This chapter shall be known as the "Property Maintenance Code
of the Village of Central Square" and may be referred to in the short
form as the "Property Maintenance Code."
A.Â
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Central Square hereby finds
that the outdoor storage, accumulation, deposit or placement of abandoned,
junked, discarded, wholly or partially dismantled or unlicensed or
unregistered motor vehicles, rubbish, debris, solid waste, or high
grass, weeds and brush upon private property threatens the health,
safety and welfare of Village residents. Outdoor storage, accumulation,
deposit or placement of such items creates a significant fire hazard,
endangers the environment and groundwater, leads to infestation by
insects, vermin or rodents, depreciates property values, and has a
deteriorating and blighting effect upon the neighborhood and community.
B.Â
The Board of Trustees hereby determines that the outdoor storage,
accumulation, deposit or placement of abandoned, junked, discarded,
wholly or partially dismantled or unlicensed or unregistered motor
vehicles, rubbish, debris, solid waste, or high grass, weeds, and
brush upon private property constitutes a public nuisance.
Every residential and nonresidential structure and the premises
on which they are situated or any vacant lot in the Village used or
intended to be used for dwelling, commercial, business or industrial
occupancy shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, whether
or not such structure shall have been constructed, altered or repaired
before or after the enactment of this chapter and irrespective of
any permits or licenses which shall have been issued for the use or
occupancy of the structure or for the installation or repair of equipment
or facilities prior to the effective date of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall be in addition to, and
in furtherance of, the New York State Property Maintenance Code. In
any case where the provisions of this chapter impose a stricter standard
than that set forth in any other law of the Village or under the laws
of the State of New York, then the standards as set forth herein shall
prevail, but if the provisions of this chapter impose a less stringent
standard than any other law of the Village or under the laws of the
State of New York, then the stricter standard contained in any such
other law shall prevail.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated. All other terms as used in this chapter shall
have their common and ordinary meaning.
Any motor vehicle, whether automobile, bus, trailer, truck,
tractor, motor home, motorcycle, mini-bicycle, all-terrain vehicles,
or snowmobile, or any other device originally intended for travel
on the public highways, which is:
Unregistered, old, wrecked, stored, discarded, dismantled or
partly dismantled and which is not intended or in any condition for
legal use upon a public highway.
Any vehicle, including any motor vehicle and any other device
in, upon or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn
on a street, including but not limited to trailers and camper shells
or junked trailer bodies but excluding devices moved by human power,
that exhibits one or more of the following conditions: unregistered,
wrecked, partially or fully dismantled, abandoned, stripped, inoperative,
inoperable, scrapped, or unable to be safely operated; or
Being held or used for the purposes of resale of used parts
therefrom or for the purpose of reclaiming for use some or all of
the materials therein for the purpose of disposing of the same; or
In such condition as to cost more to repair and place in operating
condition than its reasonable market value at that time before such
repair; or
Any motor vehicle not required to be licensed or not usually
used on public highways that has remained unused for more than one
year and is not in condition to be removed under its own power.
This definition does not affect motor vehicles stored at a property
that comply with applicable licensing requirements, such as repair
garages, salvage yards and similar establishments.
Uncultivated woody shrubs and/or immature trees.
Includes all materials resulting from the construction, excavation,
renovation, equipping, remodeling, repair or demolition of structures,
property or roads as well as materials consisting of vegetation resulting
from land clearing and grubbing, utility line maintenance and seasonal
and storm-related cleanup. Such materials include but are not limited
to bricks, concrete and other masonry material, soil, rock, wood,
wall coverings, plaster, drywall, plumbing fixtures, non-asbestos
insulation, roofing shingles, asphaltic pavement, glass, window frames,
electrical wiring and components, plastics, carpeting, foam padding,
linoleum, metals, or any combination thereof which are incidental
to construction, excavation, renovation, equipping, remodeling, repair
or demolition.
