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.