[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sleepy Hollow 2-28-1983 by L.L. No. 2-1983; amended in its entirety 1-22-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013 (Ch. 24A of the 1965 Code). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Dumpsters — See Ch. 175.
Noise — See Ch. 272.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 310.
Solid waste — See Ch. 347.
As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
LANDSCAPER
Includes any person who engages in the tending, planting, preparation, installation, maintaining, managing, creating or laying out of lawns, gardens, flower beds, shrubbery, trees or landscaping of every nature and description on real property on which such person does not reside.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or business entity of any form, style or nature.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Includes all real property, improved or unimproved, owned by any municipal corporation, corporation, person, partnership, firm, association or otherwise which is not included in the definitions of "public highway" or "public place" in this section.
PUBLIC HIGHWAY
Includes any street open to the public for its full width from property line to property line, including the sidewalk area, whether or not installed.
PUBLIC PLACE
Includes any real property available to or open to use by all or a majority of the property owners or residents of the Village of Sleepy Hollow.
A. 
No person or employee or any person shall perform or cause, suffer or permit others to perform or work as a landscaper within the Village of Sleepy Hollow, except when such performance or work is done in compliance with the regulations set forth in § 225-3 below.
B. 
No landscaper shall perform work within the Village of Sleepy Hollow unless duly permitted pursuant to this chapter.
C. 
Permits. All landscapers shall complete the necessary permit application on the form provided by the Village Clerk. All applications are subject to review and approval by the Sleepy Hollow Chief of Police. A nonrefundable application fee to be established and determined by the Board of Trustees from time to time and set forth in the fee schedule included at the end of Chapter 200, Fees, shall be paid on presentment of said completed form.
D. 
All landscapers shall be required to post a bond in an amount set forth in the fee schedule included at the end of Chapter 200, Fees, to ensure compliance with this chapter.
E. 
Sleepy Hollow residents under the age of 18 years shall be exempt from Subsection D but must comply with the regulations enumerated in § 225-3 of this chapter.
The following regulations shall be observed by all landscapers and their employees:
A. 
No person shall operate any power or manual lawn mower or other gardening equipment at any time except between the hours of 8:00 a.m., prevailing time, and 9:00 p.m., weekdays, 9:00 a.m., prevailing time, and 8:00 p.m. Saturdays, and 12:00 noon, prevailing time, and 6:00 p.m., Sundays and holidays.
B. 
Landscapers and their employees must comply with the noise restrictions set forth in Chapter 272, Noise, of the Village Code.
C. 
No person shall burn any wastepaper, rubbish, leaves, cuttings, wood or other waste materials at any time.
D. 
No person shall place any garbage, refuse, cuttings, leaves, wood or other materials upon any public highway, public place or private property unless secured in a sealed biodegradable paper bag or secured receptacle for the storage of refuse.
E. 
No person shall scatter any garbage, refuse, cuttings, leaves or other waste materials on any public highway, public place or private property.
Any person, firm or corporation committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 for each offense.