[Adopted 11-1-2010 by L.L. No. 5-2010]
This article is adopted pursuant to the authority of § 4-414
of the Village Law of the State of New York and shall be known as
the "Property Maintenance Law of the Village of Avon."
Pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of § 4-414
of the Village Law of the State of New York and other applicable provisions
of law, the owners of land within the Village of Avon (the "Village")
shall cut, trim or remove from the land owned by them brush, grass,
debris, rubbish, or weeds, or spray poisonous shrubs or weeds on such
land in order to promote the health, safety and welfare of the residents
of the Village of Avon.
If any part or provision of this article or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its
operation to the part or provision or application directly involved
in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered
and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this
article or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances,
and the Village Board of the Village of Avon hereby declares that
it would have passed this article or the remainder thereof had such
invalid application or invalid provision been apparent.
All ordinances, local laws and parts thereof inconsistent with
this article are hereby repealed.
This article shall take effect immediately upon filing in the
office of the New York State Secretary of State in accordance with
§ 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall
be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or
imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both.