[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of New Hempstead 5-17-1984 by L.L.
No. 14-1984. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of New Hempstead finds
and declares it to be the public policy of the Village to prohibit
the posting and display of signs on public property in order to protect
the public health, comfort and welfare of the residents of the Village
and to prevent the physical appearance of the Village from becoming
aesthetically offensive.
A.
PERSON
PUBLIC PROPERTY
SIGN
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.[1]
All publicly owned property, including highways, streets,
sidewalks, rights-of-way, easements, public grounds, parks, school
property or any other public property, posts, hydrants, trees, street
lamps, utility poles or traffic signs situated on public property
and anything affixed thereto and thereover.
Any bill, poster, placard, announcement, handbill, flyer,
painting, drawing, structure or other similar configuration or object
in any form whatsoever, or any part thereof, which contains printed
or written matter in words, symbols or pictures or in any combination
thereof. The term "sign" does not include the flag, pennant or insignia
of any nation, group of nations or of any governmental agency or of
any educational, charitable, philanthropic, civic, professional, religious
or like campaign, drive, movement or event.
B.
The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
[Amended 5-22-2017 by L.L. No. 2-2017; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to post or display any sign
on or over any public property in the Village of New Hempstead.
This chapter shall not apply to:
A.
Signs posted or erected pursuant to and in the discharge of any governmental
function or required by any law, ordinance or governmental regulation.
A.
Any person who shall refuse or neglect to comply with any section
or provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation. Each
and every violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine
not to exceed $500 or a sentence of imprisonment not to exceed 15
days, or both. Each day's continued violation shall constitute
a separate violation.
B.
In addition to all other remedies provided for herein, the Board
of Trustees may also enforce obedience to this chapter by injunction
or by any other remedy available to it by virtue of the judicial process.