It shall be the duty of every owner of any lot or parcel of
land in the City of Yonkers to keep and preserve the same, at all
times, clean and inoffensive and to prevent the accumulation of any
garbage, rubbish, refuse, inoperable motor vehicle or other matter
not indigenous to such parcel of land and to prevent the accumulation
thereon of any of the items herein specified and also to keep said
lot or parcel of land free from any overgrowth of weeds, brush and
other baneful plants.
In case any lot or parcel of land shall, at any time, in the
judgment of the Commissioner of Public Works, require cleaning as
aforesaid, the Commissioner of Public Works shall serve a notice,
either personally or by certified mail, upon the owner and/or the
person who pays the taxes on said lot or parcel and the person, if
known, who owns the nonindigenous property to be removed, requiring
said person or persons, within five days, from service of such notice,
except if a motor vehicle, then notice as provided by § 1224
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, to clean said lot or parcel of land
and to remove therefrom any item not indigenous to said lot or parcel
of land and to cut down or remove any overgrowth of weeds, brush and
other baneful plants.
If any owner of any lot or parcel of land in the City of Yonkers
neglects or refuses to clean the same within the time limited therefor,
the Commissioner of Public Works shall clean such lot or parcel of
land in such manner as he shall deem proper and suitable.
The Commissioner of Public Works shall file a certificate of the expenses for cleaning as set forth in §
69-13 hereof, together with a description of the refuse removed from said lot or parcel of land, with the Comptroller and with the City Assessor of the City of Yonkers and shall deliver either personally or by certified mail to the owner and/or the person who pays the taxes on said lot or parcel of land a bill for the expenses incurred. The aforesaid charges, if unpaid, shall become a lien upon said property, subject to collection as a tax thereon, after due notice to the owner and a hearing, if required by said owner, as to the justness of the costs.
This Code provides additional protection for the City of Yonkers
against abandoned motor vehicles and is enacted, in part, to supplement
and effectuate the provisions of § 1224 of the Vehicle and
Traffic Law. No section of this Code shall be construed inconsistently
with § 1224 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.