[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Manchester 9-8-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992 (Ch. 61 of the 1980 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be entitled "Lot and Property Maintenance" of the Code of the Village of Manchester, Chapter 217 of said Code.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Manchester has found it necessary for the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of said Village to enact a local law which will provide assurance that lots and real estate within said Village are properly maintained and free from vermin, nuisances, hazards and litter.
No person shall hereafter be permitted to abandon, leave, dump, store or keep any nuisance, hazard, litter or matter attractive to vermin upon any public street, public place or on any privately owned property within the Village, and said property shall be kept free and clear of the same.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
NUISANCE, HAZARD and LITTER
Includes, but shall not be limited to, abandoned automobiles or any part thereof unless such party has a license to store the same; any waste metal or materials, garbage, refuse, rubbish, old refrigerators, stoves or like products; used bottles or cans, glass, wood, lumber or vegetable matter of any kind or any other matter which shall be flammable or capable of fermentation, evaporation or decay; abandoned building or construction materials or supplies; discarded paper or material of junk substance; and tree stumps or matter attractive to vermin, likely to breed disease, cause fire or be prejudicial to good health.
The owner, tenant or occupant of property located within the Village of Manchester is hereby required to keep all property, including vacant lots or other parcels of land, mowed. He shall cut or mow such property at least twice each growing season; the first such mowing to be on or before May 15 and the second on or before August 1 of each year. Further, the owner, tenant or occupant of property located within the Village of Manchester is hereby required to remove all nuisances, hazards and litter or matter attractive to vermin, as hereinabove defined, when ordered to do so by the Board of Trustees; a member of the Police Department, the Fire Inspector or the Code Enforcement Officer or designee, within five days of written notice therefor. Said written notice shall be served upon the owner, tenant or occupant. If the owner of said lands is a nonresident of the Village of Manchester, a notice to remove the nuisance, hazard or litter, mailed to such owner and addressed to his last known address, shall be sufficient service thereof.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
This chapter shall not affect in any way the standards of the responsibilities of the owners and/or persons under the Property Maintenance Code enforced by the Village as part of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. This chapter shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, the State Property Maintenance Code.
A. 
Failure to comply with the direction of any agent of the Village of Manchester as aforesaid shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
B. 
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, General Penalty, of the Code of the Village of Manchester.
A. 
The Board of Trustees, by resolution, may cause a nuisance, hazard or litter as herein defined to be removed from any property within the Village of Manchester upon the failure of such owner, tenant or occupant to comply with the written notice aforementioned within the time limit. Said removal may be performed by the Village Highway Department or other designee, including a private contractor. The Board of Trustees shall ascertain the cost of such removal and such cost shall be charged and assessed against the owner, tenant or occupant of the property. The expense so assessed shall constitute a lien and charge on the real property on which it is levied until paid or otherwise satisfied or discharged, and such charge shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time as other Village charges.
B. 
The removal of any nuisance, hazard or litter by the Village of Manchester or its designee shall not operate to excuse such owner, tenant or occupant from properly maintaining his property as hereinabove set forth, and such owner, tenant or occupant shall, notwithstanding, be subject to the penalties above mentioned.