A bulk storage container for garbage, recyclable materials
and other solid waste that can be hauled directly to the point of
disposal or emptied into a compactor-type truck for disposal.
Includes all putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting
from growing, processing, marketing and preparation of food items,
including the container in which packaged.
Any writing, painting, drawing, staining, carving, etching
or other marking, made by use of chalk, paint, ink, aerosol spray
can, knife, pencil or any other marking device and/or material, of
any word, name, lettering, inscription, figure, design, or other representation,
made upon a portion of a building or structure without the consent
of the owner. Signs with proper sign permits or approval are expressly
not included in the definition of graffiti.
Herbaceous ornamental plants intended to be periodically
cut close to the ground for the establishment of a lawn or ground
covering. May also be used as ground covering for the establishment
of drainage swales, flood routes, or water detention basins.
Worn out or discarded material of little or no value including,
but not limited to a junk appliance, junk furniture or garbage, rubbish
and debris.
Any stove, washing machine, dryer, freezer, refrigerator,
or other household device or equipment abandoned, junked, discarded,
or wholly or partially dismantled.
Any enclosed dwelling built upon a chassis, motor vehicle,
or trailer used or designed to be used for either permanent or temporary
living and/or sleeping purposes including motor homes, truck campers,
camping trailers, campers, travel trailers, pop-up trailers, tent
trailers, and overnight trailers, which is no longer suitable for
human habitation.
Improperly discarded material consisting of but not limited
to paper and plastic bags, bottles, cans, bottle caps, containers,
garbage, paper, newspaper, pieces of paper, paper and plastic cups,
wrappers, articles of clothing, cigarette butts, toilet paper, or
any other trash disposed on the grounds, bushes or trees of a property.
The placing, maintaining or keeping of any garbage, junk,
rubbish, clutter, litter or debris as the same are defined herein
in a place other than a structure with a roof and fully enclosed on
all sides.
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation, whether business
or membership or religious, charitable or otherwise, or any purchaser,
tenant, lessee, occupant, tenant, receiver or assignee of private
premises or private property or any other unit or entity owning real
property in the Village.
All vehicles propelled or drawn by power other than muscular
power originally intended for use on public highways, including but
not limited to automobile, bus, trailer, truck, tractor, motor home,
motorcycle, and mini-bicycle. This term shall also include an all-terrain
vehicle, snowmobile, watercraft of any type or nature, and construction
equipment.
An owner of private property, individual, partnership, association,
corporation, or entity of any other kind.
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings, structures
and improvements thereon.
Any premises or open space or any part thereof, or any building
or structure or yard that may be viewed by any member of the public
from a sidewalk, street, alley or from any adjoining or neighboring
property.
Includes all discarded or worthless nonputrescible solid
wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, including
but not limited to paper and paper products, rags, wrappings, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, metals, plastics, tires, bedding,
cloth, crockery, furniture, appliances and similar items.
Includes all putrescible and nonputrescible materials and
substances discarded or rejected as having served their original intended
use or as being spent, useless, worthless or in excess to the owner
at the time of such discard or rejection, including but not limited
to household and commercial garbage, industrial waste, rubbish, debris,
litter, and ashes.
Any assembly of materials forming a construction framed of
component structural parts, which exists for any occupancy, storage
or other use.
A status of either general dilapidation or specific instances
of disrepair, including but not limited to substantial conditions
of peeling, chipping, cracking, splintering, fraying, warping, crumbling,
rusting, corroding, rotting or perforation.
Any building or part thereof which remains unoccupied for
a period of more than six months, with either doors, windows or other
openings broken, removed, boarded or sealed up.
Wild and useless plants growing at random in inappropriate locations.
Includes but is not limited to untended or uncultivated plants,
invasive plants, aggressively seeding plants, Russian thistle, ragweed,
and plants generally accepted as having no value and frequently of
uncontrolled growth.
Executed in a skilled manner, e.g., generally plumb, level,
square, in line, undamaged and without marring adjacent work.
