[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Great Neck 7-16-2013 by L.L. No. 7-2013. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean and
include:
Signs and structures.
All real property owned by a municipality, school district,
special district, or public authority, including, but not limited
to public streets, both the paved and unpaved portions, and the sidewalks
in and along them; parks; parking lots; and property improved with
buildings and other structures.
Any written and/or pictorial matter, device, material, illustration,
logo or other symbol, which is affixed to or painted, represented,
or otherwise installed, erected, stapled, taped, or otherwise affixed
on or to any part of a pole, rock, tree, building, fence, or other
structure or vegetation, and any other object that is otherwise placed
in view of the general public when having the result of being an attention-directing
device, including, but not limited to, pennants, flags, balloons,
blimps, and fluttering matter.
Anything constructed or erected, whether or not manufactured
or constructed to be portable, on, above, or below the surface of
land or water, including buildings, fences, walls, and signs, whether
permanent or temporary.
All real property owned by the Village, including, but not
limited to Village streets, both the paved and unpaved portions, and
the sidewalks in and along them; parks; parking lots; and property
improved with buildings and other structures.
Any material or combination of materials, whether physically
connected or not, that produce a vertical height in excess of four
inches, including the layering of stones, wood, or synthetic materials.
A.Â
Any prohibited material placed, constructed, erected, installed,
or affixed on public property in violation of this chapter shall be
deemed abandoned and gifted to the owner of the property.
B.Â
The owner of the property upon which the prohibited material was
placed, constructed, erected, installed, or affixed on public property
in violation of this chapter may remove and destroy or otherwise dispose
of such material without notice to the owner of the prohibited material
and without any liability for loss, cost, or damage to the owner of
the prohibited material.
In any prosecution of any violation of this chapter, it shall
be an affirmative defense that the alleged violator had the consent
of the public body that owned the property to perform the act that
is the subject of the alleged violation.