This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Brush,
Grass, Rubbish or Weeds Law of the Town of Elbridge."
This chapter shall apply to all real property in the Town of
Elbridge, outside of incorporated areas, and shall be applied at all
times within the spirit of the authorizing sections of the Town Law
[§ 64, Subdivision 5-a, and § 130, Subdivision
5] as the guiding principal of the Town Board. When sufficient cause
to believe that a violation of this chapter exists, the Town Board
may, on direct knowledge, by resolution require notice to be served
upon owners of land to remedy any of the foregoing unsightly, unhealthful,
dangerous, or hazardous conditions which may exist on said land pursuant
to the authority vested in the Town Board of the Town of Elbridge
under the above section of the Town Law.
Any person being the owner or occupant of any of lots one through 25 of Cobblestone Ridge Subdivision as portrayed on Map #9998 filed in the Onondaga County Clerk's office shall be required to maintain a front and side yard lawn not exceeding 10 inches in height. No other vegetation growth shall be allowed in such a front or side yard as defined in Chapter
265, Zoning, of the Elbridge Town Code, except landscape, hedge rows and vegetable gardening. Such an owner or occupant also shall not accumulate in such a front or side yard cut grass, brush or weeds or any other rubbish.
A violation of this chapter is hereby declared to be an offense,
punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment for a period
not to exceed 15 days, or both. Such violation shall not be a crime,
and the penalty or punishment imposed shall not be deemed for any
purpose a penal or criminal penalty or punishment and shall not impose
any liability upon or affect or impair the credibility as a witness,
or otherwise, of any person convicted thereof. Each week's continued
violation shall constitute a separate additional violation.