[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Chestnut Ridge as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-19-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Chestnut Ridge finds
and declares it to be the public policy of the Village to prohibit
the posting and display of political and other 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.
For the purpose of this article the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein. The
word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
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, nor
does it include signs posted or erected pursuant to and in the discharge
of any governmental function or required by any law, ordinance or
governmental regulation.
[Amended 10-17-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
A sign erected for a relatively short period of time, which
period shall be terminated by the event or occurrence of the event
to which it refers.
[Amended 10-17-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996; 7-17-1997 by L.L. No. 5-1997]
[1]
Editor's Note: The original definition of "political sign,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 10-17-1996
by L.L. No. 2-1996.
[Amended 10-17-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
It shall be unlawful for any person to post or display any sign
on or over or attached to any structure or other thing on or over
any public property.
[Amended 10-17-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996; 7-17-1997 by L.L. No. 5-1997; at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 221-3 of this article, temporary signs shall be permitted to be posted on public property, provided that the procedures and limitations set forth in this section are followed.
A.
Prior to the placement of any temporary sign on public property by
any person, such person shall file with the Village Clerk a notice
that said person intends to post or display a sign, said notice to
contain the following information:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Accompanying the notice described above shall be the payment of a
security deposit in the amount of $100 as a guarantee that each and
every sign will be removed by the applicant within 48 hours immediately
following the event to which the sign pertains.
C.
In the event removal of the temporary sign is not effected within
said forty-eight-hour period, the Village of Chestnut Ridge shall
have such signs removed from the public property on which they have
been posted and the security deposit shall be forfeited.
D.
No temporary sign other than political signs shall be posted more
than seven days prior to the event to which the sign pertains. Political
signs shall not be posted more than 45 days prior to the election
to which the sign pertains.
E.
The size of the sign area of such signs shall not exceed two feet
by three feet measured from the outer edges of such sign, nor shall
the top of such sign be higher than three feet above the ground area
to which it is attached or on which it is situated.
[Added 10-18-2007 by L.L.
No. 5-2007]
A.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 221-4C of this article, any person who refuses, fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a violation. Each and every violation of this article shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200 for each day said violation continues and/or a sentence of imprisonment not to exceed 15 days.
[Amended 10-17-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
B.
In addition to all other remedies provided for herein, the Board
of Trustees may also enforce obedience to this article by injunction
or by any other remedy available to it by virtue of the judicial process.
C.
In addition to any other remedies provided for herein, the Board
of Trustees may authorize any Village officer, employee, agent or
other person to remove any signs on public property that do not comply
with the provisions of this article.
[Added 10-17-1996 by L.L.
No. 2-1996]
