[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Old Westbury 10-4-1937 as Ch. 1, Art. IV, of the General Ordinances;
amended in its entirety 2-19-2019 by L.L. No. 2-2019. Subsequent amendments noted where
applicable.]
No owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of land in the Village
of Old Westbury shall cause or permit any public nuisance to be or
to remain upon such lot or parcel of land or between the same and
the adjoining highway. Whenever there shall exist any such public
nuisance and a complaint thereof is made to the Mayor of the Village,
he shall forthwith cause a notice to be served upon the owner or occupant
of the premises on which said nuisance exists, requiring them to abate
the same within 24 hours after the receipt of said notice.
In case of a failure of the owner or occupant of premises to
comply with such notice or requirement within the time therein mentioned,
said nuisance may be abated by the Street Commissioner of said Village
at the expense of such owner or occupant of the premises, such expense
to be collected by suit in the name of the Village, if not paid to
the Village Treasurer in five days after demand.
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NUISANCE PARTY
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RESPONSIBLE PERSON
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined
as follows:
A gathering which is conducted on premises within the Village
of Old Westbury and which, by reason of the conduct of the persons
in attendance, results in any one or more of the following conditions
or events occurring at the site of the gathering, or on neighboring
public or private property:
Disorderly conduct.
Unlawful possession of an open container of alcoholic beverage.
Outdoor urination or defecation in public view.
Unlawful sale, furnishing, dispensing or consumption of an alcoholic
beverage.
Sale or furnishing of an alcoholic beverage to an underage person.
Unlawful possession, sale, or use of a controlled substance.
Unlawful deposit of litter or refuse.
The damage or destruction of real or personal property.
Unlawful pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
Standing or parking of vehicles that obstructs the free flow
of traffic on the public streets and sidewalks or that impedes the
ability to render emergency services.
Unlawfully loud noise.
Any person who is an owner, occupant, tenant, or otherwise
has rightful possession or possessory control, individually or jointly
with others, of any premises, who either sponsors, conducts, hosts,
invites or permits a gathering on said premises.
No responsible person shall sponsor, conduct, host, invite,
allow or permit a nuisance party.
Any police officer, peace officer, or Code Enforcement Officer
who observes a nuisance party occurring may order that the nuisance
party be ceased and order all nonresidents on the premises where the
nuisance party has occurred to leave the premises immediately.
No person shall remain on the premises where a nuisance party
has been ordered to be ceased by an officer of the Village of Old
Westbury unless the person resides at the premises where the nuisance
party has occurred.
Any person violating any provisions of this chapter shall be
guilty of an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $5,000 in
amount, or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both such fine and
imprisonment, or a civil penalty of $5,000 for each offense. Nothing
herein contained shall prevent the Village of Old Westbury from taking
such other lawful action as necessary to prevent or remedy a violation.
In the event that any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this chapter is held invalid or unconstitutional by any
court of competent jurisdiction, the invalid or unconstitutional portions
of the chapter shall be deemed severable from the chapter and shall
in no way affect the validity of the rest of the chapter.
