[Adopted 3-6-1972 as Ch. V and § 7.1 of the 1972
Ordinances]
[Amended 5-17-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999; 9-15-2008 by L.L. No. 5-2008]
A. The Village streets, curbs, sidewalks, docks, parking lots, and all
other Village property shall not be altered, excavated or encroached
upon, or otherwise used in such manner as to endanger the public safety,
health and welfare, or in such manner as to deprive or restrict the
public of the right to use such facilities, without first obtaining
permission in the form of a permit from the Village Clerk. As a condition
for granting such permit, the Village requires the following: a valid
UFPO number; liability insurance amounting to $2,000,000 aggregate,
$1,000,000 each occurrence, and the Village must be listed as additional
insured on the insurance certificate; a cash bond deposited with the
Village Clerk upon filing of the application for the permit in an
amount to be set by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
B. The types of activities which this section is intended to cover include,
but are not limited to, obstructions of the Village streets or sidewalks,
excavation of Village streets, removal of portions of the Village
curb, repair of sidewalks, scaffolding overhanging Village streets
or sidewalks.
C. All excavations shall be properly barricaded and lighted, and warning
devices maintained and properly braced, if necessary. All material,
earth and debris shall be properly placed, replaced and removed following
completion.
D. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the Village.
E. All costs shall be borne by the owner.
F. Any person, plumber, caretaker, contractor, owner or tenant in possession
of the property violating these rules and regulations is guilty of
a violation and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $250 plus
restitution. Each offense thereafter shall be the same. Each day of
violation constitutes a separate offense.
[Added 2-25-2013 by L.L.
No. 4-2013; amended 1-23-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
A. The Mayor, Village Administrator, or Superintendent of Public Works
may declare snow or other emergencies. Immediately after the declaration
of an emergency and publication thereof by radio, television, internet
or other communications media, all parking along all streets shall
be prohibited for the duration of the emergency.
B. When any vehicle is parked, standing, left unattended or abandoned
on any public street or highway within the Village during a declared
emergency, it may be removed by authority of the Superintendent of
Public Works or the Cooperstown Police Department.
C. During an emergency, parking shall be permitted in the Doubleday
Field parking lot.
D. The Mayor, Village Administrator, or Superintendent of Public Works
shall declare the cessation of emergency conditions as soon as practicable,
and such shall be publicized by communications media. Upon this declaration,
all parking patterns shall revert to normal conditions.
No person shall coast with hand sleds, bobsleds,
carts or other vehicles on wheels or runners upon any sidewalk or
any street within the corporate limits of the Village, except as designated
by the Board of Trustees. A violation of this section shall be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $5 for each offense.
[Amended 8-19-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002; 8-22-2016 by L.L. No. 8-2016; 8-10-2020 by L.L. No. 6-2020]
No person or persons, associations or other business entities
shall deposit or cause to be deposited any garbage or other refuse
or waste of any type or nature, including but not limited to putrescible
items, construction debris, packing or shipping material, etc., upon
any of the streets, sidewalks or upon any other Village-owned real
property unless such refuse is deposited within a Village-approved
or -provided receptacle designated for that purpose. A violation of
this section shall be punishable by a fine of up to $350 for each
offense. Each day or portion thereof during which said refuse remains
on the Village property shall constitute a new, additional, and separately
chargeable offense. Alternatively, the Village, its employees or agents
may in their sole discretion undertake to remove and dispose of said
deposited material. In such event, the actual cost (employee salaries
and benefit costs, equipment cost, fees incurred, etc.) of said removal
and disposal incurred by the Village, regardless of amount, if not
paid following billing, may be recovered by the Village in a civil
action commenced in the appropriate court against the offender.
No person, association or corporation shall
erect poles or string wires in, over or upon any street in the Village
without first having obtained the permission of the Board of Trustees.
Any violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not
more than $100. Each day that a violation shall be knowingly continued
shall constitute a separate offense.
No person shall enter upon or use any property
belonging to or leased by the Village, whether situated inside or
outside the corporate limits of the Village, except in conformance
with regulations which the Board of Trustees may from time to time
enact. Any violation of any provision of such regulations shall be
punishable by a fine not to exceed $25 for each offense. Each day
that a violation shall be knowingly continued shall constitute a separate
offense.
[Adopted 11-24-2014 by L.L. No. 17-2014]
This article sets forth requirements for the use and maintenance
of sidewalks in the Village of Cooperstown in order to protect the
public health, safety and general welfare by providing safe walkways
for pedestrians along streets and roads in the Village. This article
is adopted pursuant to Section 10 of Article 2 of the Municipal Home
Rule Law.