As used in this chapter, the following words
and phrases shall have the following meanings:
GARDENER
Includes any person who engages in the tending, maintaining,
managing, creating or laying out of lawns, gardens, flower beds, shrubbery
trees or landscaping of every nature and description on other than
his own property.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, partnership or corporation.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Includes all real property, improved or unimproved, owned
by any municipal corporation, corporation, person, partnership, firm,
association or otherwise which is not included in the definitions
of "public highway" or "public place" in this section.
PUBLIC HIGHWAY
Includes any street open to the public for its full width
from property line to property line, including the sidewalk area,
whether or not installed.
PUBLIC PLACE
Includes any real property available to or open to use by
all or a majority of the property owners or residents of the Village
of Woodsburgh.
It shall be unlawful for any person to perform
as a gardener within the Village of Woodsburgh unless he/she shall
have first obtained and shall have then in force a gardener's license
as hereinafter provided and shall have been issued a currently valid
carting license by the Town of Hempstead.
A gardener's license shall be issued as of the
date of granting of the same and shall expire on March 31 of the year
next ensuing unless the same is sooner revoked, as herein provided.
[Amended 12-11-1989 by L.L. No. 25-1989]
The fees for a gardener's license shall be as
set by resolution of the Board of Trustees from time to time.
Any license issued hereunder may be suspended
or revoked by the Board of Trustees if the holder thereof or any of
his employees shall have violated any provisions of this chapter or
any rule or regulation adopted hereunder or any other statute, local
law, rule or regulation after a hearing before said Board of Trustees
on 10 days' written notice to the licensee by certified mail.
The following regulations shall be observed
by all licensees and their employees:
A. No licensee or employee of a licensee shall do, perform,
cause, suffer or permit any of the following acts:
(1) Operate any power or manual lawn mower or other power
equipment:
[Amended 5-18-2015 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
(a) Earlier
than 8:00 a.m. or later than 5:00 p.m. on weekdays;
(b) Earlier
than 9:00 a.m. or later than 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays; or
(2) Place any garbage, refuse, cuttings, leaves, wood
or other materials upon any public highway, public place or private
property.
(3) Scatter any garbage, refuse, cuttings, leaves or other
waste materials from the custody of such persons to any public highway,
public place or private property.
B. The gardener's license shall be maintained by the
licensee or his designee on the job site and shall be displayed upon
request.
[Amended 11-23-1987 by L.L. No. 5-1987; 12-11-1989 by L.L. No. 25-1989]
Offenses against this chapter shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II.
At any time during the month of March of each
current year, the holder of a then-valid current and unsuspended license
may apply for the renewal and reissue of such license. No renewal
or reissue of license will be made if, at the time of application
therefor, said license is under a suspension, except upon good cause
shown by such licensee after a hearing before the Board of Trustees.