This article is adopted pursuant to the authority of § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York and shall be known as the "Portable Basketball/Recreational Equipment Law."
[Adopted 9-9-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019]
This article is intended to ensure that portable basketball hoops and other recreational equipment are not placed or located along public highways and within the right-of-way where they have the potential to become safety hazards within the Village.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
All of the components, including the pole, mounting backboard, rim, goal, net, base and all other associated hardware associated with basketball hoops or any other portable recreational equipment such as hockey goals, lacrosse nets, etc.
No portable basketball apparatus, hoop, pole, backboard or other recreational devices may be placed in or upon any public street or highway, or encroach upon any Village of East Syracuse right-of-way or public thoroughfare. In no event shall any such apparatus, hoop, pole, backboard or other devices be placed within 10 feet of any Village street line, or be placed so that the public street or sidewalk is the court or playing surface.
Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall be a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of $100 for the first offense. Any subsequent offense shall be punishable by a fine of $250.
The provisions of this article are severable and if any provision, clause, sentence, subsection, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any person or circumstance, such illegality, invalidity or unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, subsections, words, or parts of this article or their application to other persons or circumstances. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent that this article would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid, or unconstitutional provision, clause, sentence, subsection, word or part had not been included therein, and as if such person or circumstance, to which the article or part thereof is held inapplicable, had been specifically exempt therefrom.
This article shall take effect immediately upon filing with the New York State Secretary of State in accordance with § 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.