[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Little Valley. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Generally. No person shall stand upon nor occupy in any manner any sidewalk, bridge, street or other public way so as to obstruct or interfere unnecessarily with public travel or cause delay, annoyance, or inconvenience to any person lawfully upon such public way or to the occupant of adjoining property. Any person so occupying such places shall immediately pass on when ordered so to do by any policeman, public officer or the owner, occupant or person in charge of any adjoining property.
B. 
Specifically, and not in limitation of the generalities stated in § 206-1A, no person shall:
(1) 
Coast with hand sleds, bobs, carts or other vehicle upon any sidewalk or street in the Village; or
(2) 
Throw or bat a baseball, throw or kick a football or play in any other similar sport or contest on any public street, sidewalk or Village park, except upon designated areas therefor, nor shall any person throw any snowball in or across any street or public grounds of the Village.
(3) 
Obstruct or cause to be obstructed an alleyway or lane adjacent to any building within the fire limits of the Village by the piling of boxes or other material, or the parking of automobiles or other vehicles.
No person shall raise, lower, relocate or tamper in any manner with any street monument. These monuments consist of an iron pin and washer, located at various corners for the convenience of engineers and surveyors in locating the boundaries of real property, and of poles designating names of streets.
A. 
No person shall leave any hole or excavation in any street of the Village open or unfilled for longer than a reasonable time or after it has served its purpose, and when said hole or excavation is being filled, the operation of filling same shall be under the direct supervision of the Public Works Superintendent and subject to his rules and requirements regarding quality, kind and manner of materials and workmanship in and for same. All materials and articles of every kind remaining about such hole or excavation after it has been filled shall be removed immediately, so that said street shall be left free and clear of obstruction as before such excavation was commenced.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
B. 
Any person making or causing to be made or permitting to remain open any excavation adjacent to any street or sidewalk in the Village or so close thereto as to endanger pedestrians and others lawfully using such street or sidewalk shall erect and maintain proper warning light around such excavation.
A. 
The owner, occupant or person in charge of any building located upon or in close proximity to the line of any sidewalk, street or other public way shall, upon notice from the Code Enforcement Officer, remove or cause to be removed the snow and ice from the roof, eave-trough or gutter of such building. Such notice shall be given, when in the discretion of the Code Enforcement Officer, the accumulation of snow or ice upon any such building creates or will create a dangerous situation for the residents of the Village.
B. 
Removal by property owners.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
(1) 
Duty of property owner and occupant. It shall be the duty of the owner and occupant, jointly, of every parcel of real estate adjoining a public sidewalk, whether the parcel of real estate is occupied by a structure or not, to keep such sidewalks adjoining such property free from snow and ice for the full paved width of such sidewalk.
(2) 
Time limit. Snow and ice shall be removed within 24 hours after the end of a snowfall. In addition, sidewalks in front of commercial establishments and commercial parking lots shall be kept free of snow and ice at all times between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
(3) 
Severe icing. In cases where snow and ice on any sidewalk shall be frozen so hard that it cannot be removed without injury to the sidewalk, it shall, within the time specified in Subsection B(2), be strewn and kept strewn with environmentally safe, snow/ice melt, sand or other suitable material, so as to be no longer dangerous to life and limb. As soon as practicable thereafter, the sidewalk shall be completely cleared of snow, ice and other materials strewn thereon, as provided in this section.
C. 
No person shall cause or allow snow or ice to be pushed into a Village street, unless such snow or ice is properly grated onto an existing snowbank alongside the road.
D. 
In case of failure or neglect on the part of any person, within one day after notice, to remove from a building snow and ice as specified in § 206-6A, above, or to clean any such walk within a reasonable time following an accumulation of snow or ice pursuant to § 206-6B, above, such reasonable time to be determined by the Code Enforcement Officer in light of the exigencies of the situation, the snow and ice shall be removed from the building or the sidewalk shall be cleaned by the Village at the expense of the property owner. The charge for removing such snow and ice or for cleaning such walks shall be computed at a rate of 0.25 per lineal foot, with a minimum charge of $20 per cleaning. Any such charge not paid within two weeks after the notification thereof shall carry a delinquency charge of an additional $10, which shall be an administration charge for carrying the cleaning charge on the books and tax rolls of the Village, and the same (original charge plus delinquency charge) shall be levied upon the next Village tax roll, pursuant to § 4-414 of the Village Law.
A. 
Responsibility. The Superintendent of Public Works shall be responsible for the care and maintenance of all street trees. Street trees are deemed to be those located between the sidewalk and the curbs. Care and maintenance shall include the planting, spraying, trimming, removal and repair of such trees.
B. 
Attaching notices, signs. No person shall attach any wire, fixture, notice, poster, or sign on any street tree without prior approval from the Village Clerk, or the Superintendent of Public Works, both authorized agents of the Village Board.
C. 
Removal of trees. Only unsafe or unsound trees will be removed at the expense of the Village. Removal of all other street trees, which may be granted upon request to the Village Board, shall be at the expense of the owner of the real property involved. Determination of what is an unsafe or unsound tree is hereby delegated to the Superintendent of Public Works.
D. 
Care and maintenance. No person shall do any planting, spraying, trimming, removal, or repair on any street tree without prior approval of the Village Board.
E. 
Unauthorized killing. Any person deliberately killing a street tree shall be liable for the cost of removing the dead tree and the replacement thereof.
F. 
Planting in sidewalk area. Planting of trees, shrubs, bushes, or hedges in the sidewalk area shall not be permitted, and if a person plants one or more trees, shrubs, bushes or hedges in the sidewalk area, he shall at his own expense, upon notice from the Village Clerk or Village Superintendent of Public Works (acting upon directions by the Village Board of Trustees), remove same within one week.
G. 
In the case of failure or neglect on the part of any person to comply with the notice specified in § 206-7F, above, the Village, at the expense of the property owner, shall execute the notice. The charge for same shall be computed at the current laborer rate per the Village of Little Valley Union contract and shall be due within two weeks after notification of the charge. Any such charge not paid within the aforementioned time limit shall carry a delinquency charge of an additional $10, which shall be an administration charge for carrying the said charge on the books and tax rolls of the Village, and the same (the original charge and delinquency charge) shall be levied upon the next Village tax roll, pursuant to § 4-414 of the Village Law.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a maximum fine of $250 or a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 days, or both, for each offense.