[Adopted 12-26-1911 as part of the Code of 1911]
[Added 4-12-1932 by G.O. No. 4-1932]
It shall be the duty of every person who subdivides real property
into plots and streets, whether such person is the owner of the real
property or the agent of the owner, before filing the map of the subdivision
with the Clerk of Westchester County, State of New York, to obtain
the approval of the City Council, after recommendation by the Planning
Board, of the names of the streets shown on such map.
No person shall in any manner injure or deface any well, pump,
fence or any useful or ornamental work or improvement in any street.
No person shall build, maintain or permit along the line of
or adjacent to any public street or highway any fence composed wholly
or in part of barbed wire.
No person shall hang or place any goods, merchandise or other
articles upon any awning or awning frame over a sidewalk.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 90-63, Merchandise, boxes
and articles on street or sidewalk, and § 90-64, Throwing
missiles in street, which immediately followed this section, were
repealed 10-27-1992 by G.O. No. 9-1992.
No person shall leave or deposit glass, china, nails or tacks
in or on any of the streets or sidewalks of the City.
No person shall draw, push or propel any cart, handcart or wheelbarrow
or any hand wagon used for the conveyance of baggage or lead or drive
any horse, ox, cow or other animal or ride on horseback over, along
or upon any sidewalk except to cross such sidewalk. This section shall
not apply to baby carriages.
[Amended 2-25-2020 by G.O. No. 2-2020]
No person shall drive any cart, truck or vehicle of any kind
through the streets of the City from which dirt, coal, manure, stone,
snow, ashes or other material or refuse whatever is spilled or dropped
upon the streets of the City or throw, drop, sweep or place or cause
to be thrown, dropped, swept or placed upon any sidewalk or street
or public place in the City any paper, straw or other material or
dirt or refuse of any kind.
No person, being the owner, lessee or tenant of any house or
building or premises, shall allow any water or liquid to run from
or out of or from the roofs of, into or upon the premises adjoining
or across any sidewalk, curbstone, gutter or upon the surface of any
street.
No telephone, telegraph or electric-light pole shall be erected
in any of the streets, avenues or squares in the City without first
obtaining the consent of the owner of the premises in front of which
the pole is to be erected.
[Added 10-13-1926 by G.O. No. 35-1926]
It shall be permissible, with the consent of the owners of abutting
property, for organizations of World Wars I and II to place in sidewalks
near the curb, at suitable distances apart, sockets to be used for
placing stanchions or poles on which to display flags or insignia
on patriotic occasions, public celebrations or in connection with
public parades. This permission is revocable and is subject to the
rights of the Commissioner of Public Works or any other officer of
the City over the streets.
[Added 10-13-1926 by G.O. No. 35-1926]
No post or pole shall be erected or put up in any street for
the purpose of displaying flags or other insignia unless a permit
therefor shall have been granted by the Mayor of the City.
[Added 8-9-2005 by G.O. No. 8-2005]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or entity, or their
agents or employees, if any, to make, kindle or use a fire, barbecue,
grill or portable stove or burning charcoal or wood or any other flammable
material in or on any City street, sidewalk or other public property,
unless a permit for an event, such as a block party, has first been
obtained from the City of Yonkers. A violation of this section shall
be a Class II offense.
[Added 6-14-2016 by G.O.
No. 9-2016]
No person shall use a bench or other sitting area on any street
or sidewalk so as to interfere with its use by any other person, including
storing any materials thereon or sleeping.
