderly person.
In addition to the penalties prescribed in §
564-3, the Board of Trustees may cause a notice to be served upon any person or persons, firm, association or corporation violating the provisions of this chapter, to remove such violation within 10 days from the date of the mailing of such notice, and upon the failure of said person or persons, firm, association or corporation to remove said violation within said 10 days, then the Board of Trustees of the Village of Farmingdale may cause such violation to be removed and the total cost thereof shall be assessed upon the real property upon which such fence, hedge, ornamental planting, bush or other plant or shrub violating the provisions of this chapter is found, and shall constitute a lien and charge on the real property on which it is levied until paid or otherwise satisfied or discharged, and shall be collected by the Village Clerk-Treasurer in the manner provided by law for the sale of delinquent taxes.
This chapter shall take effect November 1, 1953.